Comprehensive Learner Record/Learning and Employment Record

Resources

• C-BEN Interoperability Principles

  
  LERs are reshaping not only what is recorded about a learner’s knowledge, skills, and capabilities, but also how learners can access and use their data to pursue employment and further education without barriers. This vision requires interoperability of the data systems that produce LERs. To guide action, a common set of principles for education and employment data has been created for use by key decision makers who provide education and training to millions of Americans each year. Read the recent C-BEN report on Interoperable Learning & Employment Records to begin building a framework to establish seamless sharing and use of LERs.

• Alabama Talent Playbook

  
  Alabama is now the first state to issue a digital wallet available to all residents. The Alabama Talent Playbook explains how Alabama has created technological infrastructure to support its developing skills-based economy; this represents a huge step forward and stands out as an early exemplar of what digital credentialing can look like on a large scale.

• UW-Madison Digital Badge Policy

  
  An institutional example of a digital badge policy from the University of Wisconsin - Madison (as of December, 2022).

• FINAL REPORT: Alternative Credentials: Considerations, Guidance, and Best Practices

  
  The AACRAO Alternative Credentials work group published their final report in July, 2022. This report provides research on best practices for members' institutions considering or already offering certificates and micro-credentials. The intention of this report is to create standards for definitions and portability of alternative credentials.

• Implementation of the IMS Global Comprehensive Learner Record Standard: A Practical Guide for Campus Personnel

  
  The IMS Global CLR Implementation Guide is a comprehensive data standard that meets the objectives of an official institutional learning-focused and comprehensive learner record.

• DRAFT REPORT: Alternative Credentials: Considerations, Guidance, and Best Practices

  The AACRAO Alternative Credentials work group provides research on best practices for members' institutions considering or already offering certificates and micro-credentials. The intention of this report is to create standards for definitions and portability of alternative credentials.

• CLR Phase II Report

  CLR Phase II seeks to expand the understanding and use of CLRs among additional institutions. Download the CLR Phase II Report to learn more.

• 2020 Guidance on the Review of the Comprehensive Learner Records (CLR) Standard from IMS Global

  Per our review, the CLR Standard from IMS Global is the only comprehensive data standard in place today that meets the objectives of an official institutional learning-focused and comprehensive learner record.

• 2019 Standardized Components for a Competency-Based Educational Record

  For this second phase of the Lumina grant there were four main goals:

  • Facilitate the scaling of CLRs in up to 150 colleges and universities
  • Standardize the components of a CBE transcript/record with the goal of achieving 10 participating institutions in this second phase
  • Address the data integration issue
  • Leverage existing degree audit technologies to track progress toward learning outcomes/competencies.
  To achieve the goals outlined for the second item above, AACRAO partnered with the expert organization on competency-based education, member institutions of C-BEN, a “network of colleges, organizations, and individuals, dedicated to realizing the potential of competency-based education”.
• 2018 CLR Data Integration Work Group White Paper

  During the first phase the CLR project, one of the most significant barriers to the development and implementation of the student record was the integration of data to populate the record with data and evidence of learning.

  In the second phase of work, AACRAO assembled the CLR Data Integrations Work Group to identify the barriers to data integration that exist today at most institutions. While some colleges and universities will be able to address these challenges through internal resources and expertise, most lack the infrastructure to address the barriers they may face. This Work Group provided universities with information on moving forward, creating potential guidelines, and working to promote standards that not only benefit students but also employers and other admitting institutions.

• 2016 Fact Sheet
• 2016 Comprehensive Student Record Report
• Credential Engine: Reimagining the Higher Education Ecosystem
• IMS Global: Enabling an Opportunity Ecosystem

Webinars

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