Webinar: The Learner Voice – Why Skills Visibility Matter
The need for skills visibility isn’t tied to one geographic location. Across the world, skills gaps are widening, and as the pace of change continues to increase, so too the need for skilled workers.
However, traditional systems can sometimes hide skills instead of recognising them. Resumes only show about 20% of a person’s talent, leaving the other 80% – the hard-won life-wide skills gained through experience – invisible to employers.
This session explores the critical balance between skills infrastructure and the human element, including:
- Infrastructure for recognition – a look at how XCredit and SkillsAware translate lived experience into verified data
- The power of visibility – how seeing their own skills changes a learner’s understanding of their own skills and that of their worklife
- Durable skills – why soft skills, like leadership and adaptability, are the most critical yet least evidenced capabilities in the modern market
- The human element – ensuring technology accelerates recognition without sacrificing the human experience
Attendees are invited to share questions they would like the learners to answer.
Special Preview:
This webinar will also feature a discussion around Education Design Lab’s upcoming ‘Validating Skills at Scale: A Human + Tech Ecosystem View’ report (set for release in late May 2026), reinforcing the urgent need for balance between technology-centered and human-centered design.
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.
Register here - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OlvovBkS22jHlE8ZY0-Qw#/registration
