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In this conversation style interview, Dan McFadyen and Martin Bean, Founder and CEO of the Bean Centre, explore a how education, industry, society and technology are converging to embrace and empower alternative credentials.

Their topics of discussion include:

• 1:40  - The Intersection of Factors Making Lifelong Learning an Imperative
• 4:49  - The Importance of Aligning Multi-Sector Initiatives to Maximise the Power of Alternative Credentials
• 10:28 - How Rich Skills Descriptors are Providing the Common Language Needed in the New Global Economy
• 15:04  - Strengthening Cross-Sector Connections to Enable Integrated and Flexible Learning Pathways
• 19:47 - How Highly Mobile Digital Badges are Delivering Rich Verification and Evidence of Skills
• 21:35 - Blending Real-World Experiences Into Traditional Education and the Impact on Graduate Employability
• 28:28 - Australia’s Position in the Global Knowledge Economy and the Vision of The Bean Centre

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In this conversation style interview, Margo Griffith and Emeritus Professor Beverley Oliver discussed Oliver's research, thoughts and insights on rethinking employability after the release of her Whitepaper in late 2020. She also provides further context around her recommendation that education providers focus on 3 factors that signal employability to their learners.

Please note: this conversion was first published about a year ago as a way of looking back at how  fast we've come in this fast moving sector.

Their topics of discussion include:

• 0:46 - Defining Employability in Today's World
• 2:46 - An Untested Factor - Signalling Employability to Learners
• 6:15 - The Factors That Signal Employability
• 7:14 - How Education Providers Can Increase Their Employability Signals
• 9:20 - Understanding the Intersection of Skills, Learning Pathways and Employability
• 11:25 - Examples of How Learners Can Utilise Transferable Skills
• 13:34 - Increasing Employability - 3 Key Factors for Education Providers to Focus On
• 14:19 - Key Factor 1 - Defining and Measuring Employability
• 17:16 - Key Factor 2 - Enhance Employability Signals
• 18:15  -Key Factor 3 - Update Curriculum to Include an Employability Lens

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In this Edalex Podcast episode, Dan McFadyen and Mark Keough, Chief Executive Officer of Intrinsic Learning, discuss a fresh take on ethical and machine learning imperatives to create truly learner-centric micro-credentials.

Their topics of discussion include:

• 1:38 - Micro-Credentials in the Vocational Sector and the Relevancy of Existing Education and Jobs Descriptions
• 7:05 - The Importance of Helping Learners From all Education Backgrounds Identify and Talk to Their Skills
• 11:35 - Recognition of Prior Learning and Tracking the Capability Progression of Lifelong Learners
• 17:40 - Exploring Rich Skills Descriptors and Machine Learning Through OSN Skill Collaboratives
• 21:20 - The Ethical Framework Imperative When Using Machine-Readable Skills Data
• 30:27 - Intrinsic Learning’s Current and Future Projects and Global Efforts in Support of the Future of Work

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