2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

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Collaborative Session Notes!

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz Glen Miller Ball Room

9:30am MDT

10:00am MDT

"Why should I care?": Recognizing durable skills in a way that industry can trust UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Erin Maruzzella • Kelli Rapplean Accelerating LER Adoption: Lessons, Models, and Momentum from the LER Accelerator UMC 235Mike Simmons EX-Marks the Spot: What Former Faculty and Former EdTech Get Right (and Wrong) About Digital Credentials UMC 247Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby • Christopher Nitsch From Prototype to Practice: Applications of DCC Technology and Tools UMC 415+417Kerri Lemoie Issuing at Scale: How Maricopa, ASU, and DXtera Are Building a Cross-Institution Credentialing Network CASE CTL (E390)Sasha Flores • Brooke Lipsitz Making Experience Count in K–12: A Common Language for Internships, Capstones, and Career Stories UMC 384+386Meghan Raftery • Mason Pashia

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Banking on Skills: A Cross-Sector Model for Workforce-Aligned Microcredential Pathway UMC 247Sasha Flores • Lisa Young Democratizing Durable Skills: A National OER Initiative UMC 415+417Tara Laughlin From Syllabus to Skillset: Launching Holistic Credentialing Programs CASE CTL (E390)Katie Coats • Kristie Lindell Making South African qualifications machine readable and transferable UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Nadia Starr Self-disclosing allyship: leveraging digital credentials to improve support for neurodivergent learners UMC 384+386Javier Motta-Mena Live Credentials: Designing the Next Generation of Credentials UMC 245Alan Heppenstall

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 384+386Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino Designing for Scale: How Public Higher Education Systems Are Embedding Google Microcredentials for Career Mobility UMC 235Kelvin Bentley Good Badge, Bad Badge: A Hands-On Badge-Making Lab CASE CTL (E390)Wendy Palmer Lessons from a Digital Badge Pilot Implementation CASE E422Tomas Mindlin • Jim Vernon Leveraging Essential Skills for the Future of Work UMC 247Kelly Strong Considerations for Digital Credentialing in Higher Education: Guidance and Emerging Best Practices in Support of Learner Mobility UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Dale Allen • Jon Furr • Jeff Merriman • Nate Otto

12:00pm MDT

Tuesday Luncheon | T3 Innovation Network Mid-Year Meeting Glen Miller Ball RoomRobert Bajor • Joseph Davis • Jim Goodell • Jeanne Kitchens • Nate Otto • Karen Passmore • Madelyn Rahn • Colin Reynolds • Amanda Winters

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Building the Framework- Why building a styleguide is key UMC 384+386Derrick Ramsey, Ph.D. Don’t Be a Free-Badger – Align Criteria and Evidence to Ensure Workforce Value UMC 247Robert Bajor • Sandra Bullock • Randy Bowman I Value Badges! Making the Micro-Credentials Case on Campus UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Carmen Bain • Amy Mendee Indigenous Recognition Systems (IRS) —Interfacing Knowledge Systems (IKS) with Global Credentialing CASE CTL (E390)Simone Ravaioli Making Micro-Credentials Stick: Tools for Faculty Support and Employer Engagement CASE E422Andrea Fortin • Kristen Vanselow When Skills Become Visible: Veterans' Stories from the Field CASE E351Cate Tolnai, MAT • Sanjana Seth

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

Making Learning Count: Wallets and the Future of Trusted Credentials UMC 415+417Wendy Grier • Manny Washington • Erica Von Lohr Teaching, Research, Service: Building an Academic Ecosystem for Career Readiness Through Digital Credentials at HBCUs UMC 235Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby • Nicole Westrick • Kristy Williams Build Your Own Badge UMC 247Tomas Mindlin • Jim Vernon

Designing Badges for Democracy: A Civic Participation Design Challenge CASE CTL (E390)Chris Newlon

Testing Mobility: Can a Simple Ladder Help Us Measure What Actually Moves the Needle? CASE E422Nishita Chheda

When Credentials Cause Harm: Unpacking the Risks of Verifiable Learning and Work Records CASE E351Kelly Page, PhD

Early Outcomes Leveraging the Trusted Career Profile to Facilitate Employer Adoption UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Madelyn Rahn

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection