This webinar explores the "wicked problem" of skills visibility, focusing on how validated, skills-first ecosystems empower learners and earners. Panelists from Education Design Lab and SkillsAware/Edalex discuss the XCredit project and SkillsAware platform powered by Edalex technology, highlighting how technology and human-centred design can turn lived experience into verified currency for employability. Through powerful learner stories and employer insights, we examine the shift from degrees as proxies to a future of lifelong skilling and skills mobility.

Key areas of discussion:

✅How tools like XCredit and SkillsAware are transforming lived experience into verified, meaningful data
✅The power of visibility in helping learners better understand their own capabilities
✅Why durable skills are critical in the workforce

Speakers:

• Tara Laughlin, Ed.D. (Education Design Lab) – a leading voice in durable skills and the architect of learner-centered credentialing models.
• Nishita Chheda (Education Design Lab) – expert in skills-based research and learner advocacy.
• Margo Griffith (Edalex / SkillsAware) – Principal Skills Consultant focused on solving the wicked problem of skills recognition through auditable evidence.
• The Learners – hear directly from three professionals about the “Aha!” moment of seeing their unseen skills finally verified and portable.

👉 Watch the full video on https://skillsaware.com/videos/the-learner-voice-webinar-why-skills-visibility-matter/

About SkillsAware

SkillsAware is an AI-powered skills recognition engine developed through a collaboration between SkillsIQ, a skills-focused not-for-profit and Edalex, an award-winning EdTech and SkillsTech company, building on decades of technology and skills expertise. Its SkillsTech platform and associated services captures and maintains an evidence-based indicator of the plethora of skills that individuals accumulate progressively.

SkillsAware enables organisations to identify the skills that exist within their workforce and highlight strengths and gaps so they can plan for the future. SkillsAware assists with skills-based hiring and resourcing and supports and contributes to productivity, performance, opportunity and reward goals. SkillsAware has relevance for individuals, small, medium and large enterprises and industries in the recognition of current capability, prior learning and experience.

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