The University of Albany team of Trudi Jacobson, Kelsey O’Brien, Doug Sweet, and Mary Ellen Mallia gave a highly informative presentation on how they are using digital badging to support academic and student affairs initiatives. Presently, they have 70 different involvement markers. Continue reading
Other than a couple of meetings, Digital Badges for Professional Development was the first presentation I sat in on while at the SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology held in Potsdam, NY. In this presentation, Alexandra Pickett gave an overview of what SUNY was doing to use digital badges to support professional development. Continue reading
During opening remarks for the 2016 SUNY COTE Summit, Alex Cartwright, SUNY Provost discussed the need for SUNY to explore micro-credentialing and badging. He noted that private institutions were using badging to recognize student achievement and SUNY institutions were missing out on an opportunity. Continue reading
Open SUNY is exploring new strategies for meeting the needs of learners. Some of these strategies include competency-based education and stackable micro-credentials. Digital badges are excellent ways to recording completion of these strategies. Continue reading
