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2023 Badge Summit

11:00am MDT

Pre-Conference: Rethinking Learning Pathways: How to Equip Students and Graduates for the Workforce of TomorrowLindsey Dewit • Peony Scott

12:30pm MDT

[ON DEMAND] Pre-Conference Webinar: How can we open up the recognition of lifewide learning?Don Presant

6:00am MDT

Pre-Conference: T3 Innovation NetworkTaylor Hansen

10:00am MDT

[ON DEMAND] Pre-Conference: The Changing Digital Credential Landscape: Lessons from the Field Driven by Recent ResearchSean R. Gallagher • Ellen Stoddard

7:45am MDT

Details on parking and getting to Badge Summit

8:30am MDT

Pre-Conference: Badge Summit Onboarding UMC Room 235Robert Bajor • Elizabeth Miller PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Badge, Pitch, and Plan: Design a Digital Credentialing Strategy CASE - Center for Teaching and LearningMatthew Aranda • Casey Andree • Tara Laughlin PRE-CONFERENCE | Converging Roles: Credential Innovation for Collaborating Across Campus and Beyond UMC Ballroom EastJavier Motta-Mena • Amy Heitzman • Mark McConahay • Melissa Peraino Pre-Conference: Open Recognition Unconference CASE E422

10:45am MDT

PRE-CONFERENCE | Badges: An Open and Honest Conversation with University Leadership UMC Room 235Kimberly Moore • Richard (Rick) Muma

11:30am MDT

Pre-Conference Snack Break [Please register if attending Monday morning pre-conference workshops]

12:30pm MDT

Table Talk - Learner Perspectives on Credentialing Student Workers on Workplace Skills UMC Main BallroomBeyonse Gordillo Jimenez Table Talk: A business model and technologies that support inclusive microcredential design UMC Main BallroomJustin Mason Table Talk: A Journey to Badges Begins with Collaboration UMC Main BallroomLori Poole Table Talk: A Winning LER Formula for Job Seekers UMC Main BallroomIan Davidson Table Talk: Affirmative Action, Debt, and SCOTUS Rulings: Finding Equity through Badging UMC Main BallroomMeena Naik Table Talk: Architecting User Identity Solutions to De-Identify and Decentralize UMC Main BallroomStef Mills • Victor Ngo Table Talk: Badge Regens: Smart Credentials, smarter learners. UMC Main BallroomSimone Ravaioli Table Talk: Badges in your community TODAY UMC Main BallroomSerge Ravet • Nate Otto Table Talk: Building Durability: The Future-Proof Skills for Job Seekers and Employers UMC Main BallroomKevin Riebau Table Talk: Consultant Corner: Digital Credentialing Strategy, Tactics, & Tech UMC Main BallroomBrent Capriotti Table Talk: Creating a framework to develop and teach in demand skills to biology majors using the framework of micro credentials and digital badges. UMC Main BallroomAmanda Vines Garrett • Karen Browning • Cynthia LaBrake Table Talk: Creating Equitable Pathways: Turning Non-Credit Micro Credentials into For-Credit Credentials UMC Main BallroomCollin Sullivan Table Talk: Developing microcredentials as a response to English economic and educational policy UMC Main BallroomVanessa Dodd • Annabel Kiernan Table Talk: Help Us Break Things - Building Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Micro-Credentialing UMC Main BallroomKate Giovacchini • Megan Workmon • Sheryl Grant

2:15pm MDT

Badge Tank: Matryoshka dolls - what grain size are we recognizing? UMC Main BallroomAlistair Oliver • Margo Griffith Badge Tank: Mind the Gap: Developing a Microcredential Strategy to Empower Students UMC Main BallroomJavier Motta-Mena Table Talk - Opportunity Awaits - the Value of Micro Credentials in Career Technical Education UMC Main BallroomHeather Luchte • Taylor Stump Table Talk - Using Simulations to Scale the Development and Assessment of Skills UMC Main BallroomDavid McCool Table Talk: Enhancing biology undergraduate students’ career skills, competencies, and opportunities through modular, micro-credentialed, research skills training @ The MCDB Skills Center UMC Main BallroomZachary Hazlett Table Talk: From CLR to LER: Making Badges & Credentials Actionable UMC Main BallroomKeith Look Table Talk: How might Higher Education Credential Frontline and Immigrant Staff for Career Advancement? UMC Main BallroomKelsey Draper Table Talk: Make Digital Credentials Work for Learners UMC Main BallroomRob Coyle Table Talk: Microcredential Developer OER UMC Main BallroomJustin Mason Table Talk: Promises and Pitfall in badging K12 students UMC Main BallroomRich Copeland Table Talk: Rules? We don't need no rules! Understanding how external regulations and requirements may impact your micro-credentials UMC Main BallroomErika Swain Table Talk: The Big Questions that Need Answers for your Badging Program UMC Main BallroomElizabeth Miller Table Talk: Transforming Visa Rejection Rates: Innovative Solutions for Authenticating International Student Credentials UMC Main BallroomJoseph Robb Table Talk: Web3 is Dead; Long Live Web3: What We Can Learn from the Culture and Cringe of Crypto UMC Main BallroomTaylor Kendal • Allison Moran

3:45pm MDT

Badgesplaining: Open Recognition is for EveryoneDoug Belshaw • Laura Hilliger Opening Plenary and Keynote with Dr. Michael Torrence CASE - Chancellor's Auditorium

5:00pm MDT

Monday Evening Welcome Reception

8:00am MDT

Continental Breakfast UMC Main Ballroom

8:45am MDT

Rapid Fire: A New Paradigm of Proof UMC Room 235Kerri Lemoie Rapid Fire: Demystifying Digital Badges: Real World Applications for Professional and Continuing Education UMC Aspen Rooms 285-287J. Kim McNutt Rapid Fire: Governance: Badging without Chaos CASE E422Katie Cullen • Elizabeth Miller • Joanna Ray Rapid Fire: Governance: Badging without Chaos CASE E422Elizabeth Miller • Katie Cullen • Joanna Ray Rapid Fire: Let's badge Normandy: towards a learning territory UMC Ballroom EastPhilippe Petitqueux Rapid Fire: Small Badges, Big Impact: The Success of Industreet's Micro-Credential Use Case UMC Room 247Alan Bahia • Marie-Laetitia Brunet Rapid Fire: The Role of Badges in Customized Corporate Workforce Training CASE - Center for Teaching and LearningKendra Rodriguez

9:15am MDT

Networking + Exhibitor Break

9:45am MDT

Dream Makers’ Lounge: Using Badging and Digital Credential for Social Good: Responding to SCOTUS Rulings with Action UMC Ballroom WestMeena Naik Rapid Fire: Disrupting the Credential Ecosystem with Competency-based Micro-credentials: Building Partnerships in Professional Learning. UMC Room 235Gina Conner • Rita Fennelly-Atkinson • Marilys Galindo Rapid Fire: How an Institution-Level Badge can Optimize Human-Centered Design Capacity CASE - Center for Teaching and LearningRachel Kahn • Sabina Sariyska Rapid Fire: Open Recognition for Retention CASE E422Krystal Rawls Rapid Fire: Recognizing Progressive Durable Skills Attainment in Real-Time - Pipe Dream or Possibility? UMC Room 247Alistair Oliver • Margo Griffith Rapid Fire: What Next? Lingering Questions for Higher Ed Professionals UMC Aspen Rooms 285-287Kristi Wold-McCormick

10:15am MDT

Networking + Exhibitor Break

10:45am MDT

Badge Tank: Help the Helpers! Kempe JEDI Badge: Fostering Inclusive and Equitable Learning Environments for Educators, Researchers, Healthcare Providers, and Child Welfare Professionals UMC Room 247Jing Yu Rapid Fire: Black Girl Ventures: Powering Entrepreneurship CASE E422Jasmine Edwards • Julie Keane Rapid Fire: Building a sustainable digital badge initiative UMC Aspen Rooms 285-287Stella Porto • Romina Flores Rapid Fire: Chasing Chaos - Letting Innovation Breathe while Standardizing for Scale UMC Ballroom EastLuke Dowden • Amber O'Casey Rapid Fire: Poking Fun, Poking Holes From All Sides: What value do credentials really hold in today's workforce economy? CASE E390: Center for Teaching and LearningIan Davidson • Rebecca Leder • Ruby Mohamed Rapid Fire: Stackable Credential Pathways--A Statewide Initiative UMC Room 235Ruthanne Orihuela Rapid Fire: The Navajo Talent Marketplace: Transforming Economic Mobility and Self-Determination UMC Room 245Jon Mott

11:15am MDT

Lunch + Badgesplaining + Plenary: Putting Badges to Work UMC Main BallroomChip Bobbert • Sean R. Gallagher • Lydia Logan • Sean Murphy • Renise Walker

11:45am MDT

Badgesplaining: The Secret to Unlocking the Power of Credentials: Universal Accessibility UMC Main BallroomNaomi Szekeres

1:00pm MDT

Deep Dive: Putting badges into action with Open Badge Passport UMC Ballroom EastEric Rousselle Deep Dive: Transforming Ideas into Experiences: The Definitive Micro-Credential Workshop CASE E390: Center for Teaching and LearningRobert Bajor Deep Dive: We Can Work it Out: An Inclusive Process for Establishing Microcredential Programs at One Institution CASE E422Jason Drysdale • Katie Linder • Jeremy Lingle Deep Dive: You Got This! Using pre-made blueprints to create bespoke programs UMC Room 247Sheryl Grant Dream Makers' Lounge: What Employers Look For in a Digital Credential UMC Ballroom WestLuke Dowden • Tyson Heath • Kelly Hoyland Long Panel: 21st Century Skills Through Micro-Credentialing: The Polk County Partnership UMC Room 235Matthew Aranda • Naomi Boyer • Steve Cochran Long Panel: Supporting Open Source, Open-Badge Credentials UMC Aspen Rooms 285-287Rita Fennelly-Atkinson • Nichole Aguirre • Kerri Lemoie

2:00pm MDT

Deep Dive: Building Bridges with Employers Through Microcredentials: Tips and Tricks for Higher Education to Construct Strong, Sustainable Talent Pipeline Partnerships UMC Aspen Rooms 285-287Danielle Saunders • Luke Dowden • Naomi Boyer Deep Dive: Using Microcredentials to Change the Student Value Proposition UMC Ballroom EastMarc Booker Dream Makers' Lounge: How Might We Collect Accurate Data on the Prevalence of Badges in the United States? UMC Ballroom WestKyle Albert Long Panel: Digital Wallets, Verifiable Credentials, and Learning and Employment Records: A Colorado Case Study CASE E422Marielena DeSanctis • Taylor Kendal • Jessica Maiorca • Audrey Walstrom Long Panel: Expanding Open Recognition through organizations, communities, and regions CASE E390: Center for Teaching and LearningDon Presant • Stella Porto • Julie Keane • Krystal Rawls • Philippe Petitqueux Long Panel: No More Assumptions: Hard Conversations about Equity UMC Room 235Meena Naik • Kelly Page • Simone Ravaioli

3:00pm MDT

Deep Dive: From Badges and Micro-credentials to CLRs and LERS. How do they all fit together in the Higher Education puzzle? CASE E422Mark McConahay • Mike Simmons Deep Dive: Instructional Design Perspective on Digital Badges UMC Room 235Sherri Braxton Castanzo • Kelly Hoyland • Amber O'Casey Dream Makers' Lounge: Badging as a bridge between informal learning and college admissions. UMC Ballroom WestAnnamarie Schaecher Long Panel: Experience You: Learnings from Phase 1 UMC Aspen Rooms 285-287Naomi Boyer • Phil Long • Colin Reynolds • Jason Tysko Long Panel: Reliably Assessing Essential Competencies at Scale CASE E340Kelly Page • Simone Ravaioli • David McCool Long Panel: Trust Us: Open Recognition and Micro-credentials as Proof CASE E390: Center for Teaching and LearningDoug Belshaw • Sheryl Grant

3:45pm MDT

Badgesplaining: Promoting Student Success in Higher Education with Digital Badges UMC Main BallroomBrian Thomas Badgesplaining: Story Centered Inclusive User Experience (IUX) Co-design: How might we co-design technologies with (not for) learners and earners! CASE - Chancellor's AuditoriumKelly Page Badgesplaining: This is My Why UMC Main BallroomElizabeth Miller Closing Plenary | Unlocking the Power of Human Talent and Potential: A glimpse into Colorado’s Education and Workforce Transformation CASE - Chancellor's Auditorium

8:00am MDT

Continental Breakfast

9:00am MDT

Post-Conference Workshop: Getting Weird with the Open Recognition Alliance CASE E390: Center for Teaching and LearningDon Presant • Doug Belshaw • Julie Keane • Justin Mason • Laura Hilliger • Krystal Rawls Post-Conference Workshop: Now What? Expert Facilitation for YOUR credentialing programs CASE E422 Post-Conference Workshop: Last Mile to Hire Consumption Convening [*invite-only*] CASE W262Naomi Boyer

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[ENCORE ON DEMAND] A New Paradigm of ProofKerri Lemoie [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: Promoting Student Success in Higher Education with Digital BadgesBrian Thomas [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: Story Centered Inclusive User Experience (IUX) Co-design: How might we co-design technologies with (not for) learners and earners!Kelly Page [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: This is My WhyElizabeth Miller [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Closing Plenary | Unlocking the Power of Human Talent and Potential: A glimpse into Colorado’s Education and Workforce Transformation [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Digital Wallets, Verifiable Credentials, and Learning and Employment Records: A Colorado Case StudyMarielena DeSanctis • Taylor Kendal • Jessica Maiorca • Audrey Walstrom [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Disrupting the Credential Ecosystem with Competency-based Micro-credentials: Building Partnerships in Professional LearningGina Conner • Rita Fennelly-Atkinson • Marilys Galindo [ENCORE ON DEMAND] From Badges and Micro-credentials to CLRs and LERS. How do they all fit together in the Higher Education puzzle?Mark McConahay • Mike Simmons [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Governance: Badging without ChaosKatie Cullen • Elizabeth Miller • Joanna Ray [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Instructional Design Perspective on Digital BadgesSherri Braxton Castanzo • Kelly Hoyland • Amber O'Casey [ENCORE ON DEMAND] No More Assumptions: Hard Conversations about EquityKelly Page • Meena Naik • Simone Ravaioli [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Open Recognition for RetentionKrystal Rawls [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Open Recognition is for EveryoneDoug Belshaw • Laura Hilliger [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Opening Plenary and Keynote with Dr. Michael Torrence [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Plenary: Putting Badges to WorkSean R. Gallagher • Chip Bobbert • Sean Murphy • Renise Walker • Lydia Logan [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Stackable Credential Pathways--A Statewide InitiativeRuthanne Orihuela [ENCORE ON DEMAND] The Secret to Unlocking the Power of Credentials: Universal AccessibilityNaomi Szekeres [ENCORE ON DEMAND] We Can Work it Out: An Inclusive Process for Establishing Microcredential Programs at One InstitutionJason Drysdale • Katie Linder • Jeremy Lingle [ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: Badging Power Skills for Active Global CitizenshipAndrés Peñaloza Lanza [ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: Empowering Pre-Service Teachers with Instructional Open Badges to Enhance Goal-Setting and Self-EfficacyZui Cheng • Huanhuan Wang • Rick West • Qian Xu • Zhuo Zhang • Xixian Zhu [ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: How do you Create a High-Impact Digital Badge Program Fast?Jim Daniels • David Leaser [ON DEMAND] Badgesplaining: We Can't Afford to Wait for Skills-Based HiringKeil Dumsch [ON DEMAND] Building Diverse Educator Pathways with Micro-credentialsMaegan Schopper • Toriano Hayward • Anne Morris • Casey Baxley [ON DEMAND] Collaboration, Convergence or Competition? The Relationship Between Professional and Continuing Education and Traditional Academic OfferingsJim Fong • Wendy Kilgore • Bruce Etter • Seattle Revello • Melanie Gottlieb [ON DEMAND] Rethinking (HE) Credentials to Broaden Educational HorizonsRob Moore [ON DEMAND] Rethinking College Readiness: How human-centered design can help address information problems in college admissionsSteven Cederquist [ON DEMAND] Use of Credentials in the Towing and Recovery IndustryMatt Ross • Andrew Fisher [ON DEMAND] Using GitHub Repositories to Promote Credential Transparency: Lessons from a Data Bootcamp at CU Boulder LibrariesAditya Ranganath [ON-DEMAND] Transformative Badge Case Studies for Wellness and InternshipsCamellia Hill • Jessica DeMolder

10:00am MDT

Virtual Networking/Viewing Time

11:00am MDT

Building a Career-Connected Regional Ecosystem - Lessons LearnedAaron Baute • Kara J Webb • Eric Davis • Jeffrey Botteron Stackable Credentials: How KQED + PBS Identified Critical Skills Toward a Media Literacy CertificationRandall Depew • Rik Panganiban • Kristen Franklin

12:00pm MDT

Equity by Design: Micro-Credentials in the classroomChristine Crefton Launching Microcredentials at a Small InstitutionKaren Bellnier PLLA Transfer Credit and MedCerts’ Process of Working with Colleges to Give Students a Clear Pathway to Higher Levels of EducationRafael A. Castañeda

1:00pm MDT

Virtual Badge Summit Closing: Reflections and Calls to Action