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2023 Badge Summit

12:30pm MDT

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

8:30am MDT

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Badge, Pitch, and Plan: Design a Digital Credentialing Strategy CASE - Center for Teaching and LearningMatthew Aranda • Casey Andree • Tara Laughlin

12:30pm MDT

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: Architecting User Identity Solutions to De-Identify and Decentralize UMC Main BallroomStef Mills • Victor Ngo 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: 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

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: Microcredential Developer OER UMC Main BallroomJustin Mason 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: 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

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: 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

9:45am MDT

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: Open Recognition for Retention CASE E422Krystal Rawls

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: Stackable Credential Pathways--A Statewide Initiative UMC Room 235Ruthanne Orihuela

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 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

TBA

[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] 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] 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] We Can Work it Out: An Inclusive Process for Establishing Microcredential Programs at One InstitutionJason Drysdale • Katie Linder • Jeremy Lingle [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] Transformative Badge Case Studies for Wellness and InternshipsCamellia Hill • Jessica DeMolder

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

Launching Microcredentials at a Small InstitutionKaren Bellnier