University of Phoenix Vice Provosts Join Proceedings of 2024 Badge Summit
2024年8月7日 - 4:20AM
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Dr. Marc Booker and Doris Savron join the event
to discuss the potential of Comprehensive Learner Records in higher
education
University of Phoenix is pleased to share that Vice Provost of
Strategy, Marc Booker, Ph.D., and Vice Provost of Colleges,
Assessment and Curriculum, Doris Savron, MBA, were selected as a
presenters for the 2024 Badge Summit, hosted by the University of
Colorado at Boulder. The event, which has grown to become one of
the premier platforms for sharing innovative insights and
exchanging knowledge on badging and microcredentials, takes place
at the university's campus in Boulder August 5-7, 2024. The annual
event draws attendees from various educational institutions,
industry professionals, and forward-thinking experts to explore the
transformative potential of badging and microcredentials in the
digital age.
“The Badge Summit has evolved into one of the most important
events for sharing cutting-edge advancements in badging and
microcredentials for practitioners," shares Booker. "It's a
privilege to showcase the groundbreaking work University of Phoenix
is doing with skills-aligned learning and how it changes the value
proposition for our students. Microcredentials and comprehensive
learner records have a significant potential to enhance when value
is returned on the journey to obtain a degree for students and
provides a clear record on achievements by students in real-time
expanding their options for enhancing their career sooner."
Booker and Savron’s presentation, “Leveraging the CLR/LER
Infrastructure to Give Students Value Today,” examines the role of
both the Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) and the Learning and
Employment Record (LER) in providing students opportunities to gain
immediate value for artifacts tied to learning outcomes and skill
obtainment outside of the traditional transcript. The CLR and LER
provide valuable insights on skills acquired and provide a single
record of learning and employment history accessible in one digital
location, empowering learners to tell their story of
accomplishments in real time.
"Leveraging microcredentials, skills tagging and authentic
assessments in curriculum helps in accurately capturing student
achievements through comprehensive learner records and supports
developing an ecosystem for learning and employment records,”
states Savron. “These learner records evolve alongside individuals,
creating a dynamic ecosystem for learning and employment records
that more effectively showcase the knowledge, skills, and
experiences accumulated over a lifetime.”
The presentation is part of a two-day event focused on
microcredentials, access and equity in education. As the driving
forces behind University of Phoenix's cutting-edge skills-aligned
learning and badging initiatives, Booker and Savron bring a wealth
of experience to the event and have presented on similar topics at
other national events.
Savron co-authored a white paper on establishing a skills
ecosystem at University of Phoenix. The white paper provides an
overview of components critical to creating a career-focused skills
ecosystem and outlines the progress of University of Phoenix over
the past decade, beginning with establishing academic program life
cycles that then supported innovations, policies, and processes
that fostered a dynamic and institution-wide shift to skill-aligned
learning.
Booker and his colleagues issued a white paper, “Creating a
Credit Mobility Culture: Supporting Transfer for Adults Learners
with Some College and No Degree,” which examines the ways
University of Phoenix supports a credit mobility culture including
approach including creating flexible policies and programs,
embracing prior learning as a viable source of academic credit,
providing clarity on transfer outcomes and options, removing
barriers that impact student progression, and empowering students
through relevant support services.
University of Phoenix established an innovative approach to
flexible, adaptable online learning to support an equitable
environment. The skills-mapped approach to curriculum supports
equitable access to progress; when learners obtain skills in weeks,
they gain more immediate value from their education and do not have
to wait years for a degree before making career decisions that can
be built on skills they are already acquiring.
As Vice Provost for Strategy at the University of Phoenix,
Booker oversees critical path academic initiatives to improve the
student experience such as learning platform implementations,
curricular enhancements, and developing empathetic solutions to
drive improved student outcomes through data. He is the recipient
of the 2024 UPCEA Operational Excellence Award and a 2024 American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
(AACRAO) Thomas A. Bilger Award. In 2023, he was part of a
leadership team named winners of the Catalyst Award for Teaching
& Learning. Widely recognized as an expert in transfer credit
and Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), Booker previously served as
vice president of Admissions and Evaluation at University of
Phoenix; during his tenure his office received three Showcase in
Excellence Awards from the Southwest Alliance for Excellence for
processes related to admissions application, transcript and prior
learning assessment processes. Booker has been an employee of the
University of Phoenix since 2001.
Savron serves as Vice Provost of Colleges, Assessment and
Curriculum, overseeing the strategy for the University’s academic
programs and curriculum design, institutional assessment and
faculty. Her role includes oversight of strategy for degree,
certificate and course offerings, design of curriculum and student
learning outcomes for the University. Savron works collaboratively
with her team members to innovate academic solutions that enable
the University to provide exceptional student experiences and
learning environments to support student success. In her tenure
with University of Phoenix she has served as associate faculty,
campus vice president, regional Vice president of student services,
and college operations. She was appointed to the advisory council
for UPCEA and AACRAO’s inaugural 2023 Convergence Conference
focused on the emerging field of alternative credentials in Higher
Education, and in 2024 to the UPCEA Council for Credential
Innovation leadership. Savron is often sought out as a speaker for
her expertise on mapping relevant skills in programs and building
an infrastructure to support career tools in curriculum design,
micro credentialing and other innovations in curriculum, presenting
at events by organizations such as 1EdTech and PACRAO. She earned
her MBA from Cleveland State University and is completing her
doctorate in management in organizational leadership.
About University of Phoenix
University of Phoenix innovates to help working adults enhance
their careers and develop skills in a rapidly changing world.
Flexible schedules, relevant courses, interactive learning,
skills-mapped curriculum for our bachelor’s and master’s degree
programs and a Career Services for Life® commitment help students
more effectively pursue career and personal aspirations while
balancing their busy lives. For more information, visit
phoenix.edu.
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