2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

Kristina Davis

Modiv EDU

Professional Learning Specialist

Greater STL area

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9:00am MDT

Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops | Campus Tours Glen Miller Ball Room

11:30am MDT

Opening Luncheon + Badgesplaining Talks Glen Miller Ball RoomAlan Heppenstall • Cate Tolnai, MAT • Geeta Verma • Kelsey Draper • Keith Look • Chris Newlon • Thania Guardino • Nadia Starr • Jeremy McQuigge • Konrad Sowa

1:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

How Might We Truly Enable Learner Mobility? CASE CTL (E390)Rob Coyle

2:20pm MDT

2:40pm MDT

How Might We Add Decision Education to Your Badge Stack? CASE CTL (E390)Bruce Umpstead

What Changes Because This Badge Exists? UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Meghan Raftery

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

An Inclusive Future; building skills-based ecosystems based on guidance from skills practitioners, ontologists, and technologists.Emily Scheines Ask My Anything....about Open Standards for MicrocredentialsRob Coyle Better Evidence for Skills Validation: An Assessment Use Quality RubricDanielle Saunders Designing with, Not for: Co-Design Lessons from K–12 Micro-credential and LER ResearchMarilys Galindo From Publishing Standards to Recognizing Demonstrated CompetencyBruce Umpstead ITRAK - Culturally Reflective and Responsive Professional DevelopmentDaniel Flores “Wait, What’s a Micro-Credential?”—What Faculty Are Really SayingCami Cooper • Trevor Cox

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 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

Exploring Definitions and Implications of Micro-credentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education and Workforce UMC 235Marilys Galindo • Thomas Gauthier

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 382+384Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino 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 I Value Badges! Making the Micro-Credentials Case on Campus UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Carmen Bain • Amy Mendee

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

3:15pm - 4:00pm Concurrent Breakouts

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

8:00am MDT

Wednesday Breakfast + Badgesplaining Glen Miller Ball Room

9:30am MDT

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 382+384Dr. Sarah Korpi

10:00am MDT

10:45am MDT

Exhibitor Break

11:15am MDT

The Learning Outcome to Skill to Competency Highway. Why is it one-way? UMC 382+384Christine Hubbard • Andrew Fisher Understanding Federal and State Requirements for Skill and Credential Portability UMC 247Rob Coyle

11:45am MDT

12:00pm MDT

Closing Plenary Luncheon Glen Miller Ball Room

TBA

Badge Frameworks: Say What You Mean and Show You Mean ItDon Presant Beyond the Badge: Rebuilding Employer Trust in Digital CredentialsSonia Malik

12:45pm MDT

From Industry-Based Skilling, to New Career Pathways, to Advancing Democracy: Bridging Divides with Digital CredentialsMelanie Booth