Call for Presentations - 2023 Credential As You Go Network Virtual Conference |
Call for Presentations
Credential As You Go will be hosting a virtual conference featuring the work of Network members on September 20th and 21st from 2 pm – 5 pm EDT. The purpose of the conference is twofold: to highlight incremental credentials across the Network that are currently in development or already being delivered, and to create an opportunity for network members to connect with one another.
The conference addresses questions surrounding the development, implementation, and delivery of incremental credentials. Credential As You Go Network members have identified various topics where their work is currently happening. What are the questions that are being considered?
We are looking for session proposals that showcase your work in one or more of the following areas:
- How To: How are you developing incremental credentials and using resources to ensure quality, meet program approval requirements, build curriculum in tandem with current programs, get the word out to students, academic advisors, and employers about the new credential options, and using data to inform decisions?
- Employer engagement: How are you aligning incremental credentials with employer needs?
- Rethinking prerequisites: How are you providing opportunities for learners to demonstrate what they’ve learned in order to parlay that into alternatives for traditional prerequisites?
- Making the case, building support: How are you raising awareness and building support for incremental credentialing beyond the disciplines that have moved early into these types of innovations?
- Access and Attainment: How are you using incremental credentialing to address gaps in access to, engagement in, and attainment of incremental credentials?
There will be two formats for presentations:
Case Studies: 30-minute break-out sessions that allow speakers to address specific work in which they are engaged. Case studies could be focused on specific incremental credentials or on processes or tools that have been created or leveraged for this work. Case Studies should dive into the credential itself, why it was created, how it was created, who are the targeted students, challenges faced, and lessons learned. Speakers will take about 20 minutes to present, leaving time for discussion with participants. Key questions that have been addressed or still remain should be highlighted in the session.
Lightning Talks: These short talks use one slide to highlight specific work in incremental credentialing. Each presenter/team will have 3 minutes to showcase their work and provide key questions still unresolved. The end of the session will provide time for questions/comments. Submitted slides will be featured on the Credential As You Go website in a “gallery” developed for these sessions.