{"id":73220,"date":"2020-12-05T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=73220"},"modified":"2020-12-05T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:04:49","slug":"marni-baker-stein-on-whats-next-for-higher-education-2-other-items-from-getting-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/12\/05\/marni-baker-stein-on-whats-next-for-higher-education-2-other-items-from-getting-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Marni Baker Stein on What\u2019s Next For Higher Education&#8221; + 2 other items from Getting Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/2020\/12\/marni-baker-stein-on-whats-next-for-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Marni Baker Stein on What\u2019s Next For Higher Education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; &#8212; from gettingsmart.com by Getting Smart Staff<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we\u2019re talking with Marni Baker Stein, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at\u00a0Western Governors University\u00a0(WGU).<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nFor example, with regards to skills: WGU put together a skills architecture team alongside national competency networks. They then used\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economicmodeling.com\/\">EMSI<\/a>, a common way to describe skills, to tag them to a competency and execute dynamic audits of performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cLearners desperately need education to organize itself around what they need it to become.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/2020\/11\/digital-credentials-a-better-way-capture-and-communicate-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Digital Credentials: A Better Way to Capture and Communicate Learning<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from gettingsmart.com by Tom Vander Ark, Rebecca Midles and Rashawn Caruthers<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">There is an invention opportunity to better credential units of learning, to open up individual learning pathways, to better communicate capabilities, and to reduce friction in talent transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The pandemic is accelerating this shift to\u00a0verified credentials.<\/span><\/strong> Enrollment in short-term credential classes increased by 70% over last year while freshman college enrollment dropped by 16%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>There are six opportunities to better capture and communicate learning.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettingsmart.com\/2020\/12\/the-opportunity-for-personalized-and-local-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Opportunity for Personalized and Local Guidance<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; 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