Webinars
Share Your Expertise – Submit a Webinar Proposal!
Do you have insights, experiences, or innovations in international credential evaluation that you’d love to share with the TAICEP community?
We welcome proposals for webinars from professionals at all levels and across all sectors of our field.
Whether you’d like to present solo, co-present with colleagues, or simply suggest a topic you’d love to see covered, we’d love to hear from you!
Please email Susan Whipple, the Chair of the Professional Development Committee, at swhipple@evalcompany.com.
Upcoming Webinars
These webinars are free and open to both members and non-members. Recordings will be emailed to all who register.
Date & Time: Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10 AM EST
Title: From Entry-Level to Advanced Practice: Clarifying Nursing Education and Nursing Roles
Description: Misclassification of nursing roles often begins at the foundational level. In many countries, the varied use of titles can cause confusion, for instance, between a nurse aide and a practical/enrolled nurse. When such entry-level distinctions are misunderstood, so too are nurses’ training and credentials, and the risk of misclassifying higher-level roles, such as specialty nurses versus APNs, increases significantly. Accurately understanding and distinguishing between Advanced Practice Nursing roles and specialty nursing roles can be challenging because Advanced Practice Nursing is a relatively new field. Job titles alone are unreliable indicators of APN. Similar terminology may describe roles with very different levels of education, regulation, and clinical authority across jurisdictions. Likewise, specialty areas involve advanced competencies but do not automatically meet internationally recognized APN standards. This webinar begins with an overview of nursing roles and education for nurse aides, practical or enrolled nurses, registered nurses, specialist nurses, and advanced practice nurses, establishing a baseline. It then explores emerging APN fields, using examples from the US, UK, Canada, France, and South Africa to guide classification.
Presenter: Lynda Belmehdi, TruMerit
Lynda Belmehdi is a Program Manager at TruMerit, a global leader in nursing credentialing, with 9 years of experience in international education and credential evaluation.
She manages three programs, developing and implementing comprehensive training materials to educate International Credential Evaluators and conducting research on educational systems worldwide. Lynda specializes in helping evaluators accurately assess complex nursing roles across diverse regulatory and educational contexts.
She regularly leads internal webinars and has presented at the TAICEP Conference 2024 and the TAICEP Webinar Series 2025, delivering interactive sessions that combine case studies, regulatory insights, and practical strategies. In recognition of excellence in credentials evaluation research, she was awarded the Sepmeyer Award 2025. Through her work, Lynda advances best practices in international credential evaluation, ensuring evaluators are equipped with the knowledge and skills to promote fairness, accuracy, and consistency in credentials evaluation.
Presenter: Kimberly Wheeler, TruMerit
Kim Wheeler, Senior International Credential Evaluator, International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) was introduced to the field of international academic credentialing during her early work in enrollment and recruitment, which sparked a lasting interest in the evaluation of global education systems. She brings over eight years of experience in international credential evaluation, with a strong focus on supporting certification and licensure processes.
Presently, Kim serves as a Senior International Credential Evaluator at International Consultants of Delaware (ICD), a division of TruMerit (formerly CGFNS International). In this role, she specializes in credentialing for certification and licensure across the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada. Her responsibilities also include quality assurance initiatives and the training and professional development of evaluation staff, ensuring consistency and excellence in evaluation practices.
Moderator: TBA
Date & Time: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10 AM EST
Title: Stackable, Portable or Forgettable? Micro-credentials and Challenges for Credential Evaluators
Description: Non-traditional education is transforming credential evaluations. Or so it seems. Challenges include quality assurance, volume of study and outcomes based learning. Micro-credentials, a new kind of award, are bringing all of these issues together. They also vary widely in size and scope, adding complexity to our existing evaluation standards. In this session, specialists from the UK ENIC service will discuss some of their recent findings on micro credentials and suggest best practices in dealing with these short course programs. We will do so by proposing an approach to embed micro-credentials within our wider recognition and assessment work. By tackling the many conceptual ambiguities surrounding these types of short courses, micro-credentials will be put forward as representing greater flexibility in education and training. But how new are these awards really? We will trace the origins of today’s micro credentials back to earlier forms of modular education, equipping you as credential evaluators with the confidence to assess these types of short courses and ensuring that recognition decisions for this exciting type of award.
Presenter: Axel Dessein
Axel Dessein, PhD is the Research Operations Manager at UK ENIC. Trained as a Mandarin linguist, Axel’s background sits at the intersection of Chinese language, politics and education. Regionally, Axel focuses on East and Southeast Asia and Europe, but he is also curious about all other aspects of international education, mobility, as well as non-degree pathways, including micro-credentials.
Moderator: TBA
Date & Time: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 10 AM EST
Title: Welcome to Qualifications Scotland
Description: We’ve changed from the Scottish Qualifications Authority to a new organization – Qualifications Scotland. Join us to find out more about who we are and what this means for you. What we’ll cover:
• why we became Qualifications Scotland
• how we made the change
• the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 and education reform in Scotland
• what this means for you, our learners, and other stakeholders
Presenter: John Booth, Director of Communications
John Booth is Director of Communications at Qualifications Scotland and has led on the creation of the new organization, ensuring a smooth handover from its predecessor, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). He is also leading the development of Qualifications Scotland’s strategic plan, setting out the ambitions and priorities for the next few years. John previously headed up the Scottish Government’s communications service and was the architect of Brand Scotland, a collaborative venture to promote Scotland in international markets.
Presenter: Donna Stewart, Director of Qualifications Development and Chief Examining Officer
Donna Stewart is Chief Qualifications and Examinations Officer at Qualifications Scotland where she is leading and influencing on the reform of national qualifications. Donna’s career has been deeply rooted in secondary education, beginning as a physics teacher and moving into senior management positions. Donna has furthered her wide experience in education through roles held within the Local Authority and General Teaching Council for Scotland. This extensive experience within varying educational roles, coupled with her strategic role at SQA and now Qualifications Scotland positions her well to lead in this important space.
Moderator: TBA
Date & Time: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 10 AM EST
Title: AI in Credential Recognition: Findings from the QualifAI Survey Across ENIC NARIC Networks
Description: This webinar presents key findings from the QualifAI project’s survey on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at ENIC-NARIC centres in credential recognition processes across Europe. Participants will learn about current AI adoption, main barriers, and opportunities. QualifAI will share how the results and talk about how the results will further contribute to a feasibility study and testing of AI tools, aimed at giving insights to the ENIC-NARIC community on how they can adopt AI in their recognition processes.
Participants will gain insights into the current state of AI adoption within credential recognition processes, including the main challenges and opportunities encountered. The QualifAI team will present the survey findings, explaining how these results will inform a feasibility study and support the plan to test AI tools. With these activities, the project aims to create practical guidelines and recommendations on the adoption of AI tools in credential recognition processes.
The session is designed for credential evaluators, leaders, managers, policy officers, and communication professionals seeking practical insights to guide digital transformation in their organizations.
Presenter: Miguel Jacques, QualifAI project team representative (ENIC-NARIC Norway, France, Netherlands
Senior information officer at the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, The Norwegian ENIC-NARIC Office.
Presenter: Johanne Fossan, QualifAI project team representative (ENIC-NARIC Norway, France, Netherlands
A Senior Advisor in the Section for Recognition of Foreign Vocational Education at HK-dir, with extensive experience as a credential evaluator. She has worked at both state and municipal levels in the VET sector, focusing on quality development, knowledge sharing, and cross-sector collaboration. In the period 2024 -2027 she is part of the Norwegian Refernet team. In the field of recognition of foreign education, she has led internal working groups, contributed to Norwegian and international projects, and participated in exploratory projects, testing, and risk analysis related to AI.
Moderator: TBA
Date & Time: Thursday, June 11, 2026, 10 AM EST
Title: Transforming Education Through Recognition, Knowing, Doing and Being
Description: This proposal invites TAICEP to support a simple but powerful shift in how we understand learning. People learn best when they are truly seen. Education should not only transfer knowledge or train skills, but help people become confident, capable and fully human. Rooted in UNESCO’s principles of knowing, doing and being, real learning is more than exams and outcomes. Knowing is what we understand. Doing is how we apply it. Being is who we become. When all three work together, learning becomes transformative. This initiative focuses especially on learners who fall outside “normal” systems, including neurodivergent learners, creative thinkers, embodied learners and those whose intelligence shows up through patterns, movement, intuition or storytelling. The webinar will discuss practical tools, case studies and training approaches that help educators and systems create learning environments where belonging comes first and performance follows. This proposal is about one truth: when learners are seen, they don’t just succeed, they become.
Presenter: Navin Vasudev
Navin Vasudev is an international education and qualifications specialist with 20+ years’ experience across Africa, South Asia, and North America. He led the creation of the verification unit at the South African Qualifications Authority, developing trusted systems for evaluating foreign qualifications. These days, he advises governments and labour-mobility platforms on building credible, sustainable frameworks, always favouring strategic judgment, discretion, and long-term impact over fanfare. Think of him as the architect of trust in cross-border education!
Moderator: TBA
Webinar Archives
As a benefit of TAICEP membership, past webinars are available to TAICEP members on the TAICEP wiki.
Date & Time: Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10 AM EST
Title: AI Tips & Tricks
Description: Using Artificial Intelligence can be an intimidating or daunting prospect. Learning to use new technologies and processes can be overwhelming. This session is designed to provide a series of tips and tricks for the practical user of AI in credential evaluation. This webinar aims to give credential evaluation professionals specific guidance on writing prompts (what works and what might just break the LLM), guidance on working with Microsoft Copilot for professionals that are limited to its use, and guidance on information security when using LLMs and other AI tools.
Presenter: Matt Cwiklinski
I am Director of Evaluation Services at Educational Perspectives, nfp. I am currently working with the TAICEP AI taskforce to develop the use of technology for credential evaluation. Outside of AI, I have a strong interest in digital forensics and fighting fraud in its various forms. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction from Columbia College Chicago.
Presenter: Shelby Cearley
Shelby L. Cearley is currently Senior Representation on the Global Transcript Evaluation team at Adtalem Global Education. She has worked in international admissions and credential evaluation for more than 20 years and was also previously an instructor in Speech Communication. A graduate of the NAFSA Academy for International Education (Class IV), Shelby has presented several admissions- and credentials-related sessions at regional and national conferences and participated in the 2007 Baden-Württemberg Seminar in Germany. She is currently the TAICEP Committee for Standards and Quality chair-elect and was previously NAFSA International Enrollment Management liaison (2008-2010 and 2017-2018), NAFSA Academy of International Education coach (Region III 2011-13), TAICEP Secretary/Member of the Board of Directors, TAICEP Vice President for Resources and Knowledge Management (2021-2022), and a NAFSA Trainer Corps member (since 2008). She was RAP Admissions & Credentials newsletter wRAP-Up co-credentials editor from 2010-2012 and is a contributing author for the NAFSA Online Guide to Education Systems Around the World. She was elected to the TAICEP Hall of Acclaim in 2021.
Moderator: Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research