1EdTech Community Sessions at the HLC Annual Conference
Collaborations for Quality: From Educational & Training Providers, to Microcredentials, to Outcomes
There are increasing microcredential offerings, along with an expanding set of microcredential providers, emerging in the postsecondary learning and skills marketplace. These myriad offerings and providers aim to address the chasms between higher education and employers, and to help advance lifelong learning to a larger set of learners than are currently being served. However, there is also an urgency to design for and assure quality and desired learner outcomes (academic, employment, social, and economic), and the necessity to dramatically improve transparency in the ever-expanding microcredential marketplace. This panel will share information about HLC Credential Lab’s new Education and Training Provider Endorsement and will host representatives from two other leading and collaborating organizations that are working in the quality assurance space for non-degree microcredentials. Presenters will share their individual organizational approaches to address the quality assurance and transparency need, as well as the ways they are exploring layering their approaches to form a stronger microcredential quality assurance system.
Speakers:
- Melanie Booth, Ed.D., Executive Director, HLC Credential Lab, Higher Learning Commission
- Jon Furr, SVP & Chief Data Ecosystem Officer, Strada Education Foundation
- Kelly Hoyland, Director, Higher Education Programs, 1EdTech
Supporting Student Success One App at a Time
A better future for education requires innovative technology with meaningful data to enhance learning. The challenge lies in selecting, acquiring, implementing, and maintaining applications—and ensuring they work together. Learn practical approaches to adopting trusted technology to support academic quality and address HLC’s criteria for resources and planning.
Speakers:
- Steven Hawks, Director of Undergraduate Education, University of Minnesota
- Jason Rivera, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Student Success, Ball State University
- Sonya Watkins, CIO, University of Central Oklahoma