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Hijden, Higher Education Expert August 2019  \nCHEA/CIQG Publication Series ~~ ~~InEl~~ ~~Quality~~ ~~CHAoicugclicaontion®  \nABOUT CHEA  \nThe Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) serves its member institutions through its advocacy for the value and independence of accreditation, its rigorous and demanding standards for the effectiveness of U. S. accrediting organizations, its service as an authority and repository of actionable research shaping the future of accreditation and quality assurance and its leadership and commitment to quality in higher education nationally and internationally.  \n© 2019 Council for Higher Education Accreditation.  \nResearch publications, presentations, newsletters, advisory statements, fact sheets, brochuresand reports available on this site (excluding publications for purchase and our databases) can be copied and distributed, as long as you (1) do not modify or adapt the materials,(2) do not use the materials for commercial purposes,(3) provide appropriate attribution to CHEA, and (4) notify recipients of CHEA’s restrictions on use of the materials. Please note this is just a summary of your rights. Please see our Terms of Use for further details regarding your actual licensed rights.  \nTable of Contents  \n1. New Credentials-New Learning Opportunities 6   \n2. A Wide Variety of Providers 6   \n3. Expected Growth 8   \n4. Digitization of Credentials 8   \n5. Determining Quality-Basic Features for All  \nTypes of Provision 8   \n6. Nine Review Types 11  \n7. Quality Review in Transition 12   \n8. The CHEA/CIQG Quality Platform 12   \n9. Conclusions and Next Steps 13   \nDigitization of Credentials and Assuring Quality  \nExpert Group Meeting  \nMarch 12-13, 2019 • Washington, DC Participant List  \nCaroline Chang  \nVice President for Research and Policy Analysis  \nCouncil for Higher Education Accreditation  \nUSA  \nJudith Eaton  \nPresident  \nCouncil for Higher Education Accreditation  \nUSA  \nMelanie Gottlieb  \nDeputy Director  \nAmerican Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)  \nUSA  \nJames Keevy  \nChief Executive Officer JET Education Services SOUTH AFRICA  \nMeaghan Rajkumar  \nDeputy Director of Research at Sandbox ColLABorative  \nSouthern New Hampshire University USA  \nRoberts T. Jones  \nPresident  \nEducation and Workforce Policy USA  \nColin Tück  \nDirector  \nEuropean Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)  \nBELGIUM  \nStamenka Uvalić-Trumbić  \nSenior Advisor on International Affairs Council for Higher Education Accreditation  \nFRANCE  \nPeter van der Hijden  \nHigher Education Expert BELGIUM  \nBased on an Expert Group meeting convened by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, March 2019  \n1. New Credentials-New Learning Opportunities  \nHuman beings are compulsive learners. Throughout our ever-longer lives we are constantly processing knowledge. New facts, new experiences and new insights please our nerve cells. While we sleep at night our brain is archiving what we have learned that day. These neurological facts make us all lifelong learners, independent of formal enrolment.  \n“Shorter-term educational experiences are on the rise, often using online teaching, learning and assessment and issuing digitally signed credentials.”  \nStrong demographic and economic factors coincide with this natural desire to learn. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that, by the year 2030, nearly 200 million young people would like to enter higher education, mainly in the fast-growing global south. Current and future workforces will require frequent training and retraining to adapt to changing labor markets.1  \nMeanwhile, discussions on higher education tend to focus on long programs of formal, initial education, provided by traditional colleges and","cbCaidG7QvfTTANb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidG7QvfTTANb","pdf",551975,16,"English","# Table of Contents\n## New Credentials-New Learning Opportunities\n## A Wide Variety of Providers\n## Expected Growth\n## Digitization of Credentials\n## Determining Quality - Basic Features for All Types of Provision\n## Nine Review Types\n## Quality Review in Transition\n## The CHEA/CIQG Quality Platform\n## Conclusions and Next Steps","[{\"question\":\"What is driving the rise of shorter-term educational experiences?\",\"answer\":\"Demographic and economic factors, together with a natural desire to learn throughout life, are linked to the growth of shorter-term experiences that use online teaching and assessment.\"},{\"question\":\"Which quality concerns are highlighted for digitally issued credentials?\",\"answer\":\"The paper raises questions about quality, authenticity, transferability, sustainability, and potential fraud.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the CHEA/CIQG Quality Platform’s role in assuring quality?\",\"answer\":\"It is presented as one approach for addressing the challenge of assuring quality in shorter-term educational experiences, including determining features and suitable review types.\"}]","Digitization of Credentials - Quality of Shorter-Term Educational Experiences | PDF",1792047617]