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"We believe that skills-based education and employment practices will bring greater opportunity to learners and workers across the nation..."
-Andy Trainor
Vice President of Learning,
Walmart
OPEN SKILLS & OSN
OUR GOALS
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Create the foundation to advance a more equitable labor market.
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Empower learner-earners to understand and communicate the value of their skills, talent, and experiences.
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Eliminate barriers to implementing skill-based education and hiring practices across industry sectors at scale.
WHAT WE'RE
DOING
Committing to Open Skills
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Leading the development and use of open skills data to accelerate the adoption of skills-based education and hiring as standard practice.
Providing Open Toolsets
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Making available shared technology and open toolsets to accelerate the adoption of skills-based practices.
Championing Open Standards
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Advancing the adoption and evolution of existing open standards for meaningful and actionable skills data.
We are proud supporters of the TrustEd Apps Pledge. As part of a committed community that puts trust at the center of the edtech ecosystem, we advocate for standards-based integrations. We believe that achieving and promoting official product certification to open standards enables a better and safer digital learning ecosystem, and we believe in suppliers' fair and open business practices. We are passionate about this cause and have endorsed the TrustEd Apps pledge to confirm our support. Find out more about the TrustEd Apps Program.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OPEN SKILLS
Hear from some of our founders!
Learn what open skills are and why they are important to employers and educators.
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