2025 Badge Summit

The concept of the “hidden curriculum” refers to educational norms that are never explicitly communicated, impeding the success of international students, first generation students, and others. At DU, we created a microcredential program for student employees and found that the program became a tool for uncovering the workplace hidden curriculum through direct discussion of otherwise-implicit workplace norms. In this table talk, we will explore the implications of the workplace hidden curriculum and how microcredentials can be an important tool in overcoming them.