LRNG Application
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LRNG aims to create equitable networks for low-income youth by providing access to learning experiences and opportunities through a technology-enabled ecosystem. The initiative addresses the opportunity gap and social inequity by utilizing open badges to recognize skills and competencies learned outside traditional institutions, ultimately guiding youth towards successful pathways. By connecting these badges to broader credential ecosystems, LRNG helps youth articulate their skills and discover new opportunities.
LRNG Application
- 1. Credential Engine Application by LRNG
- 2. About Us LRNG constructs equitable networks where young people connect with engaging learning experiences, like minded peers, mentors and real-world opportunities through a technology enabled ecosystem. We are focused on closing the equity gap by putting young people on paths to success. LRNG is powered by Collective Shift.
- 3. The Problem • Low income youth have few opportunities to develop and share their skills and competencies. • Skills and competencies learned outside of traditional institutions are neither visible nor valued. • Traditional learning experiences are seldom connected to real world opportunities • Opportunities for learning are not equitably distributed. This opportunity gap perpetuates social inequity and locks economically disadvantaged youth into cycles of poverty.
- 4. Our Proposed Solution • Utilize Open Badges to credential skills and competencies learned anywhere and everywhere • Connect LRNG badges to a broader credential ecosystem to ensure youth access to equitable opportunities. • Connect LRNG badges and credentials into meaningful pathways for low income youth • Enable youth to discover and explore credentials as they build their path to success • Visualize credentials to enable youth to see their path forward
- 5. How It Works: Youth Dashboard
- 6. How It Works: Aligning Badges with Credentials
- 7. How It Works: Progress Toward the Certification
- 8. Benefits to Partners and Stakeholders • Connecting badges to Registry credentials will enable young people to recognize and articulate the skills they have gained through LRNG. • Connections to Registry credentials will illuminate previously unexplored pathways and begin to close the opportunity gap for low income youth. • Program partners will have an important tool for providing guidance to young people on how to move forward. • Credentials ensure meaningful badge currency for program and ecosystem partners