2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

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8:00am MDT

Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz Glen Miller Ball Room

9:30am MDT

10:00am MDT

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 Completion to Application: Badges as Evidence of Learning Transfer UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Stella Porto 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)Brooke Lipsitz • Sasha Flores Making Experience Count in K–12: A Common Language for Internships, Capstones, and Career Stories UMC 382+384Meghan Raftery • Mason Pashia

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Banking on Skills: A Cross-Sector Model for Workforce-Aligned Microcredential Pathway UMC 247Sasha Flores • Dr. Lisa Young Exploring Definitions and Implications of Micro-credentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education and Workforce UMC 235Marilys Galindo • Thomas Gauthier 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 382+384Javier Motta-Mena

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

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 Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 382+384Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino Designing for Scale: How Public Higher Education Systems Are Embedding Google Microcredentials for Career Mobility UMC 235Kelvin Bentley Essential Skills - The Key to the Future of Work UMC 247Kelly Strong Good Badge, Bad Badge: A Hands-On Badge-Making Lab CASE CTL (E390)Wendy Palmer Lessons from a Digital Badge Pilot Implementation CASE E422Tomás Mindlin • Jim Vernon

12:00pm MDT

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

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Building the Framework- Why building a styleguide is key UMC 382+384Derrick Ramsey, Ph.D. Don’t Be a Free-Badger – Align Criteria and Evidence to Ensure Workforce Value UMC 247Sandra Bullock • Randy Bowman How Do You Spell L-E-R? Spotlighting Scalable Practices Beyond the Transcript UMC 235Mike Simmons 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 E351Sanjana Seth

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

3:15pm - 4:00pm Concurrent Breakouts Early Outcomes Leveraging the Trusted Career Profile to Facilitate Employer Adoption UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Madelyn Rahn Teaching, Research, Service: Building an Academic Ecosystem for Career Readiness Through Digital Credentials at HBCUs UMC 235Kristy Williams • Nicole Westrick • Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby Build Your Own Badge UMC 247Tomás Mindlin • Jim Vernon

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

From Pitcher to Catcher: Designing SIS Workflows for Digital Credential Ingestion UMC 382+384Mike Simmons

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 E351Dr. Kelly Page

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection