Using Digital Credentials to Close the Skills Gap - How Associations Can Lead the Wa

Today’s workforce is caught in a relentless skills gap that grows wider each year. Employers are desperate to find qualified talent among candidates who lack sufficient technical know-how and business competence to drive organizations forward. And educational institutions continue their struggle to equip students for the future of work. How can associations help turn the tide? Join Talented Learning CEO and Lead Analyst, John Leh, and WBT Systems CTO, Linda Bowers, as they explore seven digital badge fundamentals. You’ll learn: The current state of the “skills gap” How to distinguish between traditional credentials, digital credentials, digital badges and open badges Why open badges are rapidly gaining momentum in education How associations can benefit from offering digital badges Key elements of a viable badge-based learning strategy What kind of technology infrastructure is needed to support open badges How some associations are already succeeding with digital badge programs ---------- Looking for reliable intelligence to guide your decisions about today’s commercial LMS and learning systems landscape? Then you don’t want to miss the new Talented Learning 2023 Commercial LMS and Learning Systems Report - https://talentedlearning.com/2023-com... ---------- About John Leh and Talented Learning John Leh, a world-renown blogger, podcaster and speaker on learning technology has over 25 years of experience on the front lines of LMS buying and selling. Since 2014, he has reviewed over 300 LMSs and has been helping hundreds of the world’s premier organizations choose their best LMS. Talented Learning is a fiercely independent research, consulting and education firm devoted to helping organizations of all sizes choose and use LMS solutions and related technologies for their unique business needs. Follow Talented Learning and you'll always be at the cutting edge of the learning tech market: Talented Learning's Website Links → Website - https://talentedlearning.com → Blog - https://talentedlearning.com/lms-insi... → Podcast - https://talentedlearning.com/talented... → Learning Systems Directory - https://talentedlearning.com/learning... → LMS Education and Research - https://www.talentedlearningcenter.com/ Talented Learning's Social Accounts → John on LinkedIn -   / johnleh   → Talented Learning on LinkedIn -   / talented-learning   → Twitter -   / talentedlearnabout   John Leh and Talented Learning