A Recap of the Inaugural My eQuals Connect Event in Sydney 2024
Thank you to all who joined us for the inaugural My eQuals Connect event! It's our hope that you found the sessions and discussions valuable, connected with colleagues, and left with new knowledge and considerations for innovations surrounding credentials with My eQuals.
Also, a warm thank you to The Women’s College at The University of Sydney, for being such lovely hosts!
We had some amazing presenters and panellists (from around the world) attend and share their insights, including:
The Path to Learning Recognition: Setting the System Scene and the many puzzle pieces to put together - Sally Kift (President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows, James Cook University)My eQuals partners and affiliates discussing the lifelong learner record within an Australian and global context, with an eye on serving the learners of the future - Jenny Dodd (CEO, TDA), Jerry Nockles (Deputy CEO, IHEA), Jelger de Boer (President, GDN), Kevin Martin (VP Growth, Parchment) and Jay Segeth (My eQuals Program Director, HES)
Operational practices, improvements, and initiatives from those utilising My eQuals from its infancy to those new to experiencing the transformational impact on processes and learner experience - Simon Potts (WSU), Simone Rigby (Chisholm), Amali Weeratunga (Monash College) and Athol Reid (The University of Queensland)
Microcredentials and Digital Badges within My eQuals: the role played, the technology and the drive for standards, policies, and processes to ensure clear recognition journeys are supported by badges - Joanne Duklas (GDN), Prof. Josephine Lang (The University of Melbourne) and Simone Ravaioli (Parchment)
Receivers and those who 'consume' verified credentials, how are they viewed, how are they processed and where opportunities for exploring greater use of verified data within credentials exists - Paula Soon (RMIT), Nigel Palmer (Business NSW) and Verdi Arli (The University of Melbourne)
How academic credentials can effectively cross borders and 'consumers' of verified credentials can be facilitated through technology and government bodies such as the Center for Student Services and Development (CSSD), Ministry of Education, P.R. China, with Wenjun (Edward) Chen)
A pilot update of the NZ development of a sector-level credit management capability and extension to Australia, with Anthony Manahan (HES) presenting alongside Jay Segeth
We ended with a bang, as Simone Ravaioli hosted Prof. Martin Bean, who awoken everyone to see what is happening and evolving at pace as the global skilling emergency surrounds us all, the shifting trends in market and industry's response, the movement of knowledge as a currency, and the structures of 'alternative' credentials. Throughout the disruption continuum, they discussed how technologies work together to support this evolution and how a connected ecosystem with digital wallets will occur.
