2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

MB

Maurice Ballance

Wichita State University

Program Coordinator

https://wichita.edu/academics/wpce/Badges/

TBA

Collaborative Session Notes!

1:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

How Do We Center Learner Voice and Experience in Designing Credentialing Ecosystems? UMC 384+386Tania Curry

2:20pm MDT

2:40pm MDT

Gaining Employer Buy-In: What’s working, what’s not, and how we'll fill existing gaps UMC 247Greg Watkins

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

15. Mapping Competencies for Career Programs: Driving LER Adoption with Credential Engine Glen Miller Ball RoomTim Hathaway 4. An Inclusive Future; building skills-based ecosystems based on guidance from skills practitioners, ontologists, and technologists. Glen Miller Ball RoomEmily Scheines

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

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Banking on Skills: A Cross-Sector Model for Workforce-Aligned Microcredential Pathway UMC 247Sasha Flores • Lisa Young

11:30am MDT

Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 384+386Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Making Micro-Credentials Stick: Tools for Faculty Support and Employer Engagement CASE E422Andrea Fortin • Kristen Vanselow

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

When Credentials Cause Harm: Unpacking the Risks of Verifiable Learning and Work Records CASE E351Kelly Page, PhD

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

10:10am MDT

10:25am MDT

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

10:55am MDT

Exhibitor Break

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