2024 Badge Summit

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2024 Badge Summit

TBA

How to Assess and Credential the Skills That Actually Matter in the Real WorldDavid McCool • Stacey Dillon

9:15am MDT

Failure Lab LER 101: Life Cycle of a Digital CredentialKate Giovacchini

11:15am MDT

Lunch Glenn Miller Ballroom

12:00pm MDT

Skills-based Hiring is on The Rise and Higher Ed Should Be Paying Attention TBAT. Justice Anderson An Upside-Down Way to Stack Badges TBAJustin Mason Ask Me Anything…About Open Standards for Microcredentials TBARob Coyle Badge Me If You Can: Navigating the Maze of Badge Assessment TBAEricka A. Olguin • Jesus Brandon Bermudez Bautista • Priyatham Sai Chand Badging the Divide: Designing a Transdisciplinary Soft-Skills Course for IT Students TBAChad B. McKenzie • Brittany Hochstaetter Beyond Knowledge: The Fusion of Deep Learning and Ethical Leadership Through Badges TBARick West • Abbigail Harris Delegate it! TBAJarrell Townsend Establishing a Badging Framework TBAAna Lopez Shalla • Myah Lanoux-Nguyen Fostering a Cultural Shift – Engaging stakeholders in digital badge adoption TBAMadeleine Chaisson Identifying key research questions and methods TBANatalie Murray Introducing the Learn & Work Ecosystem Library TBAMatthew Valdez Let’s badge! Where do we start? TBAErin Riesgo Navigating the Future Workforce: Developing a Trust-Centric Skill Validation Model from an Employer Lens TBANishita Chheda Offering Badging Pathways as Professional Development Opportunities for Instructors TBAAnn Kwinn, Ph.D. Open Recognition is for Everybody – A feminist practice for more equal workplaces TBAAnne Hilliger Public Badges, Private Details TBAGolda Velez Strategies for Integrating Durable Skills into K-12 and Higher Education Curricula TBATim Taylor The Role of PhD Progression in Equipping Students with Industry Transition Skills TBAKuang Li UpskillOK - Career-Focused Credentials Across Oklahoma TBABrad Griffith • Tracey Romano Using Digital Badges as a Framework to Align Undergraduate STEM Skill Learning Outcomes with Work Force Needs TBACynthia LaBrake • Isabelle Lagadic Wait, wait, I can badge that? Lightweight Badge Creation for Impact or From Inspired to Issuer: How a Newbie Badge Summit Attendee Rolled Out a Badge with a Colorado State Agency TBARebecca Leder Who's Earning MIcrocredentials? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Utah Microcredentials User Population TBADaron Kennett

1:30pm MDT

Exhibitor Break + Networking Glenn Miller Ballroom

2:00pm MDT

A Framework for Powering Microcredential Value and Trust TBAKim Moore • Rob Coyle • Charles M. Allen Best Practices for Developing Learner-Centered Micro-credential Strategy TBACasey Baxley Building Collaborative Leadership: Microcredentials for Community School Leaders TBAKen Simon Future-Proofing Workforce: Leveraging Micro-Credentials to support Skills-First Hiring for the AI Era TBASonia Malik Skills Validation as a Lever of Trust TBATara Laughlin • Nishita Chheda The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring in Modern Work TBATony Buffum The Value of Credentials TBAStuart Martin

2:30pm MDT

Break Glenn Miller Ballroom

2:45pm MDT

Choose Your Destination! Advancing Faculty Development in a Community College District with The Microcourses Project TBAJennifer Howze-Owens, Ed.D. • Julieth Diaz Benitez, Ph.D. Design Lab: Workforce Development Boards role in supporting skills first hiring TBATiffany Nicholson Leveraging AI Technology to Measure Credentials' Labor Market Relevance TBAKyle Albert • Micah Sanders • Thomas Weko Task Force Triumph: Shared Ownership, Collaborative Pathways to Microcredential Success TBAJeremy Lingle • Adam Maksl Wallet Evolution TBAPhillip Long • Dmitri Zagidulin

3:15pm MDT

Exhibitor Snack Break + Networking Glenn Miller Ballroom

3:45pm MDT

Opening Keynote Glenn Miller Ballroom

5:00pm MDT

Opening Reception TBA

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Plenary Session Glenn Miller Ballroom

9:45am MDT

Empowering Tomorrow's Workforce: A Stakeholder-Centric Approach to Skill Validation TBATara Laughlin • Nishita Chheda Badge Collaboration: Higher Ed and Professional Associations TBATracy Petrillo, EdD CAE Leveraging the CLR/LER Infrastructure To Give Students Value Today TBAMarc Booker • Doris Savron SuperFast, SuperFun Connecting Your Badges to Meaningful Data TBADeb Everhart The Inclusive Design of Use Cases for Digital Credentials UMC 245Kelly Page A Decade of Digital Badging: Unveiling Insights from Power Earners and Workforce Explorers TBAAshley Miller • Marilys Galindo Manufacturing Readiness Badge: Using alternative credentials to communicate military-earned skills. TBAMeena Naik • Deanna Parker • Gardner Carrick

11:00am MDT

Alternative Pathways to Academic Credit with MOOCs UMC 245Rob Moore Developing Governance Structures for Microcredentials at Multiple Levels: Top Down or Bottom Up or a Little of Both! TBAAmber Smallwood • Cynthia LaBrake • Kimberly Tate • Poonam Kumar Expanding Access to Job Skills Training for Informal Childcare Providers: The PASO Online Community of Practice TBADr Shea Kerkhoff Making badges more authentic and useful TBADon Presant Unlocking Potential: Enhancing Community College Services for Immigrant and Refugee Students TBAJoanne Michaud What do the data tell us? Examining results of a 3-year study on incremental credentialing TBANan Travers

11:45am MDT

Educating and Marketing Essential Skills: The case for a general education credential TBAKathryn Regjo • Karla Hardesty • Maureen Stepp • Abby Crew Storytelling and Credentials TBAPhillip Long • Dmitri Zagidulin Unlocking Futures: Bridging Education and Employment with Microcredentials, Digital Wallets, and Comprehensive Learner Records TBAKeith Look • Kelvin Bentley When and how will we know if what we are doing is working? TBAMargo Griffith • Danielle Saunders

12:15pm MDT

Lunch Glenn Miller Ballroom

12:45pm MDT

Panel Glenn Miller Ballroom

2:00pm MDT

Building a Career Connected Ecosystem - Year 2 TBAEric Davis How Can the Curriculum and Assessment of Learning be More Effectively Connected with Career Preparation? TBAAshley Finley Put Your Badge Where Your Mouth Is: Leverage Digital Credentials for Maximum Impact UMC 245Colin Reynolds • Meghan Raftery REGEN: REfugees GENeration TBASimone Ravaioli The Science of Reading: Building of Community of Experts TBADr Shea Kerkhoff

3:00pm MDT

California State University & Canvas Credentials: A System's View of Digital Badging TBAElizabeth Miller • Anissa Barton-Thompson • Marla Gunasegaram Research-Backed Revenue: Strategies to Create Microcredentials with Broad Market Appeal TBAAna Lopez Shalla • Myah Lanoux-Nguyen Strategies for Integrating Micro-Credentials into Academic Programs TBALisa Kolm Trusted Learner Network - 5 Years, 3 Products TBAKate Giovacchini • Brooke Lipsitz • Marianna Milkis The Open Recognition Toolkit: Developing Open and Inclusive Systems UMC 245Don Presant • Dr Shea Kerkhoff • Laura Hilliger • Justin Mason Expanding Access to Industry-Recognized Credentials in Undergraduate Courses and Experiences TBAKelvin Bentley LER Higher Ed Accelerator Project TBAMike Simmons

3:45pm MDT

Break Glenn Miller Ballroom

4:15pm MDT

ColoradoFwd: Catalyzing Economic Mobility & Cross-sector Collaboration TBATaylor Kendal • Jessica Maiorca • Allison Moran • Renise Walker • Kristina Retana Level-up Your Badge Design TBACamellia Hill • Jessica DeMolder We Each Can't Boil the Ocean: Learner-Centric Quality Assurance Across the Microcredential Ecosystem TBAMelanie Booth How do we know what you know? A new conceptual model for assessing learning UMC 245Nan Travers Opening the Echo Chamber: Inclusivity in the Recognition World TBALaura Hilliger

9:15am MDT

Badges as MicroReferences: A strategy for selling the value of badges to higher education and corporate leaders TBARick West Lessons from the Botfather: How AI Is Changing Everything TBARobert Bajor ScoutPass TBASimone Ravaioli The Symbols that Connect Us TBAElizabeth Miller The Adoption Problem and How To Break It Into Parts TBAIan Davidson Skills, Microcredentials and the Future of Work – An Ecosystem POV TBAMeena Naik Credibility of Credentials, as a Prediction in a Decentralized Trust World TBAGolda Velez The Quantified-Self-Directed Learner: An AI-assisted approach TBAJustin Mason What should go into an RFP? TBAErin Riesgo

10:15am MDT

Digital Badging for AN/AI Youth & Open Badges and Skills Recognition in Reunion island : Socio-Professional Integration Perspectives for Vulnerable Populations? TBADan Flores • ABLANCOURT SAMUEL Digital Credential Interstate Interoperability TBAMark McConahay

11:15am MDT

CONVERGENCE: Converging Roles and Collaboration in the Credential Ecosystem TBAMark McConahay • Kristi Wold-McCormick • Melissa Peraino • Tina Deneen Recognizing Experiential Learning TBABill Heinrich

12:30pm MDT

Navigating LER Ecosystems: Innovations in Tackling Adoption Challenges TBADawn Karber Skills Validation Network: Live Prototype Demonstration TBATara Laughlin • Nishita Chheda • Meghan Raftery • Faby Gagne

TBA

Branding and Style Guide Considerations VIRTUAL Connecting Classroom Achievement and Skills Attainment: Marketable Skills Badging VIRTUALRosalind Ong • Cesar Hernandez • Amber O'Casey Creating a Pathway to Credit via Alternative Digital Credentials VIRTUALMaggie Ervin • Mary Ettling • Natalie Whitman Digital Badge Dynamics: Maximizing Impact with Informed Career Development VIRTUALSharon Ferriss • Candy Ho Digital Credentials and Verified Skills: Employer Perspectives VIRTUALHaley Glover Driving Engagement through Digital Credentialing VIRTUALDr. Tom Joseph From Concept to Credential: The Evolution of a Digital Badge Governance Process for Multiple Audiences VIRTUALDorothy So Hirata Getting more from Experiential Learning with Digital Badges VIRTUALChristina Heath Lessons Learned from Muzzy Lane’s SkillBuild Microcredential Pilot VIRTUALDavid McCool Participation Badges - Why do They Matter in University Settings? VIRTUALIngrida Lescauskiene Setting the Table for an Eco-system: Higher education, hiring professionals, and qualifications experts breaking bread together over micro-credentials, skilling, and employability VIRTUALOzge Coskun Aysal • Dr.Ogr.Uyesi Donald Staub The AI Explorer Badge: Catalyzing Faculty Exploration and Integration of AI VIRTUALDorothy So Hirata