2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

Ted Weisman

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Digital Teaching Manager (UNLV Online/Teaching & Learning Innovation)

Las Vegas, Nevada

TBA

Collaborative Session Notes! Badge Sandpit: Pack Your Badges Before Badge Summit (FREE pre-conference virtual activity)Wendy Palmer

9:00am MDT

Open Badges Then and Now: A Badge Summit Pre-Conference Hosted by Learning Economy Foundation with support from Mozilla Foundation Glen Miller Ball RoomTaylor Kendal Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops Glen Miller Ball Room

1:00pm MDT

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

3:45-5:45 TABLE TALKS + OPENING RECEPTION Glen Miller Ball Room Help! I'm not a nerd! (but I think I want to do an LER) Glen Miller Ball RoomMadelyn Rahn *CANCELED BY PRESENTER* Signal or Noise? Identifying Evidence That Matters Glen Miller Ball RoomAlison Griffin *CANCELED BY PRESENTER* Unlocking Human potential through skills visibility Glen Miller Ball RoomMargo Griffith 16. Mapping Regional Credential Ecosystems: Stitching Together a Pathway in Connecticut Glen Miller Ball RoomSasha Goldman

9:30am MDT

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Democratizing Durable Skills: A National OER Initiative UMC 415+417Tara Laughlin

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 384+386Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino Leveraging Essential Skills for the Future of Work UMC 247Kelly Strong

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Don’t Be a Free-Badger – Align Criteria and Evidence to Ensure Workforce Value UMC 247Robert Bajor • Sandra Bullock • Randy Bowman

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

Early Outcomes Leveraging the Trusted Career Profile to Facilitate Employer Adoption UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Madelyn Rahn

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

8:00am MDT

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

9:40am MDT

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

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 BADGESPLAINING [ON-DEMAND] | Beyond Microcredentials: Using AI to Translate Experience into Academic CreditGeeta Verma BADGESPLAINING [ON-DEMAND] | Can Micro-Credentialing and Learning Employment Records (LERs) be used to create equitable career mobility for frontline staff in higher education?Kelsey Draper BADGESPLAINING [ON-DEMAND] | Experiments in Credential FraudAlan Heppenstall BADGESPLAINING [ON-DEMAND] | How to Explain LERs to Your GrandmaThania Guardino