Micro-credentialism: Bite-sized stories from the world of digital credentials

This podcast explores the digital badging landscape and celebrates individuals and organizations creating outstanding achievement ecosystems for their communities.

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Episode 8: Stella Porto

Stella Porto is a Learning Specialist at the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. Currently Stella is working on a number of initiatives and currently she is focused on helping Latin America to move courses online through a program called #Movingonline BID . This program includes a large umbrella of various activities: a hub of Spanish language resources and community of practice, weekly webinars, and various short courses to support faculty and other professionals in this tra...

Dec 16, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Episode 7: Megan Stiles Madel

Megan Stiles Madel is the Executive Director of LRNG at Southern New Hampshire University . LRNG : is closing the equity gap by transforming how young people access and experience learning and work and collaborates with schools, city leaders, businesses and community institutions to build an ecosystem of learning that combines in-school, out-of-school, employer-based and online learning experiences into a seamless network that is open and inviting to all youth. Part of their comprehensive soluti...

Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Episode 6: Kerri Lemoie

Kerri Lemoie is the owner of OpenWorks Group LLC , an internet technology research and strategy consultancy. She is pursuing a Ph.D. at Fielding Graduate University in Media Psychology. Her dissertation research focuses on technology adoption of self-sovereign digital identity and more broadly on trust and online behavior. Kerri is one of the founding technical contributors to Open Badges and a leader in digital credentials. When she’s not geeking out, Kerri is enjoying her time with her fiancé,...

Oct 14, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Episode 5: Savi Barrowes

Savi Barrowes is the VP of workforce platforms at Dignity Health Global Education and the co-founder of the Anonymous co., a company on a mission to help 1,000,000 women level up in their life by teaching them proven and actionable techniques to achieve their goals. Savi is also the host of the podcast " Dream Big and Live Free " where she interviews innovators, executives, athletes, entrepreneurs, and disruptors about the challenges that they've overcome to become the people they are today. " M...

Sep 11, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 4: Travis Thurston

Travis Thurston is the Assistant Director in the Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence (ETE) at Utah State University. Travis directs all professional development programming: developing and facilitating seminars, workshops, and a teaching conference focused on the improvement of teaching. Travis works with instructors at Utah State, including full-time, adjunct, staff, and graduate students who have a teaching role at the university. Travis created and facilitates the ETE 10 Professional Lea...

Aug 11, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Episode 3: Dr. Bill Moseley

Dr. Bill Moseley is the Dean of academic technology at Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield college serves students in central California where Dr. Moseley has used Badgr to develop an ecosystem that connects badges to student learning outcomes within coursework. "Micro-credentialism: Bite-sized stories from the world of digital credentials" explores the digital badging landscape and celebrates individuals that create opportunities for achievement for their communities. Fo...

Jul 10, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Bonus Episode: Noah Geisel

Noah Geisel is an educator and digital badges consultant and the brains behind the annual Badge Summit. Noah started his career as a spanish language educator and coach. His Interest in recognition later became a career in consulting, where he specializes in digital badging ecosystems. Noah's previous projects include working on K12 initiatives with Aurora public schools and with Reelworks in New York City. Noah also organizes and leads the annual digital badge summit. Learn more about the 2020 ...

Jun 15, 2020•46 min

Episode 2: Dr. Richard Edwards

Dr. Richard Edwards is the director of the Exploration Center for innovative Teaching & Engagement (XCITE) at UC Riverside. In Dr. Edwards' previous role, he served as the executive director of strategic learning at Ball State. While at Ball State, he taught MOOCs with Turner Classic Movies (TCM), and it was in this project that Dr. Edwards explored the use of badges and micro-credentials. Currently, Dr. Edweards specializes in innovation in higher education and works with faculty in terms o...

Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 1: Jon Kelley

Jon Kelley is a teaching and learning Coach at Dempsey Middle School in Delaware City Schools in Delaware, Ohio. In Jon's previous position as a 6th-grade science teacher, he developed a canvas course that utilized mastery-based learning strategies and provided students with authentic learning experiences. In his program, students earned badges once they demonstrated mastery of a learning target. In Jon's current role, he is developing personalized professional learning opportunities that use ba...

Apr 24, 2020•33 min

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