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

Wednesday Breakfast + Badgesplaining Glen Miller Ball RoomKelsey Draper • Thania Guardino • Jeremy McQuigge

9:40am MDT

Critical Partnerships for STEM Career Pathways via Skills-Based Microcredentials UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Jennifer Fong • Laura Marmolejo • Alyssa Reinhart Idea to Badge- A Practical, Human-Centered and AI-Powered Pathway for Microcredential Creation UMC 235Hilary Gibson Lessons from Year One: What We Learned Building a Microcredentialing Program (and What We’d Do Differently) CASE CTL (E390)Christina Goldsmith Making Badges Stick: Practical Steps for Policy, Access, and Lifelong Learning UMC 384+386Dr. Sarah Korpi Open-Source Skills Analysis Tools Ready for Action: Two Opportunities to Leverage LAiSER in Higher Education UMC 415+417Kritika Berry • Luis Gonzalez • Divya Narula • Mike Sanders Recently Launched: Quality Assurance Evaluations for Short-term Credential Providers CASE E422Karen Solomon

10:10am MDT

10:25am MDT

Achieving Interoperability Through Translation: Advancing State Digital Credentialing Ecosystems UMC 235Kyle Albert • Mike Sanders • Tom Weko Making the STEM Microcredential Landscape Less Bumpy UMC 247Sophia Lee • Rob Moore Operationalizing the LER: What We’re Learning About Employer Needs and Credential Transport CASE CTL (E390)Rob Coyle Our Million Badge Story: A Game-Based Badging Adventure UMC 415+417Cate Tolnai, MAT When Badges Fail and When They Work: Governance, Faculty, and the Power Behind Credentials UMC 384+386Keith Look • Nicole Westrick Where Skills Really Get Assessed: Mapping the Signals That Shape Opportunity CASE E422Nishita Chheda • Meghan Raftery Evaluating the Technical Foundations of Badge and LER Systems: A Ready-to-Use Self-Assessment Tool UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Robert Bajor • Nate Otto

10:55am MDT

Exhibitor Break

11:25am MDT

Ensuring Trusted and Transparent Credentials in Higher Education CASE CTL (E390)Penny Ramirez • Preston Trebas Student Skill Sprints: Accelerating Career-Ready Learning on Campus UMC 235Jenny Lane • Mikayla Rochelle The Learning Outcomes to Skills to Competencies Process—How can we make it work better? And how can we make it part of our college culture? UMC 384+386Christine Hubbard Understanding Federal and State Requirements for Skill and Credential Portability UMC 247Rob Coyle Using the CREDO Framework to Implement STEM Microcredentials UMC 415+417Rob Moore Skills based hiring for employers UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Nate Otto

11:55am MDT

12:00pm MDT

*CLOSING PLENARY LUNCHEON* Badging for all of us, not just U.S. - Global Perspectives on Recognition Glen Miller Ball RoomDaniel Flores • Tomas Mindlin • Wendy Palmer • Simone Ravaioli