2025 Badge Summit

2025 Badge Summit

12:00am MDT

Making Informal Learning Legible: Digital credentialing for college access

12:00pm MDT

Badging Validated Skills: Principles from the Partnership for Skills Validation UMC 247 Beyond the Achievement: Supporting Learners Evidence and Endorsements UMC 245 Bridging the Gap: Integrating Microcredentials into Higher Ed Infrastructure UMC 382+384 Building Bridges: Strengthening Campus Partnerships to Expand the KSU Micro-Credential Initiative CASE E250 (CTL) Designing Quality Micro-Credentials: Badges for Success in the 21st Century UMC 415+417 Empowering Career Success: Building Strategic Campus Partnerships for Micro-Credentialing at TCU UMC 386 FamiLER Fued UMC 285+287 (Aspen) From Concept To Reality: Operationalizing Badges and Digital Certificates for The Real World CASE E422 How to Co-Design: A Practical Approach to Human-Centered Skill Validation CASE W262

3:15pm MDT

AI-Automated Assignment Scoring to Scale a Professional Development Micro-Credential Program UMC 247 Bridging the Digital Divide: Introducing Project 10 Million to Empower Students, Equip Patrons, & Engage Communities. UMC 382+384 Building a Unified Credential Framework: Ensuring Value, Equity, and Portability in Micro-Credentials UMC 386 Codeswitch: Translating Blackfeet Worldview into Interoperable Data CASE E250 (CTL) Creating a CLR program for non-academic opportunities at a university UMC 415+417 Empowering Learners: Universidad Abierta Interamericana (UAI) Digital Credential Journey CASE W262 Fishbowl: What are Verifiable Credentials and Open Badges UMC 285+287 (Aspen) From Micro to Mighty: Revolutionizing Professional Growth with Digital Badges in Higher Education CASE E422

9:45am MDT

If You Badge a Birthday Party UMC 247 Leveling the Playing Field: Improving Access and Inclusion via Micro-Credentials (Lessons from Ireland) UMC 285+287 (Aspen) Micro-credentials’ Edge: 5 Benefits for Learners UMC 415+417 Mind the Gap: Addressing Challenges in Secondary School and College Badge Implementation UMC 382+384 Microcredentials as a Tool for Lifelong Learning: The Polish Approach and Implementation of the Odznaka+ Application CASE E422

10:30am MDT

Issuer Registry Research Project UMC 247 Neurodivergence Allyship & Advocacy Through Digital Credentials UMC 285+287 (Aspen) Rubrics, Relevance, and Reliability: Building Trust in Microcredentials UMC 382+384 The Skyway: In the Journey of Life, Learning is your Passport UMC 415+417

11:30am MDT

Putting Recognition First UMC 247 The IBM SkillsBuild Certificate to Job Strategy - Leveraging the LER Ecosystem UMC 382+384 What does Digital Literacy mean with it comes to Digital Credentials? UMC 415+417 Work in Progress: Articulating postsecondary pathways for K-12 digital badges UMC 285+287 (Aspen)