Tracking what you learn over time helps you not only work toward a comprehensive understanding of a topic, it also allows you to see where you’ve been. Degreed is supported by individuals and organizations.
Steps
1. Degreed.
Degreed allows individuals and organizations to track what they learn online. They can then share, curate and even validate their knowledge and skills they’ve gained. It was founded in 2012. In 2017, they earned the “Top Learning Portal Company.” Explore the site for an overview of their offerings and learn about this way to track your learning.
NOTE: Degreed is free for individuals.
2. Sign up.
Sign up for a free individual Degreed account.
3. Extension.
Degreed has an extension you can add to your browser. As you’re moving through the web, you can select the extension to record what you are learning.
4. App.
Degreed also has an app to support your tracking. Download it and check it out as well!
5. Track.
Some of the items Degreed tracks includes:
- Articles
- Books
- Courses
- Podcasts
- Videos
You can also add in events, work experience and more. Only the time spent learning is taken into account, not the amount of work completed. As you track these items, you earn points to show an overall learning score. Look through the items they track
6. Courses.
Not only does Degreed support accredited colleges and universities, they also support informal course providers. Some of the featured providers include:
- Coursera
- edX
- KMPG Learning
- Lynda.com
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
- Pluralsight
- Skillshare
- Treehouse
- Tuts+
- Udacity
In addition, I’ve taken classes from Udemy that I’ve put in manually without a problem. From supplied providers, Degreed auto-populates course information for you.
If you learn from individuals, the system won’t work. For example, I’ve taken hundreds of hours of self-publishing and marketing training from Tony Laidig and Kristen Joy Laidig. The last time I tried to add them, it would not let me.
7. Articles and video.
Not only can you view recommended articles and videos, you can save them if you don’t have time to enjoy them right away. If you’ve already signed up for interests, check out your feed for one way to find content. You might also want to read an article or watch a video outside of Degreed and add it to your Degreed account.
8. Pathway.
If you are into long term learning, pathways are for you. Pathways support you by providing a sequence of content to help support your learning endeavors. You can enroll in an existing pathway or create one. You can also share the knowledge of your pathway. Explore pathways.
9. Certification.
Certification scores existing skills and ranks expertise levels. It allows you to show your skills without regard to how you learned them. Unlike other offerings, this is not something you track. You do have to provide evidence of your skill mastery. It has over 1,500 certifiable skills. Unlike other offerings, becoming certified does cost. Check out certification.
10. Daily summary.
When you’re active on Degreed, you’ll receive a daily email with featured content for you to check out. This shows articles for the day’s learning and the people you follow. Add an interest or two to your account to start.
Supplements
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- Avery 2.5” round label printable, 12 up
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- Badge checklist
Sites to Explore
- degreed.com
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degreed
- blog.degreed.com/an-introduction-to-degreed
- degreed.com/skill-certification
- www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2490622,00.asp
Get the infographic here > larajla blog post
Get the PDFs of the badge program / supplements here > Full badge PDFs