EP 176. What is an achievement wallet?

Sarah DeMark is an assessment expert leading education and workforce outcomes as Vice Provost at Western Governors University. This is the worlds largest university, is online, and soon turns 30 years old. Its education model is competency-based, equity-oriented, and based in Utah. It pioneers recording and demonstrating the future-work skills of its learners through an achievement wallet. It is in the vanguard of a tech-enabled global skills agenda. And as co host Mike Hale from VitalSource argues it provides a scalable foundation for external partnerships that are serving WGU students and alumni and others in the lifelong learning ecosystem.