Wichita State University to Launch the World’s First 1EdTech TrustEd Microcredential with Territorium

Wichita State University (WSU) is taking a bold step in educational innovation by partnering with Territorium to launch the first-ever 1EdTech TrustEd Microcredential in higher education. As WSU prepares for this groundbreaking achievement, they are also leveraging Territorium as their Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) provider to empower learners with portable, verifiable evidence of their skills and achievements.

Microcredentials are becoming vital tools for bridging education and employment. The upcoming 1EdTech TrustEd Microcredential represents a new level of transparency and reliability in skills-based education.

This milestone initiative will redefine how learners showcase their accomplishments to employers and align their education with career opportunities. Stay tuned for the launch of this exciting development as WSU and Territorium lead the way in setting new standards for microcredentialing.

Learn more about the work being done at WSU: Badges and microcredentialing at Wichita State – featuring WSU President Rick Muma as he interviews Kim Moore, a founding member of the 1EdTech TrustEd Microcredential Coalition and executive director of workforce, professional, and community education for Wichita State, about the value, meaning and credibility of badges and microcredentialing at WSU.

About Territorium

Territorium is a global education technology company that connects learners to careers using verified skills via a learning and employment record (LER) that includes a comprehensive learner record (CLR) of achievements with built-in badging, PLA, career pathways, and an AI-powered skills solution. Territorium enables educators and companies to deliver, test, measure, and record learning and skills acquisition wherever it happens. Territorium is certified by 1EdTech and has supported over 13 million users worldwide. Territorium serves Fortune 100 companies, education service providers, technology organizations, education ministries and systems, K12, post-secondary institutions, and workforce providers.

About Wichita State University

Wichita State University is Kansas’ only urban public research university, enrolling more than 23,000 students between its main campus and WSU Tech, including students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.

Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.

The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.