Learning and Credential Mobility is Global

Talent Scarcity, Commerce, Industry, Competitiveness, Differentiation. What is Driving Us?

Our Desire to Define, Render, Track, Transform, Exchange, Compare and

Understand how learning is packaged, unpackaged and repackaged to support Learner Aspirations – and the many Stakeholders who seek Talent.

Groningen Declaration Network David K. Moldoff

Fresco mural dating back over a thousand years. The Roman battles, led by Constantine in 300 AD, reveal how powerful the drive is to consolidate, standardize and sustain governance and commerce.

Representatives from thirteen countries met in Rome, Italy on November 8-9, 2007 to discuss the assembly of common data exchange standards to support the goals of the Bologna Process.

Globalization, Regional Evolution, Revolution, Innovation, Adoption Economic, Reusable, Sustainable, Respectful, Trustworthy and Authentic

• Our past, present and future converge on the challenges of scarcity – and working peacefully together as humanity continues to evolve.

• In peace, we come together to help every person fulfill their potential by finding the best pathway to a life of meaning and purpose.

• We are here today to share, learn and discuss the evolution of the global ecosystem and the application of technology serving that purpose.

Chaos … leading to … Digital Cooperation Collaboration Initiatives • RS3G (Rome Student Systems and Standards Group formed in 2007)

• ECAM – Terena – Next steps to support Student Mobility.

• EUROPASS (Curriculum Vitae)

• European University Foundation (Erasmus without Paper)

• ELM (European Learner Mobility)

• MLO (Metadata Learning Opportunities)

• SCHAC (SCHema for ACademia)

• INTERNET2 (Commit, InCommon)

• ANSI (American National Standards Institute - Credentials Transparency/ACENET)

• HR-XML

• JISC

• ERASMUS without paper

Associations and Organizations • SIF Association (SIF Implementation Specification)

• EDUCAUSE (Microcredentials and Badges)

• EUNIS (European University Information Systems)

• EAIE (European Association International Education)

• CEN (European Standardization Committee)

• PESC (Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council – EdExchange)

• AACRO (Electronic Data Exchange, Speede)

• TF-EMC2 (TERENA Task Force European Middleware Coordination and Collaboration)

• W3C (Credentials Community Group)

• SCORM (Tin Can API)

• IMS (Global Learning Consortium - Digital Credentialing)

• Digital Promise (Gates, Carnegie and Corporate Partners)

• European University Foundation (ERASMUS)

A Use Case For Data Exchange Tennessee Reconnect is part of the larger “Drive to 55” campaign to increase the number of adults in the state with a postsecondary credential from 32% to 55% by 2025. Currently, Tennessee has between 900,000 and 1 million adults with some college credit, but no degree.

PESC’s 17th Annual Best Practices Award Winner

Take Away

“We are seeing a rising trend in governance organizations (and there are many types, sizes and forms) leading, negotiating and implementing multi-institutional cloud services, common data access/exchange methods and shared taxonomies bridging localized and often incompatible SIS/LMS systems using data standards published by organizations such as PESC.”

David K. Moldoff, AcademyOne, Inc. USA dmoldoff@academyone.com – www.academyone.com