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Dr. Ginger Malin is an award-winning professor and technology entrepreneur with almost 25 years of experience in the learning and development space. Ginger is founder and CEO of BadgeCert, which provides an enterprise-class platform for creating, issuing, storing, and sharing digital badges that verify earners’ skills, credentials, and continuing education experiences. In this episode, Leading …
Having escaped with her family from the Vietnam War to start again in the U.S., Van Ton-Quinlivan is passionate about paying forward the opportunities that an education afforded her. She has built a career as a highly impactful workforce development expert and currently serves as CEO of Futuro Health, a nonprofit with the mission of …
For anyone in the learning business who is looking at how to effectively grow and improve their offerings, it’s important to be tuned into the trends that are currently impacting the market. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff discuss four major themes, or what they refer to as the 4 “Cs,” of …
Veronica Diaz is the director of professional learning at EDUCAUSE, the association for information technology in higher education. In her role there, she contributes to the strategic management of the organization’s professional learning product portfolio, directs their online programs and supports face-to-face events and conferences. She also manages the microcredentialing program and virtual and place-based …
What’s the future hold for learning and the business of learning? This was the question tackled in a session titled “Facing – and Embracing – the Future of Learning” at the Surge 2017 virtual summit, and this episode of the Leading Learning podcast offers a full replay of that session. In it, Amanda Beckner (AVIXA, …
In 2009, Tagoras published Association E-learning: State of the Sector, the first report offering data about how trade and professional associations were using computers to deliver education to their audiences. Roll forward a decade and the report is now called Association Learning + Technology, but it still offers the most comprehensive information about how learning technology …
Digital credentials and badges are among the hottest topics to hit the learning landscape in recent years because of the potential benefit they offer to both learners and learning businesses alike. Stephanie Owen, director of education with the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), knows first-hand how digital badges and credentials can impact member engagement, learning, and exposure in …
Digital credentials and badges make it easier than ever to document learning while also providing tremendous value and opportunity to both learners and organizations alike – and that value can extend far beyond simply supporting the verification of learning. Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and CEO of the digital credential service provider, Credly, is an author and …
So many of us are intrigued by the idea of microcredentials and digital badges but we aren’t quite sure what steps to take in order to make them a realistic part of our educational offerings. Digital Promise, a nonprofit working at the intersection of education leaders, researchers, and learning technology developers with the mission of …
When it comes to what is going on in the world of credentialing and certification, there are few people who are more informed than Mickie Rops. Mickie has been helping organizations make the right credentialing decisions for nearly two decades, and she has a lot of lessons and learning to share. In this episode, Celisa …
