2026 Badge Summit

This session introduces a ready-to-use, self-guided technical assessment tool designed to evaluate the quality and interoperability of digital badge and credentialing systems. Evolved from the SkillsFWD project and funded by Walmart, the tool focuses on credential design, metadata completeness, standards alignment, evidence structures, and system interoperability. During the session, participants will be guided through the assessment framework and invited to evaluate the tool itself, its structure, assumptions, and practical utility, using real-world credentialing challenges as a basis. This is not a conceptual exploration, but a hands-on review of a production-ready self-assessment instrument.

The LER ecosystem has mastered issuing—but employers are still stuck asking “How do I verify and use this?” In this session, I’ll demo the open-source LER Skills Verifier, an employer-facing tool that makes LERs actionable for skills-based hiring. See how to verify credentials, evaluate trust, align skills to jobs, and give employers a tangible way to use LERs today. An open source T3 Network project from the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation.