Learners rarely stay in one place anymore. Over the course of their education and careers, they move between schools, universities, training programs, and workplaces. Along the way, they gain valuable experience and develop real competencies often through modern learning environments such as interactive simulations and serious games like those on Ikigai.games. Yet something important usually gets lost during these transitions: the learner’s progress.
When a learner changes institution, the evidence of what they have already learned often stays behind. Achievements earned in one system cannot easily be reused in another. Skills must be demonstrated again, courses repeated, and progress rebuilt from scratch. This creates frustration for learners and makes it harder for educators to understand what their students already know.
Our project addresses this problem directly.
Game-based learning environments generate rich insights into how learners think, collaborate, solve problems, and improve over time. These interactions provide powerful evidence of real skill development. However, today this information typically remains locked inside the original platform or institution. For lifelong learning to truly work, learners need a way to carry this evidence of progress with them wherever they go. This is where the Personal Learning Record Store (PLRS) comes in. A PLRS allows learners to securely store records of their learning activities and achievements under their own control. Instead of institutions owning and holding all educational data, the learner becomes the central owner of their learning history.
In our project, learners using Ikigai.games can export records of their game activity and skill development and store them in their personal PLRS. From there, they can decide when and with whom to share this information — for example with a new school, training program, or employer. The process is simple but powerful: learning data moves with the learner. Progress is preserved. Skills can be recognized and built upon instead of repeated.
Traditionally, educational records have been controlled by institutions. If a learner moves, their learning story often fragments across different systems. Progress is easily lost, and transitions between institutions feel like starting over. This project demonstrates a different model. Instead of learning data remaining tied to institutions, it becomes portable and learner-controlled. Progress travels with the learner. Skills that have already been demonstrated can be recognized and extended. Moving between learning environments becomes part of a continuous pathway rather than a reset. Most importantly, the learner decides when their data is shared. Every exchange happens with explicit consent, transparently and securely. This approach puts data sovereignty into practice in education: learners own their learning journey and the evidence that proves it.
When learning data becomes portable and learner-controlled, everyone benefits. Learners gain a meaningful and continuous record of their growth. Instead of losing achievements when changing institutions, they can show what they already know and build on their existing skills without unnecessary repetition. Educators gain valuable insight into the starting point of each learner. Instead of guessing or repeating assessments, they can see demonstrated competencies and tailor support more effectively. Institutions and training providers benefit as well. Onboarding becomes easier, and recognizing prior learning becomes more efficient. Mobility between programs, schools, and professional training environments becomes smoother.
In short, learning becomes more continuous, transparent, and respectful of the learner’s effort.
This project is being developed by a group of organizations committed to building a more learner-centered education ecosystem. Together, these partners are working toward a future where learning records are not trapped in isolated systems but become part of a connected learning journey.
The first pilot programs are now beginning with learners in vocational and professional training contexts. These pilots will demonstrate how game-based learning records can move from the learning platform into a personal PLRS and then be reused by another institution. In 2026, additional institutions and training providers will be invited to join and expand the ecosystem.
Education should not erase a learner’s progress every time they move to a new environment. If your institution believes that learning achievements should remain with the learner and that skills should travel across platforms, schools, and careers we would love to connect.
Together we can make learning continuity possible, wherever the learner goes.