{"id":1645,"date":"2022-07-03T14:02:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T14:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:25:14","slug":"raising-awareness-of-developments-in-digital-badges-and-microcredentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/raising-awareness-of-developments-in-digital-badges-and-microcredentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising awareness of digital badge \/ skills credential developments"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1645\" class=\"elementor elementor-1645\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40e37197 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40e37197\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5135789d\" data-id=\"5135789d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea311d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ea311d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Open Badge Factory, Badgr, Credly<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ea19a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26ea19a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Raising awareness of digital badge developments<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61c18de9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61c18de9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25be5cef\" data-id=\"25be5cef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124bde97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"124bde97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color\">\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><a class=\"JsGRdQ\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/openbadgefactory.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Badge Factory<\/a>, <a class=\"JsGRdQ\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/info.badgr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badgr<\/a> and <a class=\"JsGRdQ\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/info.credly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Credly<\/a> were among the world&#8217;s first digital badge \/ skills credential platforms. From 2018-2020 we were sponsored by them owners to raise awareness of global developments and use-cases for microcredentialing to inform and educate their existing and potential customers. We edited and curated a monthly newsletter called Badge News \/ The Learning Fractal, published by the co-operative WAO, in which we shared information on policy developments, platforms, reports, case studies of how companies and universities were implementing digital credentialing, research papers, events and more. The newsletters provided a snapshot of global developments and provided the go-to resource on microcredentials and related emerging technology.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e4c0310\" data-id=\"3e4c0310\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c5e6db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c5e6db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Services<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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