NICE Webinar: Creating the Infrastructure Needed for Scalable Learning and Employment Records

NICE Webinar: Creating the Infrastructure Needed for Scalable Learning and Employment Records

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Speakers: 

Amanda Winters
Program Director
NGA Center for Best Practices
National Governors Association

Deborah Everhart
Chief Strategy Officer
Credential Engine

Synopsis: 

The NICE Strategic Plan has as one of its objectives to ”encourage the use of Learning and Employment Records (LERs) to document and communicate skills between learners, employers, and education and training providers” as part of the overarching goal to “Transform Learning to Build and Sustain a Diverse and Skilled Workforce”.  This webinar will provide an overview of LERs, describe several initiatives and pilots, and the technical and policy infrastructure that will be required to create a scalable and sustainable solution that can be leveraged by learners, employers, and education and training providers.

Resources:

NICE Webinar: Addressing the Cybersecurity Talent Gap at Scale - Introducing Learning and Employment Records (October 21, 2020)
Digital Learning Records Make the Job Market More Equitable and Community Based Organizations Can Help
Introduction to Learning and Employment Records (LERs)
White Paper on Learning and Employment Records