2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

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Andrea De Lei

University of Oregon

Instructional Designer

TBA

Collaborative Session Notes!

2:20pm MDT

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

5. Ask My Anything....about Open Standards for Microcredentials Glen Miller Ball RoomRob Coyle 6. Better Evidence for Skills Validation: An Assessment Use Quality Rubric Glen Miller Ball RoomDanielle Saunders

9:30am MDT

10:00am MDT

EX-Marks the Spot: What Former Faculty and Former EdTech Get Right (and Wrong) About Digital Credentials UMC 247Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby • Christopher Nitsch

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

3:15pm MDT

Build Your Own Badge UMC 247Tomas Mindlin • Jim Vernon

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

8:00am MDT

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

10:10am MDT

10:25am MDT

Making the STEM Microcredential Landscape Less Bumpy UMC 247Sophia Lee • Rob Moore 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

10:55am MDT

Exhibitor Break

11:25am MDT

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

11:55am MDT

TBA

[ENCORE ON DEMAND] Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz VIRTUAL [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Tuesday Luncheon | T3 Innovation Network Mid-Year Meeting VIRTUALNate Otto • Robert Bajor • Colin Reynolds • Madelyn Rahn • Joseph Davis • Amanda Winters • Jeanne Kitchens • Karen Passmore • Jim Goodell