Digital badges provide a new way of representing skills and achievements by displaying them as images with metadata. They can symbolize learning at any level from skills to degrees, contain information about accomplishments and skills, and are shared online to verify learning. Institutions and organizations are increasingly using digital badges to showcase granular skills that are portable, digital, and verified in order to provide a more complete picture of individuals' qualifications to employers.

1. Digital Badging in
Higher Education 101
Susan Manning, Ed.D.
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2. Navigating the Communications Gap
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Job DescriptionResume
EMPLOYEESEDUCATORS &
TRAINERS
Certificate
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3. Open Badges: Credentials for the modern workforce
1. Digital emblem which symbolizes
learning achievements at any level: skills,
certificates, diplomas, certifications,
licenses and more
2. Contains metadata with skills tags and
accomplishments
3. Easy to share in social media: LinkedIn,
Twitter, FB, blogs
4. Real-time verification of every badge,
connected to official Issuer records
5. Standards-based on IMS Open Badges
standard
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4. Granular
Portable
Digital
Verified
Digital Badges are Currency
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5. Telling a more complete and verified story
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6. Institutions use badges to surface skills and
competencies within their curriculum.
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7. The Values of Digital Badging
"WCET Leadership Summit: 21st Century Credentials: Learners + Institutions + Workforce" by Cali Morrison, WICHE Cooperative for
Educational Technologies is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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8. Employers Prefer Verified Skills & Digital Credentials
Source: Competency Matters / Wonderlic
https://www.competencymatters.org/soft-skills-infographics
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9. https://elearninginfographics
.com/2015-workforce-
readiness-infographic/
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10. Organizations of every type from every industry
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11. Turn learners into earners.
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14. Learner
EmployerSchool
15,000
Advanced
Manufacturing
Jobs Unfilled in CO
Education > Employment: Reduced time to fill in-demand jobs
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17. Digital Credentials as “Rosetta Stone”
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19. Portable, digital, verified achievements.
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