A Commonwealth Approach to Micro-credential Framework Implementation hdl.handle.net/11599/6129 #Microcredentials #LifelongLearning #HigherEducation #TechnicalVocationalEducationandTraining #TVET #SkillsDevelopment #DigitalBadges #RecognitionofPriorLearning #RPL @jakoli4.bsky.social

Naomi Klein & Karen Hao: The Empire of AI and the Fight for Our Future | Chan Centre Insights YouTube video by Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Such a great conversation! Worth your time.
Naomi Klein & Karen Hao: The Empire of AI and the Fight for Our Future at Chan Centre, UBC
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Lessons from the Far Side of the Moon “human in the loop” I am sure you have seen and heard this phrase that has become almost a default in conversations about AI and work. I have been thinking about it for months.

Lessons from the Far Side of the Moon www.linkedin.com/pulse/lesson... #Intelligence #HumanInTheLead #HumanInTheLoop

Always Go To The Funeral As a child, Deirdre Sullivan learned from her father to always pay her respects at funerals. Now, this NPR listener believes those simple acts of human kindness are as important as the grand gestures.

What a powerful read!
"In my humdrum life, the daily battle hasn't been good versus evil. It's hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing." www.npr.org/2005/08/08/4...

Communities are not fungible There's a default assumption baked into how Silicon Valley builds products, and it tracks against how urban planners redesign neighbourhoods: that communities are interchangeable, and if you "lose" on...

"A dollar is fungible. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude is fungible. A mass of people bound together by years of shared context, inside jokes and collective memory is not." www.joanwestenberg.com/communities-...

Emptying Your Cup: Unlearning to Learn | Taruna Goel I was talking to a colleague the other day and we were discussing how our formal systems always assume that learning is additive. We are always talking about more courses, more skills, more knowledge....

We are always talking about more courses, more skills, more knowledge. But in practice, growth also comes from subtracting. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice. - Brian Herbert

#credx2026 | Taruna Goel A core part of what I do is working at the intersection of systems that do not always speak the same language but need shared outcomes! My work is primarily focused with industry sectors and regulator...

Heading to #CredX2026 at VCC on 15-16 April in Vancouver. Looking forward to talking shop on all things #Microcredentials #Badges #Recognition and #IndustryInsights
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"Training doesn’t transfer...People transfer...under conditions we create". - John Whitfield

#TransferOfLearning #Training #Transfer

What's In a Name? | Taruna Goel I just realized this morning how using someone’s name correctly and pronouncing it properly is one of the simplest yet most powerful forms of recognition. And yet, in everyday interactions, names are ...

Names as the most powerful form of recognition. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

#RPL #PLAR #Recognition

#notskillsgapbutrecognitiongap #recognition #skills #rpl #plar #skilling #credentials #skillsbasedhiring #skillsfirstsystems | Taruna Goel This was an interesting read. The "Credential Fluency" report, while framed around non-degree credentials and hiring strategy, is in my view, fundamentally documenting a recognition problem at scale. ...

What is often called as the 'skills gap' is actually a 'recognition gap' i.e. the gap between acknowledging that competence exists outside formal education, and actually building the infrastructure to assess and recognize it. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

The em dash has had a rough year :) This whole 'blame the dash' is a cultural phenomenon that says more about our anxiety than about the punctuation itself. Still, I am glad that stylistic choices are getting their moment. I have always enjoyed good punctuation — and I am rather fond of mine.

GLOBAL SENTIMENT SURVEY 2026 - Donald H Taylor | Taruna Goel I finally read Donald H Taylor's L&D Global Sentiment Survey (GSS) 2026 report last week, and I haven't been able to put it down. No, it didn't have all the answers but what it did say confirmed somet...

I finally read @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social L&D Global Sentiment Survey (GSS) 2026 report last week, and here are some of my thoughts after reading and digesting it! www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

RPL: Where Rigour Meets Relationships

Where Rigour Meets Relationships tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2026/02/rpl-... #RPL #PLAR #Recogniton #Competencies #Learning

Experience Alone Does Not Guarantee Learning Over the past few days, I have been mulling over a very simple concept: learning doesn’t automatically result from experience. But John Dewey (1933) said it better: "We do not learn from experience.

In RPL (and life), it's important to clarify what counts. If we count experience over learning, we may end up validating years instead of validating competencies.
Here's my take on why we call "RPL" Recognition of Prior Learning, not Recognition of Prior Experience. lnkd.in/gyk5g-yx

7 Tips for Writing Realistic Wrong Answers in Branching Scenarios - Experiencing Elearning How do you write realistic wrong answers for branching scenarios? Learn 7 tips for making plausible and authentic choices.

7 Tips for Writing Realistic Wrong Answers in Branching Scenarios christytuckerlearning.com/7-tips-for-w...

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL/PLAR) is Opening Doors for Many One of the most common misconceptions I often hear about Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is that it's a shortcut. That it's the easy way out tha...

PLAR/RPL is not a shortcut. It is another door that offers an opportunity to recognize & validate competencies. The standards don't change; the path to demonstrate the standard becomes flexible. www.linkedin.com/pulse/recogn... #RecognizingPriorLearning #PriorLearningAssessmentAndRecognition

Designing for Unpredictability of Use | Taruna Goel Do you think about the unexpected use(s) of the learning products/ services you create? Do you imagine how your “learning product” may be reused, reshared, or remixed in serendipitous ways? When Roy...

Do you think about the unexpected use(s) of the learning products/ services you create? Do you imagine how your “learning product” may be reused, reshared, or remixed in serendipitous ways? www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

Personalization of Learning: A Nuanced View Personalization of learning has become one of the most frequently discussed trends in L&D. Beyond the usual methods of tailoring content to specific roles and tasks, commercial, adaptive technologies ...

Contrary to popular belief and savvy marketing lines, personalization doesn’t automatically transform mediocre training into something impactful. www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...

#Learning #Personalization #Training

The real impact of our work as L&D lies not only in what people learn but in how they behave/perform and how they connect, with themselves, with each other and with the work they do.

Looking Back, Moving Forward As the year comes to a close, I have been reflecting about the people, the ideas and the conversations that stayed with me throughout 2025. Competencies and Recognition of Learning This year, much of ...

Reflecting on 2025 - Looking Back, Moving Forward
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The TIDES 2026 Playbook: 23 Leaders on the Future of Human Work 2025 was about the tools. 2026 is about the soul of work.

Happy to be in such good company! Lots to think and mull about when it comes to the future of human work >>

The TIDES 2026 Playbook: 23 Leaders on the Future of Human Work open.substack.com/pub/tidespod...

Digital Learning Strategy Vodcast: Day 3 - Taruna Goel | Taruna Goel If AI were a song, movie, or book title, what would it be? Well… I definitely have an answer, but you will have to watch the vodcast to hear it! I had such a great time chatting with Britt Dzioba, M....

If AI were a song, movie, or book title, what would it be?
Well… I definitely have an answer, but you will have to watch the vodcast to hear it! #BCcampus #DLSF2025
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I will be speaking at the #DigitalLearningStrategyForum!
Join me to connect with educators and leaders across B.C and explore strategies to support digital learning and teaching practices!
November 18–20, 2025, Virtual, Free
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From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era

From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...

One of the key elements of culture that fuels positive coaching experiences is the capacity of the organization & leadership to talk about learning from mistakes and failures. #coaching #culture #learning

I am all for the human-AI partnership. The more we say "Augmented" Intelligence, the less we will outsource our thinking to "Artificial" Intelligence.

I appreciate his idea around speed vs. thought and if AI is needed or if human is needed. I have seen how sometimes having an efficient solution quickly can give an illusion that its also effective. Keeping the human in the loop is a conscious and intentional step.

Attending the CLO Symposium with Ryan Decoste kicking things off with "What it Means to Stay Human in an AI-Driven World"

Thursday thoughts:
Communication and Understanding are completely different things.
What you communicate may not ever be understood.
What you understand might have never been communicated.