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Workshop 4 (WS4): Innovations in Credentialing & Industry-Academia Collaborations

Dec 15, 2021, 9 am-12 pm, PST/ 12-3 pm, EST (Online)

 

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ISSIP-NSF Workshop Series: An Industry-Academia Dialogue on STEM Education for the Future 
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From top-left to bottom-center:

Jim Spohrer (ISSIP, Moderator), Peter Janzow (Credly), Sean Gallagher (Northeastern), David Leaser (IBM), Sudarshan Krishnamurthi (Microsoft), Steve Wright (ICT and Digital Media, CCC), Nathan Sowatskey (Cisco), Yassi Moghaddam (ISSIP).

Digital badges allow employers to assess skills over degrees, and therefore are often seen as a potential challenger to traditional higher education degrees. However, innovative educational institutions are partnering with leading companies to offer industry-focused educational opportunities to better prepare students for new jobs, and offer career development opportunities to professionals beyond the 2-year or 4-year degree programs.

Please join us for this 3-hr workshop as we explore with industry experts and academic change agents best practices in industry-academia partnerships around digital badging and the future of credentialing.

 

This is a no-cost event, but slots are limited and registration is required. 

Please REGISTER HERE!
 
Topics to discuss:
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  • Prepare for session by learning more about the speakers’ prior work
  • The Evolution of Open Education: micro-credentials, badging, individual empowerment, and life-long learning
  • The future of work and the future of credentialing
  • Badging and the implications of industry’s focus on skills over degrees
  • How to measure impact
  • The role of degreed programs in future of work
  • And more…
 

Preliminary Agenda

Dec 15, 2021, 9 am – 12 pm, US/Canada PST; 12 pm – 3 pm EST

9:00 am – Opening, Welcome and Context

9:04 – Panel Discussion

Innovation in Credentialing and Industry-Academic Collaborations

Panel Speakers:

    • Peter Janzow, Vice President, Business Development at Credly
    • Sean Gallagher, Executive Director & Executive Professor of Educational Policy at Northeastern University
    • David Leaser, Senior Program Executive, Innovation and Growth Strategies at IBM | Founder of the IBM Digital Badge Program
    • Sudarshan Krishnamurthi Product Management Leader at Microsoft
    • Steve Wright, CEO at Wright Consulting Associates, former State-Wide Leader for ICT and Digital Media Programs, California Community Colleges
    • Nathan Sowatskey, Principal Engineer, Cisco CX Multicloud CTOO
    • Yassi Moghaddam, Executive Director, ISSIP

Panel Moderator:

10:05 – First round of questions and responses

 Moderator and Panelists (including questions from participants in chat)

11:05 – Second round of questions and responses (including more questions and comments from participants in chat)

 Moderator and Panelists (including questions from participants in chat)

11:55 – Closing Remarks

 Moderator

12:00 – Adjourn

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Co-Chairs and Programming Committee Members:
  • Yassi Moghaddam, ISSIP Executive Director, Workshop Contact
  • Haluk Demirkan, Professor, University of Washington Tacoma, ISSIP BOD Member
  • Lou Freund, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University, ISSIP Fellow
  • Martha Russell, Senior Research Scholar, HSTAR & Executive Director, mediaX, Stanford University
  • Jo Yuen, ISSIP Discovery Cafe Series, Chair
  • Ulf Vinneras, Head of Service Product Management, Aruba (HPE); ISSIP President
  • Terri Griffith, Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University; ISSIP President-Elect
  • Ralph Badinelli, Professor, Virginia Tech, ISSIP BOD Member
  • Utpal Mangla, VP, IBM; ISSIP Strategy Council Chair
  • Ammar Rayes, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco; ISSIP BOD Member
  • Gonzalo Salguiero, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco; ISSIP BOD Member
  • Jim Spohrer, ISSIP Co-Founder & BOD Member
  • Heather Yurko, VP, Mastercard; ISSIP Past President, Strategy Council Member

 
 

We thank our sponsor, the National Science Foundation, for their tremendous support!