ELW Day 1 - Address the Skills Gap with Micro-Credentialing

ATD’s Employee Learning Week (ELW) is an opportunity for companies to demonstrate their commitment to talent development. As your local chapter we are offering a series of webinars to support your learning efforts. We’ve partnered with some of the best in their field to share their areas of expertise. 

Monday Topic

Address the Skills Gap with Micro‑Credentialing

Using Open Badges to provide micro-credentials is a great way to track upskilling and career pathing for learners within organizations. This session will cover how micro-credentialing supports ongoing professional development and personalized learning pathways as it pertains to accomplishments and skills.

In this webinar:

• Explore the open badge framework and how it can track progress to act as a workplace currency
• Analyze why most organizations that try badging don't succeed in their goals
• Learn how badges help solve the skills gap and how clients are using them to transform their learning culture.
• Discover strategies for badging effectively at your organization.

Speaker

Jeff Salin is a senior instructional designer in the Learning and Creative Services department at D2L. He is a passionate educator, focusing on scenario-based learning, gamification, and competency-based education. He’s also into audio engineering, music, triathlons, and all things food.

Agenda

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Program 
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Ask the Expert
All times are Central Standard Time.
Webinar link will be emailed when you register.

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