The C3 Ecosystem
Exploring How Learning, Credentials, and Careers Connect
The Credential Exchange: Navigating Pathways Between Learning and Work
The Credential Exchange is a quarterly newsletter featuring the latest research, innovations, and ecosystem developments shaping STEM microcredentials, digital credentials, and workforce pathways. Designed for researchers, educators, workforce leaders, and policymakers, it helps readers stay informed, discover new resources, and connect with emerging opportunities across the C3 Ecosystem.Subscribe to receive quarterly insights, curated resources, and opportunities to collaborate across the C3 Ecosystem.
Making Pathways Transparent
The C3 Ecosystem
The C3 Ecosystem is an organizing framework for credential ecosystems and workforce pathways, organized around three interrelated domains: Credential, Connection, and Career. By examining the reciprocal relationships among these domains, the C3 Ecosystem provides a foundation for research, collaboration, and innovation that strengthens connections between learning and work.
The C3 Initiative
The C3 Initiative advances research and collaboration examining the emerging intersections within the C3 Ecosystem. By investigating how Credential, Connection, and Career interact, the initiative generates knowledge that strengthens pathways between learning and work.
The ALIGN Project
Led by Dr. Rob Moore at the University of Florida, the NSF-funded ALIGN Project serves as the flagship research effort of the C3 Initiative. The project examines learner motivations, pathways, and workforce alignment in STEM microcredentials and related digital learning experiences while advancing understanding of the emerging intersections within the C3 Ecosystem.
Developed through the ALIGN Project, the ALIGN Scale helps us better understand what motivates learners to pursue STEM microcredentials and how they navigate learning and career pathways. These insights support research that creates more transparent and connected pathways between education and work.
Learn. Collaborate. Connect.
The STEM Microcredential Landscape
Explore foundational resources introducing STEM microcredentials, their role in workforce pathways, and emerging research from academic and industry leaders.
Collaboration and Research Opportunities
Connect around research, presentations, partnerships, and ecosystem initiatives. Whether you represent higher education, industry, government, or nonprofit organizations, we welcome opportunities to collaborate on research, workforce development, and credential ecosystem innovation.
Connect with Dr. Rob Moore
Explore Dr. Moore's research, presentations, and ongoing work advancing STEM microcredentials, digital learning pathways, and workforce alignment.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #2440077. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of National Science Foundation.