Open Badges Update and the IMS Global Open Badges Extensions in Education Project

Participants will be updated on recent developments with Open Badges Infrastructure and Standards involving the Badge Alliance, IMS Global, the Mozilla Foundation, and Collective Shift/Project LRNG and given the opportunity to ask questions about the future of the Open Badges specification. Also discuss the goals of the Microcredentials/Badges Constituency Group and the Open Badges Extensions in Education (OBEE) Project. Explore examples of open badge programs and platforms embracing these new badge extensions and learn how employers are recruiting and hiring students and "upskilling" current employees based on the innovative badge program deployed by the Colorado Community College System. Hear from Credly, a digital credential platform provider, about new ways universities, associations, and training providers are aligning outcomes to employer needs.