2026 Badge Summit

For centuries, higher education has invested in learners enabling them to build economic, social and cultural capital through a variety of settings. How can institutions help students write and share their narratives with evidence that says, “This is what I practiced and how”? This session asks attendees to reimagine howlearner experiencescan be digitally transported and verified by using Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE), Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) and Open Badges together.

Credentialing programs aim to signal durable skills, yet decision-making often remains invisible. Drawing on real-world Decision Education implementations, this Dream Makers’ Lounge session invites participants into a facilitated reverse design challenge: How might we embed Decision Education into our existing badge and credential stacks so decision-making skills are visible, meaningful, and impactful? Attendees will engage in a rapid design consultancy to surface practical, scalable ideas they can apply to their own credentialing work.