CTI Pilot-site Partner Orientation November 2015

Welcome to theCredential Transparency Initiative

(CTI)!Services and Roadmap for Pilot-Site

Partners

OrientationDecember 9, 2015

• Benefits and Costs (i.e., staff time) of Participating as a Pilot Site

• CTI Pilot: The Big Picture• Pilot-Site Partner Services and Steps• Q&A • Next Steps

Orientation Overview

The goals are to improve transparency and coherence, and to align credentials with the needs of students, job seekers, workers, and employers.

1. Develop common terms for describing key features of:• Credentials and credentialing organizations and• Quality Assurance (QA) bodies that accredit, endorse, or

approve them.2. Create a voluntary, web-based registry and test it with

roughly 100 pilot-site partners.3. Develop and test software applications that facilitate use of

the registry by guidance counselors, colleges, employers, etc.

CTI Vision & Goals: A Coherent, Transparent Credentialing

Market

Your organization was invited to be a pilot-site because it has a reputation for being an innovative institution, and because it offers specific credentials that are well suited for the testing of the Registry that we have planned.

Although we are looking at a wide variety of credentials, we are trying to build a concentration in the areas of manufacturing, health care and information technology.

Your Credentials

Benefits & Costs of Participating as a Pilot Site

Learn more about W3C Linked Data guidelines and technologies and implications for your websites and web formats.Pioneer a new approach to credential transparency using the Credential Registry and its applications.Learn how to publish your credentials on the credential registry and how to best present your credentials on credential directory apps, employer apps, and other future apps.

Benefits: A Learning Opportunity

Why Improve Your Web Formats?

Google, shopping, job posting, and travel aggregators use common terminology (in the form of metadata) that has been accepted as a web standard (e.g., Schema.org)W3C vision and guidelines for moving the World Wide Web from a web of linked documents to a web of “linked data.”Using consistent metadata for key features (descriptors) of credentials will enable new ways of finding, comparing, and using credential information.

Pilot Partners Receive Services• Conversion of information in the credential and competency

domain to machine and human readable/comparable formats.• Credential information published to the Credential Registry.• Use of the Credential Directory App. • Personalized “Roadmap” document showing based on current

format of credential information steps that can be taken to enable the W3C vision for Linked Data.

How Pilot-Site Partners Participate • Provide access to technical and credential staff.• Provide access to credential information.• Participate with scheduled meetings throughout the project

period.• Provide ongoing feedback.• Participate in evaluation.

Credentialing Pilot-site Partner Services

A Program Credential

The minimum participation is onecredential offered by one program.

Partners may select to include more than one credential. If more than one is selected, the quantity chosen by

the partner will be limited based on pilot-site partnerand CTI capacity (for this pilot).

Time Commitment

You don’t have to change anything on your website unless you choose to do it.

What determines amount of time pilot partners- spend on CTI: Number of credentials selected by your organization. Ease of access by CTI staff to the credential information. Level of participation chosen—Minimum/Required vs.

Advanced.

Minimum/Required Participation

Minimum participation includes identification of technical and credential staff to communicate with CTI staff who will:

Sign the Partner Acknowledgement and choose one or more credentials

to be included. Answer questions about the credentials. Provide access to the credential information in the current formats

available. Confirm accuracy of credentials converted by the CTI Team. Review and provide feedback on the credential information in the

Directory app. Participate in monthly webinars. Examine your website and current credential information formats used

on the website to provide insights into how to move forward in “going live” with the credential registry and applications.

Participate in evaluation survey.

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Participation Time Variables

Time variables include:

Number of credentials chosen. Current location and ease of access to credential information. Where you want to go with your websites and web formats and learn

more about how to get there based on your personalized guide and roadmap.

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Credential InformationDescribing Credentials

Credential Issuer Name Credential Issuer Type Credential Name Credential Type Credential Version Competencies/Learning Outcomes Competency Frameworks Used Competency/Learning Outcome

Development/Validation Assessment Required to Attain Credential Other Credentialing Requirements Credential Renewal Requirements Credential Transfer Value Credential Primary Application Credential Scope of Application Credentialing Cost Role in Occupational /Professional Regulation Career and Education Pathways (if applicable) Labor Market Value (if applicable) Quality Assurance-Accreditation, Recognition,

Endorsement

Advanced Participation

Optional ways that pilot site partners could go beyond minimum participation with CTI:

Submit your credential app ideas. Follow and participate with the CTI discussion group. Provide feedback on the Credential Registry and

Directory design and development iterations. Have a person on the CTI Technical Advisory

Committee. Have a person participate in application committees

such as the employer app committee. Make changes to your website and web formats to

enhance credential transparency.

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Pilot Identification Options

Pilot-Site Partners can “opt out” of having their names disclosed on the Credential Registry and Directory App at any time

during the piloting phase.

Pilot-site Partners can: Opt-out at the beginning or at any time during

the piloting phase. Change this decision at any time to opt back in.

Tiered Access

Only Selected Organization Members

Your Invited Community

Public A. Show organization

identity.B. Do not show identity.

CTI Pilot: The Big Picture

Voluntary Registry for Sharing & App for

Reviewing and Comparing

Credentialing Partners

Credential Registry

Credential Directory

App

Credentials

Quality Assuran

ce

Competency

Frameworks/Resour

ces

Pilot-Site Partners

Common Terminology/ Credential & Quality

Assurance Descriptors

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Technical Advisory Committee & CredentialingPartners are Co-Engineering

2015 201707 10 2016 04 07 10 2017 04 07 10

Begin Collaborative and Committees

Begin CR & CD Plan/ Design

Begin CR and CD

Development

Minimum Viable Product

Run Pilot and Evaluation of

CR and CD

Complete CA, TPM/ES, and

CVT Plans

Complete CR and CD Pilot

and Evaluation

Technical and Design Documents: CR and CD (Aug 15 – Dec 15)

Recruit Credentialing and QA Pilot Organizations

(Jul 1, 2015 – Dec 2015)

Continuously Run and Improve Functioning of CR and CD (Feb 2016 – Dec 2017)

Collect Data on Participation and Use for Evaluation (Jan 1, 2016 – Oct 2017)

Plans Developed for CA, TPM/ES, and CVT (Jul 1, 2016 – Nov 1, 2017)

Final Reports

Abbreviations:Competency Authoring (CA)Credential Directory (CD)Credential Registry (CR)Credential Value Transfer (CVT)Employer Signaling (ES)Minimal Viable Product (MVP)Quality Assurance (QA)Talent Pipeline Management (TPM)

Establish and Facilitate Collaborative (Executive Committee, Stakeholder group) and all Sub-Committees(Jul 1, 2015 – Dec 2017)

Descriptor and Evaluation Committee Documents

(Jul 1 – Dec 31, 2015)

Implement Evaluation Plan (Jan 2016 – Oct 2017)

CR & CD Development MVP(Nov 1, 2015 – July 2016)

Work with 50-100 Credentialing and QA Organizations(Jan 1, 2016 – Sept 2017)

Maintain Website (Oct 2015 – Dec 2017)Launch Website

(Jul 1 – Sept 30, 2015)

Begin CA, TPM/ESand CVT Planning

CTI Project Timelines

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Credential Transparency Initiative Collaborative

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Stakeholder Advisory

Council

Credential/ Credentialing Organization Descriptor

Subcommittee

Executive Committee

Evaluation Committee

Credential Transfer Value Subcommittee

Credential Directory

Application Subcommittee

Talent Pipeline Management and

Employer Signaling

Subcommittee

Competency Authoring

Application Subcommittee

Quality Assurance Descriptor

Subcommittee

Pilot-Site PartnersTechnical

Advisory Committee

CTI Technical Team (Project Staff)

CTI Technical Team works directly with the:• Technical Advisory

Committee• Technical

Subcommittees• Credential Registry

Pilot-Site Partners

CTI Program Team (Project Staff)

Pilot-Site Partner Services Approach

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Agreement and Access• Partners authorize access to staff, information and data.

Outreach and Communications• Partners can participate with information and data source reviews, ongoing

webinars and conference calls, and participation with feedback and evaluation. TT will provide agendas and facilitate webinars and calls.

Practices, Information and Data • Partners provide access to credential practices, information and data. TT

demonstrates principals of Linked Data.

Credential Registry and Directory • Partners can review and provide feedback. TT builds with iterative partner reviews

and feedback, and provide usage access to partners.

Guide and Roadmap Document• Partners can utilize guidance. TT documents: baseline and conversion

information, guide to continue credential transparency into the future with best practices for partners to continue registry and directory and advance their overall websites and web formats.

The Pilot services and participation activities occur between the CTI Technical Team (TT), identified partner program and technical contacts.

Where We Are Now?

Established Technical Advisory Committee. Identifying Pilot-Site Partners. Defining Common Terminology Version 1.0. Designing Credential Registry and Directory

App.

CTI Pilot-Site Services& Steps

Your Personalized Roadmap

The CTI staff will provide each pilot site a written document as a guide and roadmap to help you enhance your websites and web formats in the future:

Where your organization is today in terms of providing information and data about credentials that enables transparency and shared data.

How to transform current formats to enable ongoing updates to the credential registry and to optimize web formats based on the World Wide Web Consortiums (W3C) specifications for Linked Data.

Raise awareness and understanding of the vision for transparent credential and related assessment information.

Provide guidance to credentialing organizations on how to publish competency information through a wide variety of common formats.

Provide data in a machine-readable, structured format with the transition from proprietary to non-proprietary formats.

Provide data using standards recommended by the W3C.

Open and linked structured data.

Personalized Guide and Roadmap

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Credentialing Pilot-Site Partner Steps

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Descriptor Questions

Provide Credential Information

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Provide Feedback on

Directory App

Pilot the Registry & Directory

App

Review/Use the

Guidance and

Roadmap

Participate with

Evaluation

Step 1Complete the Acknowledgement of Partnership.Choose your credentials to put on the Credential Registry.

Credential Examples High school diploma College diploma Postsecondary degree Postsecondary education certificate

provided by a higher education institution

Training-provider certificate other than one provided by a higher education institution

Industry/professional or other type of certification

Apprenticeship credential Occupational/professional license Badge

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Step 2 Answer descriptor questions and provide input on CTI-DL Version 1.0.

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Examples of the Types of Questions

• What is the official name of the credential listed on your website?• Does your organization provide the type of credential (e.g., degree,

certification, badge) being offered under that name on your website? • What are the types of credentials?• Is public information provided on the competencies or learning outcomes

that are required to attain your credential?• What types of assessments are used?• What is required for renewal? • What is required for individuals to qualify for and receive this credential?• Is there any type of transfer value identified for your credentials?• What is the intended purpose or application of your credential? • When applicable, is labor market information included?

Step 3Provide credential information for conversion with locationand formats of descriptor information.

Location and Formats Websites Mobile Apps Database PDF Text Tables Other?

Describing Credentials Credential Issuer Name Credential Issuer Type Credential Name Credential Type Credential Version Competencies/Learning Outcomes Competency Frameworks Used Competency/Learning Outcome

Development/Validation Assessment Required to Attain Credential Other Credentialing Requirements Credential Renewal Requirements Credential Transfer Value Credential Primary Application Credential Scope of Application Credentialing Cost Role in Occupational /Professional Regulation Career and Education Pathways (if applicable) Labor Market Value (if applicable) Quality Assurance-Accreditation, Recognition,

Endorsement

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Step 5Provide Feedback on Credential Registry & Directory App.Confirm credential information is accurate and correct as it is published to the Credential Registry and will show on the Directory App .

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This is an example concept of the type of information that will be available on the Directory App .

Step 6Pilot the Credential Directory App.Review your guide and roadmap document and provide feedback.R

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Step 7Participate in the project evaluation.R

CTI Project Evaluation will include Pilot-Site Partner feedback on the CTI approach, the Credential Registry and the Credentialing Application based on:

Pilot-Site partner feedback throughout piloting process. Pilot-Site partner reviews of their current websites and web

formats and costs and benefits of going live on the registry. Pilot-Site partner survey at the end of piloting process on

costs and benefits of CTI approach and Registry and recommendations for moving forward.

Provide Feedback and Participate with Reviews

Visit http://www.credreg.com to see more information.Submit your app ideas.Join the open discussion group to contribute to the Technical Committees.Test during iterative development process.

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http://www.credreg.com/

Q&A

• CTI Project Big Picture?• Opportunities and Benefits?• Choosing Credentials and Identifying the

Right Technical and Credential Representatives?

• Minimum/Required vs. Advanced Participation?

• Other?

Next Steps

• The CTI team will send a follow-up email to pilot-site partner orientation participants.

• The Acknowledgement of Partnership document will be included.

• Review this document, let us know of any questions, sign and return it.

Next StepsThe CTI Team will follow-up with you to answer any questions and confirm your interest with participation.

1. Complete the Acknowledgement Agreement.2. Identify technical and credential staff.3. Start the process with CTI staff.

Stay Involved

• Participate with an Overview Update Webinar on November 17, 2015.

• Pilot-Site Partners can participate with the Plenary Session of the December 1, 2015 CTI Launch Meeting from 9:00 am to 10:30 am.

Join the Conversation

/credtransparency

@CTI_credential

https://twitter.com/CTI_credential


Technical Team Contact:Jeanne Kitchens, Associate Director

SIUC Center for Workforce [email protected]

Informational Website: http://www.credentialtransparencyinitiative.org

Technical Planning Microsite: http://www.credreg.org.

/credtransparency

@CTI_credential

http://www.credentialtransparencyinitiative.org/

http://www.credreg.org/



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