According to Pew Research Center 19% of Americans age 65 and over are employed full or part time, a figure that is expected to grow. With Baby Boomers remaining in the work force and living longer, ...

Digital badges continue to grow in popularity and significance nationwide, as do the number of individuals receiving these micro credentials. At UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI ...

Across the globe, institutions of higher education and professional organizations are harnessing the power of digital badges to motivate, demonstrate, and verify training. Digital badges are currently ...

Since joining Duke in 2005, Marissa Lane has embraced professional development opportunities through Duke Learning & Organization Development (L&OD). Lane, the Business Manager for the Department of ...

The concept of measuring talents and accomplishments in the form of online “badges” is gaining steam. And a California university is poised to play a key role in their development. The badge idea, ...

Instead, digital badges should enhance and highlight the value of what students are already learning, Aysegul Timur, Clay Motley, Glenn Whitehouse, Shawn Felton and Dave Jaeger write. But increased ...

Passport, a new classroom app created by Purdue University, allows instructors and advisers to give students digital badges to indicate mastery of skills. The application uses Mozilla's Open Badge ...

This screenshot shows Kirkwood Community College's Pet Grooming Digital Badge on the Credly platform, which the college is using to issue its digital badges. The page also details the skills a student ...

It can be difficult for veterans to explain the skills and training they received in the military to potential employers. A new website attempts to bridge that gap by giving veterans digital “badges” ...

The topic of teacher professional development has dominated discussions about teacher quality and retention for years. While some progress has been made, there is still no standardized means for ...