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Another in the blog series by Brad Zomick for skilledup for learners from 9/14/13. He discusses whether digital badges and certificates mean anything to employers, and what their actual worth is. Badges are mostly used for incentives along the way in a course, and are often not very meaningful. Same for certificates of completion. Most valuable are online certifications if they are associated with a company such as Microsoft, an accredited school, or other recognized entity. Zomick states that online badges, certificates, and credentials are most valuable when embedded in an online portfolio that shows your work and the skills you learned to do the work.

Online professional portfolio tools.

Showcasing your work in an online Portfolio can help give employers a clear picture of you and your skills.

The New York Times recommends creating an ePortfolio to show potential employers.

The New York Times recommends creating an ePortfolio to showcase skills to employers.

Using Off-the-Shelf Software to Showcase Your Own or Student Work By Helen C. Barrett Published in Learning & Leading with Technology, April, 2000 In the October 1998 issue of Learning & Leading with Technology, I outlined the strategic questions to ask when developing electronic portfolios.

Helen Barrett's home page on eportfolios for learning. She includes a keynote address she did on portfolios for an educators group in Hamilton, NZ in February 2015. Lots of excellent individual slides on lifelong learning and how the portfolio is a laboratory.

nice explanation of how professor uses email, scanner, Evernote, and Dropbox to build a fully searchable portfolio to organize and store bits of information that need to be compiled when being considered for tenure.

Blog post by William Bowen, March 25, 2013, on movement towards online education. He would like more hard evidence to understand impact/success among other effects, tool kits (platforms), new mind-set to attempt online to reduce costs without adversely affecting educational outcomes, what we must retain in terms of central aspects of life on campus such as "minds rubbing against minds." Excerpts: "My plea is for the adoption of a portfolio approach to curricular development that provides a calibrated mix of instructional styles." ... "Their students, along with others of their generation, will expect to use digital resources-and to be trained in their use. And as technologies grow increasingly sophisticated, and we learn more about how students learn and what pedagogical methods work best in various fields, even top-tier institutions will stand to gain from the use of such technologies to improve student learning." Really like this comment for value of MOOCs for post-college graduates: "A quibble. I am intrigued by your comment about "minds rubbing against minds." While there is undeniable worthiness of the thought inside academic communities perhaps underestimated is the lack of such friction after graduation and how MOOCs can provide opportunities outside the alma maternal environments. To take courses at the local U. costs both in inconvenience of scheduling, transportation and monetary costs equivalent to constantly having a new Hyundai. Those requirements wind up as being unreasonable. Since January I have had the great pleasure of thinking about the thoughts of Dave Ward and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh and arguing about points in the forums. More recently, Michael Sandel on Justice from Boston. These opportunities are enormously better than nothing at all, clearly benefiting myself and probably also friends, colleagues and civil society. While these experiences do not provide the intensity of a post seminar argument in the Ree

excellent explanation by Tom Vander Ark on why parent-managed learner profiles are becoming more important all the time for young people.  Is the corollary true for adults owning their learning in portable, digital carry-alongs for sharing with potential employers, etc.  

GOOD INFO: This web page provides information on common software tools available on personal computers and/or the Internet to facilitate assessment FOR learning in electronic portfolios.

Importance of learning online to replace formal degree seeking activities by Lolly Daskal and Matthew Brimer, founder of General Assembly, turning thinkers into creaters "Luckily for you, there are now a ton of educational resources and pathways to learn web design and hone your skills, available both online and offline, without the requirement of pursuing a traditional college degree. When hiring a designer, most employers today care about your portfolio over your resume, your creative talent over your GPA, and your ability to produce great work over the name brand of the school you attended."

Great site that features work of learners in hilarious and provocative ways from University of Mary Washington--ongoing news page with completed projects and portfolios

Look at how the social learning certificate portfolio requirements in the overview are presented with the certificate timeline. I find this clear and compelling . . . should we adapt for badges?

interesting article in NYT on February 24, 2013 on how adults long out of high school in some cases cobbled together learning experiences--formal academic work, open courseware, and experiential--to receive college degrees from Thomas Edison in New Jersey without ever having arrived on campus or borrowed money to pay for their degrees

Jane Hart's blog post (4.13.2015) on how learning happens everywhere in an organization and how L & D needs to support learning wherever it happens.

Really wonderful article on nonprofit leadership development and how the lack of it leads to much external executive hiring and high turnover in these roles