credential transparency initiative - orientation for registry partners
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Orientation for Registry Partners
September 2016
Today’s credentialing market is a confusing maze of degrees, certifications, certificates, licenses, badges and other microcredentials.Students, job seekers, workers, and employers all struggle to understand. . • What do these credentials mean? • What knowledge and skills stand behind them? • How do they relate to each other . . . to learning
and performance . . . to employability?
CTI has developed a web-based system that enables easy access to comparable information about all kinds of credentials.
Today’s Credentialing Marketplace:
A Confusing Maze
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CTI is led by:
With support from:
Strategic direction from:• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)• American Council on Education (ACE) • Business Roundtable• Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board• The Manufacturing Institute• University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Key Stakeholders
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Vision & Goals: Coherent & Transparent Credentialing
MarketDevelop common terms (Credential Transparency Description Language - CTDL) for describing key features of:• Credentials• Credentialing Organizations• Quality Assurance (QA)
bodies
Create and populate a voluntary, web-based credential registry with
credential issuers and QA bodies; bring the registry to
scale under non-profit governance
Develop and evaluate Directory Search App to
facilitate use of the registry by stakeholders and foster a
competitive application marketplace*. 4
*The credential registry, descriptors, and applications will all be open-source.
What does the market (employers, students, job seekers, workers, etc.) need to know about credentials?• The registry will include degrees, certificates, industry certifications, occupational
licenses, and microcredentials• Currently, there is no common way to describe credentials; the credential and QA
descriptors will establish a common language that will allow institutions to designate competencies, connections, QA status, labor market outcomes, and more.
Who will generate this information?• Partner organizations will post info on their websites in a formal language that ensures
comparability:• Universities and community colleges that award certificates, AA degrees, BA/BS
degrees• Orgs that award industry certifications, certificates, & credentials such as licenses
and badges• QA bodies that accredit, recognize, approve, or endorse credentialing organizations
How will this info get from registry partner websites to users?
• The decentralized, open registry uses Web 3.0 technologies to access and aggregate data
• Software apps will enable users to search for and view data according to their criteria• Open applications marketplace will generate competition, leading to better apps
A Credential Registry of Comparable Information
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July 2016 – December 2016
Pilot, add more partners, evaluate results & fine-tune prototype Registry & Credential Directory App, begin scale up effortWork with 2-3 state partners to demonstrate state applications
Jan 1 2017 - June 2017
Scale-up with registry partners, with assistance as needed
July 2017 - forward
Operated by new nonprofit board & advisory groups; maintain/scale up
CTI Project Work Plan:Transitioning to Scale
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Establishing a Common Language:Credential Transparency Description
Language (CTDL) V1.0Declaring Name, Purpose and Type of Credential and Credentialing Organization Credentialing Organization
Identification Credential Organization Type Credential Identification Credential Type Purpose of the Credential Where Credentialing Is Offered
Declaring What Is Inside the Credential Credentialing Eligibility
Requirements Competencies/Learning
Outcomes Required to Attain the Credential
Assessments Required to Attain the Credential
Education and Training for the Credential
Time Required to Attain the Credential
Credentialing Costs Maintaining the Credential Credential Removal Credential Holder
Authentication Version Management Employer Engagement
Declaring Other Key Characteristics and Connections Primary Scope of Application:
Subject/Discipline Area Primary Scope of Application:
Career Preparation and Advancement
Role of Occupational Regulation and Licensing
Geographic Portability of Credential Use
Connections to Other Credentials
Career Pathway Connections External Quality Assurances Employer Recognition Number and Characteristics of
Credential Holders Employment and Earnings of
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Establishing a Common Language:Credential Transparency Description
Language (CTDL) V1.0Purpose & Scope of the QA Body Type of QA body Main purpose Missions/Objectives What is accredited,
endorsed, approved, recognized?
How is the QA used? Primary geographic
scope Maximum period of the
approval, recognition, endorsement, accreditation?
Year body began operating
QA Process Activities used to
assess a credential in the QA process
Process used to validate the quality criteria?
Quality criteria/standards/requirements used in the QA process
Outcomes reviewed as part of the QA process
Stakeholders involved in developing the quality criteria
Criteria for selecting and evaluating assessors/reviewers?
Public Information about QA Decisions Types of decisions made
and how they are defined Directory of
accredited/approved/recognized/endorsed providers and their current status
Information about the QA body made public with request
Information about the QA body made public without request
Additional Info General Info Policies and
procedures for managing conflicts of interest, complaints, appeals
External recognition
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Participating as a Registry Partner
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• Minimum participation includes identification of technical and credential staff to communicate with CTI staff who will:• Sign the Partner Acknowledgement agreement and choose at least one credential to
be included• Provide access to the credential or QA information and confirm accuracy• Participate in Partner Feedback & Update webinars• Examine your website and current information formats used on the site to determine
how to move forward with a linked data format• Participate in evaluation survey• Prepare for transition as a registry partner who puts their credential/QA information on
the registry with minimal technical oversight • Optional ways that registry partners could go beyond minimum participation with CTI:
• Submit your credential app ideas and provide feedback on the Credential Registry and Directory design and development iterations
• Make changes to your website and web formats to enhance credential transparency• Prepare for transition as a registry partner who puts their credential/QA information on
the registry with minimal technical oversight
Be at the forefront of a groundbreaking technology effort driving the new credentialing ecosystem
Gain greater visibility to a vast market of students, employers and othersDemonstrate a commitment to credential and QA transparencyReceive a suite of services beneficial to their short- and long-term
technology planning, including:• technical and non-technical materials• information about Web 3.0 technologies• a personalized roadmap document showing where they are now and
what steps can be taken to enable the W3C vision for Linked DataInfluence the initiative by providing feedback throughout the process
Benefits of Participating as a Registry Partner
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Moving to a Web of Linked Data:Improving Your Web Formats
Google, shopping, job posting, and travel aggregators use common terminology (metadata) that has been accepted as a web standard (e.g., Schema.org)
W3C vision and guidelines for moving the World Wide Web from a web of linked documents to a web of “linked data.”
Using consistent metadata for key features (descriptors) of credentials will enable new ways of finding, comparing, and using credential information.
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Raise awareness and understanding of the vision
for transparent credential and related assessment information.
Provide guidance to credentialing organizations on how to publish information through a wide variety
of common formats.
Provide data in a machine-readable, structured format with the transition from proprietary to non-proprietary formats.
Provide data using standards recommended by the W3C.
Open and linked structured data.
Roadmap to Open, Linked, Structured Data
CTI staff will provide a roadmap on how to transform current formats to enable ongoing updates to the registry and to optimize web formats based on the World Wide Web Consortiums (W3C) specifications for Linked Data.
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Partners Receive Services• Conversion of credential or QA information to machine and
human readable/comparable formats• Credential or QA information published to the Credential
Registry.• Early access to the Credential Directory App, WORKIT.• Personalized “Roadmap” document showing steps that can be
taken to enable the W3C vision for Linked Data
How Partners Participate
• Provide access to technical and credential staff• Provide early access to credential or QA information• Participate with scheduled meetings throughout the project
period.• Provide ongoing feedback• Participate in evaluation
Registry Partner Services
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Registry Partner StepsO
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Sign Partnership Agreement
Choose Credentials
(N/A for QA bodies)
Answer Descriptor Questions
Provide Credential
or QA Information
Participate with
WebinarsProvide
Feedback on Registry
Verify Credential/Q
A Info Accuracy
Provide Feedback
on Directory
AppPilot the Registry & Directory
App
Review/Use the
Guidance and
Roadmap Participate with
Evaluation
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Partner Feedback
CTI project evaluation will include partner feedback on the CTI approach, the Credential Registry and applications based on:
• Partner feedback throughout piloting process that includes monthly webinars
• Partner reviews of their current websites, web formats, costs and benefits of going live on the registry
• Partner survey at the end of piloting process on costs and benefits of CTI approach and Registry and recommendations for moving forward
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Q&A
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For more informationSteve CrawfordResearch Professor, GWIPP [email protected]
Bob SheetsResearch Professor, GWIPP [email protected]
Roy SwiftExecutive Director, Workcred [email protected]
Roberts T. JonesFormer Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor [email protected]
Jeanne KitchensAssociate Director, SIU Center for Workforce Development [email protected]
CTI Website www.credentialtransparencyinitiative.org#CTIcred
CTI Technical Planning Micrositewww.credreg.net/
twitter.com/CTI_credential facebook.com/credtransparency
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