1EdTech Community Sessions at the 2025 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education, co-hosted by UPCEA and AACRAO
How to Get ROI from Your Digital Credentials RFPs
Concurrent Session | Date & Time TBD
We’re all leaning into innovative credentials—like microcredentials and learning and employment records (LERs)—to unlock better learning experiences and open new doors to employment. But let’s face it: choosing the right technology to issue and manage these credentials can feel overwhelming. That’s where we come in. Drawing from real-world experience, we’ve gathered practical insights to guide you through every step of the procurement process—from crafting strong RFPs to evaluating vendor proposals and making confident, informed decisions.
Presenters:
- Kelly Hoyland, Director, Post-Secondary Education & Workforce Programs, 1EdTech Consortium
- Gloria Niles, Director of Online Learning, University of Hawaiʻi System
- Eric Scott Sembrat, Ph.D., Director of Digital Learning Technologies, Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U), Georgia Institute of Technology
- Sonya Watkins, Chief Information Officer, University of Central Oklahoma
Identifying Trusted Technologies for Skills and Competency Forward Learning
Workshop | Date & Time TBD
Coming Soon
Presenters:
- Rob Coyle, Digital Credentials Program Manager, 1EdTech Consortium
- Amber Garrison Duncan, Executive Vice President and COO, C-BEN
- Kathryn Green, Director of Project Management, Unicon, Inc.
- Kymberly Lavigne-Hinkley, Director, Community of Care Ecosystem, WGU
- Bob Nash, Dean of Academic Affairs, California Virtual Campus
Transforming Learning Mobility: Innovative Credentials, Data and Technology Interoperability, and Learner Advancement
General Session/Morning Brief | October 1, at 8:45 AM
Learning mobility represents a critical transformation in how we approach education and workforce development. This panel will explore how emerging data and technology standards are reshaping learner experiences and institutional policies, creating more flexible, portable, transparent, verifiable, and personalized educational and career pathways. Drawing from the critical work of the AACRAO Learning Mobility Assembly, 1EdTech’s comprehensive standards, UPCEA’s Council for Credential Innovation we will dive deep into the critical intersection of innovative credentials, data and technology standards, and institutional policy that fosters seamless learning mobility to advance learners’ education and career opportunity.
Presenters:
- Rob Coyle, Digital Credentials Program Manager, 1EdTech Consortium
- Holly Custard, Ph.D., Senior Director, Data Ecosystem Partnerships, Strada Education Foundation
- Mike Simmons, Ph.D., Associate Executive Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, AACRAO
- Julie Uranis, Sr. Vice President for Online and Strategic Initiatives, UPCEA