Bridging Education and Employment Through Open Standards – 1EdTech and HR Open Standards Consortium
Career Launch
Credential Registry Badge Publisher Tool — Credential Engine
Overview The Credential Registry Badge Publisher Tool, developed by Credential Engine, helps organizations publish detailed Open Badge information within the Credential Registry. This tool allows issuers to map badge metadata […]
EBSCO Information Services
Managing Self-Sovereign Learning and Employment Records through LER.me – EBSCOed
Open Badges Standard
Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI)
Partnership to Advance Edtech Ecosystem – 1EdTech & Digital Promise
Overview In March 2024, two global nonprofit organizations — 1EdTech® and Digital Promise — announced a new partnership to support each other’s work to create a greater impact on teaching […]
LER Accelerator
Overview The LER Accelerator was launched in 2024 with support from Walmart. The effort is boosting the adoption of Learning and Employment Records (LERs) in postsecondary education by focusing on […]
Open Badges
Assertion
Global Micro-Credential Schema Mapping Project – Credential Engine
Overview Credential Engine launched the Global Micro-Credential Schema Mapping to create a standardized framework for categorizing and describing microcredentials across the global education and workforce landscape. The project addresses the […]
1EdTech Open Badges Standard
Overview Open Badges are information-rich visual tokens of verifiable achievements earned by recipients and easily shared on the web and via social media. The Open Badges standard describes a method […]
TrustEd Microcredential Coalition — 1EdTech Consortium
Overview The 1EdTech Consortium established the TrustEd Microcredential Coalition to help realize the potential benefits of microcredentials for learners, educators, and employers. Founding members of the coalition include senior representatives from: […]
Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) Standard — 1EdTech Consortium
Overview The 1EdTech Consortium established a Comprehensive Learning Record (CLR) Working Group to collaborate around CLR developments and transition CLR 1.0 to CLR 2.0 (learning and employment records – LER). Major […]
IDB Digital Credential Framework (Inter-American Development Bank)
Overview The IDB Digital Credential Framework (the Framework) is the key reference tool and roadmap to recognize knowledge-building and continuous learning with digital credentials. Issued in May 2023 by the […]
Badge, Skills Badge, Open Badge, Competency Badge
Badges are tools to represent someone’s achievements, certifications, or abilities. There are several types of badges such as digital badges, skills badges, open badges, and competency badges. A badge is […]
Learning Agents
The LER Ecosystem Report & Ecosystem Map
Overview The Smart Report Ecosystem Map was created by iDatafy in 2022 – launched in January 2023 and updated in 2024. iDatafy originally worked with a team of digital credentialing […]
Credly
1EdTech’s Digital Credentials Learn & Lead Roundtables
Overview 1EdTech’s expert-led Digital Credentials Learn & Lead Roundtables provide knowledge and resources for institutional leaders driving credentialing programs and initiatives at their institution—sharing best practices from planning to implementation. […]
IdRamp
Incremental Credential / Incremental Credentialing System / Incremental Credentialing Framework
Badge, Skills Badge, Open Badge, Competency Badge
Badge Backpack, Digital Wallet
HR Open Standards Consortium
Credential Interoperability Frameworks
North Dakota Digital Credential Publishing Application – State of North Dakota
Overview North Dakota is the first state to develop a digital credential publishing application for high school transcripts as a verifiable credential. It allows high school graduates to present their […]
Linked, Open Languages/schemas (CTDL & CTDL-ASN)
Overview Credential Engine’s family of specifications are available for use under open licenses. These specs include the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) used to describe credentials and information about them. […]
Comprehensive Learner Records Standard Working Group
Overview A web-friendly interoperable digital record, Comprehensive Learning Record (CLR), is designed to be flexible enough to support a wide range of use cases to meet the needs of students, […]