Empowering learners with digital credentials
How the TLN works
Collect
Learners will sync to connected institutions that are part of the TLN to gather the credits and credentials they've earned across their lifetime, all in one place.
Explore
Using the TLN, students can better understand and engage with their credentials across institutions. They will find services and tools in the platform to support them in creating the future they want.
Bundle and share
Learners have the authority to bundle their achievements in the TLN and add them to a digital wallet for easy access; they manage sharing permissions of credentials with institutions, organizations, and employers.
Designing a solution for today's complex learner journeys
The Trusted Learner Network is a future-ready infrastructure for credential transparency and learner empowerment. With a strong emphasis on interoperability, privacy and verifiability, our stack is designed to support learners across their educational and professional journeys, while providing institutions with the tools to issue, store and share credentials securely.
TLN Credential Platform – The Backbone of Verifiable Learning
The TLN Credential Platform is the distributed infrastructure that underpins the entire network. Designed to serve as a high-trust, decentralized environment, it enables institutions to securely issue and share verifiable credentials, while giving learners unified access to their records.
Key capabilities include:
- A distributed ledger architecture that ensures institutional autonomy and data ownership, while creating a shared trust framework.
- Support for W3C Verifiable Credentials and JSON-LD, allowing for high levels of interoperability across systems.
- A virtualized learner view — students log in using their institutional credentials and access all their verified achievements in one place, no matter where they earned them.
- Integrations with systems, such as PeopleSoft, Canvas, Canvas Credentials and others — creating a seamless pipeline from learning to credential to opportunity.
ASU Pocket – A Wallet for Lifelong Learning
ASU Pocket is the original TLN credentials wallet, developed to help students organize and share their academic, co-curricular and professional achievements throughout their time in education and beyond.
With ASU Pocket, learners can:
- Securely collect and view a broad range of credentials, from degrees to badges to leadership activities.
- Connect their identity using Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and manage their records through a privacy-first, consent-driven interface.
- Share curated portfolios with educational institutions, employers, and others in just a few taps.
- Track progress, explore pathways and showcase their full learning journey.
MySkills Pocket – A Wallet for the Workforce
MySkills Pocket extends the TLN’s learner-first philosophy to the world of work. Built specifically for learners transitioning into or across the workforce, this app makes verifiable credentials accessible, shareable and actionable.
MySkills Pocket enables:
- Collection and storage of credentials in a free-to-download wallet available via app stores.
- Sharing of achievements with job marketplaces, training programs and workforce services.
- A career-focused experience tailored for learner-earners navigating employment, upskilling and advancement opportunities.
While ASU Pocket has been developed for the ASU student, MySkills Pocket is designed to help learners, employers and employment services providers explore the world of verified skills in the and unlock new opportunities in a competitive, skills-based job market.
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