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Episode Synopsis
Send us a textIn this conversation style interview, Margo Griffith and Doris Zahner, PhD from the Council for Aid to Education (CAE) discuss authentic assessment of essential skills for career success, such as critical thinking, problem-solving and written communication. Zahner discusses how authentic assessment accurately measures critical skills, the evidence of authentic assessments that is provided to educators and learners and how different institutions use attainment of critical skills data.Their topics of discussion include:1:33 - Assessing in-demand critical skills and connecting learners to hiring managers 3:09 - How authentic assessment effectively and accurately measures critical skills5:55 - Standardised authentic assessments vs customised assessments7:01 - What evidence of authentic assessments is provided to educators and learners?8:55 - How do institutions use attainment of critical skills data?10:33 - How does personalised evidence support CAE's authentic assessments?14:13 - How a broad range of institutions use authentic assessmentsVisit Edalex.com to read the full transcript and more resources.Credentials just got personal - Unleash the power of your skills data and personal credentialsCredentialate is the world’s first Credential Evidence Platform that helps discover and share evidence of workplace skills. Find out more at: edalex.com/credentialateFollow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edalexFollow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTzWgfUthHonR7Z5LatKGQ
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