This document summarizes a meeting about developing digital badges for engineering graphics, 3D printing, and additive manufacturing competencies. It provides background on digital badges in higher education, an overview of Colorado Community College System's journey with digital badges, and goals for the current meeting. The meeting aims to identify competencies desired by employers that are not addressed in current courses or programs, define 3-5 competencies for statewide digital badges, and decide if additional locally-focused badges are needed. The document discusses different badge types and provides examples of proficiency and expert badges.

1. CCCS-Digital Badge
Meeting
Engineering Graphics, 3D
Printing and Additive
Manufacturing

2. A new recognition program to attract,
engage and deepen commitment to
Colorado Community College System
Visit CCCS Badges
2
Open
Badges

3. Agenda
 Introductions
 Overview
 Define our goals

4. Digital Badges in Higher Ed
2013
 Purdue, Penn State, Oregon Tech
Community College, the California State
system, University of Maryland,
Wisconsin-Madison College, Michigan
State, Colorado State University Online,
and University of Colorado Denver.
 CCCS with CHAMP funding will be piloting
Technical Math, Machining, Engineering
Graphics, and Faculty Development

5. CCCS’s Digital Badge Journey
 May 2015 Dr. McCallin announced we are
digital badging Advanced Manufacturing
 Aug. 2015 College Presidents were given
a presentation on Digital Badges with Q&
A followed
 Sept. 2015 workgroup convened to write a
white paper
 Nov. 2015 White paper approved and sent
to all VPI’s.

6. Digital Badges
 Competency
The demonstration of what a person knows
and their ability to perform the skill or skill set
successfully

7. 7
Badge Types: Four unique emblems for résumé worthy
achievements
Proficient
Knowledge
A proficient performer has
academic knowledge and can
have both formal and informal
education or training
• Experience making situational
discriminations that enables
recognition of problems and
best approaches for solving
the problems.
• At this stage, intuitive
reactions replace reasoned
responses.
Expert
Skills
The expert performer is able to
see what needs to be achieved
and how to achieve it.
• Answer questions
• Make more refined and
subtle. discriminations than a
proficient performer
• Tailors an approach and
method to each situation
based on this level of skill.
Master
Authority
The mastery performer has
developed superior standards
and effectiveness of
knowledge
• Ability to evaluate
effectiveness of knowledge.
• Utilizes extending expertise
within a domain with their
own synthesis of tools and
methods.
• Ability to teach or train
others to become expert
performers.
Excellence
Distinguished
Deep understanding of highly
complex subjects
• Deep expertise, exceeding
the skill level of
experienced professionals
• Influences and mentors
others to help them make
best use of skills,
knowledge, aptitude and
solutions
• Among the most trusted
advisors, helps to grow and
nurture the community of
like-minded professionals

8. Proficiency Badge

9. Expert Badge

11. Goals
 Identify employer/industry desired
competency not transparent in current
courses, certificates, or degrees
 Define 3-5 competencies for state/system
wide distribution.
 Decide if we need 1 or 2 community
centered badges driven by local workforce
demands
 Decide on an image for the badge

12. Next Meeting?

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