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Implementing Badges in Your Community of Practice

This Digital Badges and Microcredentials Toolkit will be your guide to put digital badges to work to strengthen your community of practice, support diverse learning goals, and provide meaningful recognition for your members.

Download our New e-Book for:

  • Practical Tips: Gain 3 Simple Steps to Strengthen Your Community of Practice with Digital Badges
  • The Latest on Open Badges: Learn about Open Badges Version 3.0 — the gold standard for verifiable, portable and data rich digital badges.
  • Expert Insights: Hear from the experts in digital credentials and workplace learning.
  • Real World Examples: See how organizations are putting digital badges to work in their communities of practice.
e-Book: Implementing Badges in your CoP

Expert Voices

As part of our Community First Conversation Series, we welcome experts to explore how advanced technology, along with digital badges and credentials, is revolutionizing the ways we learn and work for the better.

Participate CLO Julie Keane talks with Krystal Rawls, PhD director of the California State University Dominguez Hills Workforce Integration Network (CSUDH WIN) about how they're using a Participate digital community of practice to support their ecosystem of learners, university and community partners through a grant-funded project to close the digital divide.
Kerri Lemoie, PhD, director of the MIT Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC) and Participate CLO Julie Keane, PhD, we offer insights into reimagining academic digital credentials for a digital age, spotlighting the collaborative innovations that are shaping the future of learning and workforce development.

Real World Examples

Example 1

Experience You

Explore how the Experience You initiative uses AI to transform learning and employment data into digital, machine-readable Learning and Employment Records (LERs). Learn how this innovative approach is helping 2.3 million incarcerated Americans gain meaningful employment and overcome barriers to skill recognition upon release. Click here to download the full story about this transformative project and its impact on social and economic equity.

Example 2

Learner Credential Wallet

Discover how Black Girl Ventures (BGV) supports women entrepreneurs by awarding digital badges for completing learning pathways, integrating these badges into the Learner Credential Wallet built by MIT’s Digital Credentials Consortium. This digital wallet securely stores and manages your credentials, making it easy to showcase your achievements. Click here to download the full story about how digital badges can empower your professional journey.

Example 3

CSUDH Workforce Integration Network

Learn how the CSU Dominguez Hills Workforce Integration Network (CSUDH-WIN) is leveraging a community of practice to engage students, interns, and community organizations to enhance workforce readiness and digital literacy. Digital badges and verifiable credentials motivate engagement and certify learning. Click here to download the full story about how CSUDH-WIN is driving digital equity and workforce integration.

But wait ... there's more!

If you're just starting your digital badging journey, here are a few of our favorite resources resources to help you along the way.

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