In 2022, participants will reimagine digital credentials to empower lifelong learners. Here are the five topics we will tackle together:
1. Refining the value proposition of digital credentials for learners and earners.
Guiding questions for the day:
- How do digital credentials help lifelong learners market themselves and their skills to educators and employers?
- Do digital credentials speak to the essential value of education? Is that critical to the value proposition?
- What do we lose and gain by framing the conversation around learners? Around earners?
2. Connecting diverse learning experiences and credentials to work and advancement.
Guiding questions for the day:
- What key threads and experiences will bind learning to career attainment and advancement?
- Where are we making advancements into the employment space as a digital credential community? Who is leading the way and how can their success inform others?
- Where are we struggling to make headway in the learning/employment march?
3. Defining and delivering empowerment for learners and earners
Guiding questions for the day:
- How do digital credentials allow lifelong learners to shape their lives and futures?
- What do we mean when we say ‘empowerment’? Do we mean anything? Everything?
- What is the pathway to shared ownership of data? Full ownership by the learner? Is this a meaningful goal to work toward?
4. Evaluating the state of governance, trust and value for learners, issuers and verifiers
Guiding questions for the day:
- Who should learners trust when it comes to digital credential issuers and verifiers? How?
- Are we ready and able to harness ‘trustless’ technology to deliver value? Is this a valuable goal or an unattainable aspiration?
- Has the value of credentials increased or decreased since this journey began?
5. Harnessing digital identity for lifelong learners and their digital credentials.
Guiding questions for the day:
- How is the digital identity conversation advancing to meet and exceed the needs of learners – now and in the future? How can we grow?
- Does self-sovereign identity privilege some learners while leaving others behind? How do we combat the risk of creating equity gaps with our technology?
- What is the state of the wallet ecosystem?
- How will learners navigate new digital identity expectations? How can we help them adapt?
