2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit @ CU Boulder
In-person July 13-15 | Online August 4

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Badge Sandpit: Pack Your Badges Before Badge Summit (FREE pre-conference virtual activity)Wendy Palmer Collaborative Session Notes!

9:00am MDT

Open Badges Then and Now: A Badge Summit Pre-Conference Hosted by Learning Economy Foundation with support from Mozilla Foundation Glen Miller Ball RoomTaylor Kendal Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops Glen Miller Ball Room

11:30am MDT

Opening Luncheon + Badgesplaining Talks Glen Miller Ball RoomAlan Heppenstall • Keith Look • Cate Tolnai, MAT • Chris Newlon • Konrad Sowa • Nadia Starr • Geeta Verma

1:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

The Traitors Among Us: When Digital Credential Initiatives Don’t Add Up UMC 247Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby

How Do We Center Learner Voice and Experience in Designing Credentialing Ecosystems? UMC 384+386Tania Curry

How Do We Create Real Use Cases for Interoperability? UMC 235Madelyn Rahn

How Might We Truly Enable Learner Mobility? CASE CTL (E390)Rob Coyle

Making Contributions Visible: Turning Lived Experience into Mobility CASE E351Dr. Julie Keane

Skills at Scale Roadmap CASE E422Kathryn Green • Mary Gwozdz • Kelly Hoyland

Trust in Digital Credentials: Who Issued This? What Does It Mean? UMC 245Jeanne Kitchens • Deb Everhart

Designing for Skills Visibility Across Learning Pathways UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Meghan Raferty • Colin Reynolds

2:20pm MDT

2:40pm MDT

Examining Equity in the Micro-credential Movement CASE E351Cami Cooper • Trevor Cox

From Anyone to Everyone: The Real Economics of Open Recognition CASE E422Duncan Cox • Taylor Kendal

Gaining Employer Buy-In: What’s working, what’s not, and how we'll fill existing gaps UMC 247Greg Watkins

How might we design a “commons” infrastructure to make microcredentials discoverable, adaptable and reusable? UMC 235Başak Büyükçelen • Lisa Young

Let's Talk Decoupling: A Functional Design Challenge UMC 415+417Courtney Lang

Let’s Add Better Decision Making to Your Skill Badge! CASE CTL (E390)Bruce Umpstead

Mobility by Design: Turning Credentials into Real Opportunity for STARs UMC 384+386Tara Laughlin • Rebecka Ramos

Trust in Digital Credentials: Who Issued This? What Does It Mean? UMC 245Jeanne Kitchens • Deb Everhart

What Changes Because This Badge Exists? UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Meghan Raftery

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

3:45-5:45 TABLE TALKS + OPENING RECEPTION Glen Miller Ball Room Help! I'm not a nerd! (but I think I want to do an LER) Glen Miller Ball RoomMadelyn Rahn *CANCELED BY PRESENTER* Signal or Noise? Identifying Evidence That Matters Glen Miller Ball RoomAlison Griffin *CANCELED BY PRESENTER* Unlocking Human potential through skills visibility Glen Miller Ball RoomMargo Griffith 1. Unconference Glen Miller Ball Room 10. Getting Started with Metadata Glen Miller Ball RoomTomas Mindlin • Jim Vernon 11. ITRAK - Culturally Reflective and Responsive Professional Development Glen Miller Ball RoomDaniel Flores 13. Learning Mobility Collaboratives: Add Your Piece to the Puzzle Glen Miller Ball RoomHolly Custard 14. Make Contributions Visible: PathLedger as a Public Interest Infrastructure Tool Glen Miller Ball RoomJeremy McQuigge 15. Mapping Competencies for Career Programs: Driving LER Adoption with Credential Engine Glen Miller Ball RoomTim Hathaway 16. Mapping Regional Credential Ecosystems: Stitching Together a Pathway in Connecticut Glen Miller Ball RoomSasha Goldman 17. Unconference Glen Miller Ball Room 18. Unconference Glen Miller Ball Room 19. “Wait, What’s a Micro-Credential?”—What Faculty Are Really Saying Glen Miller Ball RoomCami Cooper • Trevor Cox 2. You get a badge! You get a badge! You get a badge! Glen Miller Ball RoomWendy Palmer 20. Unconference Glen Miller Ball Room 3. 1.85 Million Credentials: Credential Engine's Counting Credentials Research and What it Means for You Glen Miller Ball RoomJeanne Kitchens • Deb Everhart 4. An Inclusive Future; building skills-based ecosystems based on guidance from skills practitioners, ontologists, and technologists. Glen Miller Ball RoomEmily Scheines 5. Ask My Anything....about Open Standards for Microcredentials Glen Miller Ball RoomRob Coyle 6. Better Evidence for Skills Validation: An Assessment Use Quality Rubric Glen Miller Ball RoomDanielle Saunders 7. Credentialing Civic Participation: From Engagement to Evidence Glen Miller Ball RoomChris Newlon 8. Decision Making is a Durable Skill:... Glen Miller Ball RoomBruce Umpstead 9. Designing with, Not for: Co-Design Lessons from K–12 Micro-credential and LER Research Glen Miller Ball RoomMarilys Galindo