Playbook | March 20, 2023
Incremental Credentialing Framework
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Learn & Work Ecosystem Library Credential As You Go DictionaryIncremental Credentialing Framework Approaches
Specialize As You Go
Strategies
- Specialized skills in a field.
- Minor area for a degree.
- Additional licenses, certifications, certificates, or other credentials recognized in the field.
- Recognition of specialized prior learning.
Examples
- Skills development for workplace advancements (e.g., HR for managers).
- Specialized licenses, certifications, or other recognized specializations (e.g., SHRM certification).
- Additional majors or minors for academic programs (e.g., entrepreneurship for business majors).
Things to Consider
- What specialized areas could your programs support?
- What skill areas do employers need to advance their employees?
- Which formally recognized credentials exist that connect to an academic program?
- What prior learning areas could be built into a specialization?
Why Use This Strategy
- Gives learners additional areas for employability and/or advancement.
- Helps learners connect their prior learning with specializations.
- Allows learners to return and develop additional skills, often more quickly than in a full degree program (although it can connect to a degree program).