EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC RECORD: REVOLUTIONIZING CREDENTIALS FOR TODAY'S EMPLOYERS

The digital revolution of the 21st century has spawned countless innovations in the way that we live, learn, interact, and consume. In 2001, Apple revealed to people the iPod, the now ancient forerunner to i-everything; in 2013, a notable company in San Francisco showed them a (literal) glimpse of what lay ahead with Google Glass; and in 2016, a start-up company within Google took augmented reality a step further with perhaps the "greatest" technology of all: Pokemon Go. Throughout the last 16 years, these and many other technological innovations have reshaped the human experience. Here, Parrish et al discuss the role of the credential in the employment marketplace.