What are they?

• A verified indicator of skills, competencies, interests, and accomplishments.
• They are stored and managed online.

Why do we like them?

• They value multiple pathways for learning
• They are transportable and shareable
• They represent professional learning on educators’ own terms
• They are transferable from multiple sources
• They are evidence based
• They are stackable
• They hold the potential to transform when and where learning is valued.

How can you use them?

• Earn them
• Share them on the web and through social media
• Use them with employers and perspective employers

Learn More about Micro-credentials

• How do Digital Promise Micro-credentials work? – Digital Promise
• Digital Promise Educator Micro-credentials
• About Open Badges – OpenBadges
• Making Professional Learning Count – What do educators want from their professional learning? What do they think of micro-credentials?
• Micro-credentials for Personalized, Powerful Professional Learning – Getting Smart
• How to Make Micro-Credentials Matter – EdSurge

And Even More about Micro-credentials

• Micro-Credentials: Empowering Lifelong Learners – Edutopia
• 7 Things You Should Know about Badges – Educause
• The Potential and Value of Using Digital Badges for Adult Learners – American Institutes for Research
• OpenBadges.org currently maintains the standard for using badges for micro-credentialing. This allows micro-credentials to be transferred and collected from multiple sources.
• Digital Badges – McArthur Foundation
• Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning – Getting Smart
• Deeper Learning – Digital Promise’s first collection of micro-credentials
• What are Digital Badges? – HASTAC
• Badging Resources – Distributed PD Project
• The Need for a Quality, Distributed Professional Development System – Multiple Pathways Blog
  
• We Don’t Want Just Any PD, and Badges Are More Than Patches – Multiple Pathways Blog

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