The Credentials As You Go website was introduced to me on Mastodon with the comment "Walmart behind all of the things, and their funding as a single point of failure." The project is dedicated to developing an alternative education credentials system in the U.S., and while it seems odd for WalMart to be supporting it, it makes sense if they want to offer lower cost alternatives to traditional degrees. "When all the building blocks are working together, individuals are able to move more seamlessly through the marketplace using a variety of credentials to communicate the skills and knowledge acquired in multiple settings (e.g., school, work, service, self-study)." I don't think this is wrong, particularly, but a lot of work has been done buy others. But as we read here, "all parts of the system must be connected and coordinated," which really sounds like the opposite of an open credentials network. Anyhow, take a look - it's interesting, and still pretty new.
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