Event Details

Zoom

August 21, 2025

8:00–8:00 am EST

Course Design

Designed to leverage the benefits of 21^st century credentialing technology, IACET’s Foundations of Open Digital Credentials empowers learners — veteran and novice alike — to implement modern-day recognition across all their learning experiences. Over the course of a two-week period, featuring two live facilitated sessions with an expert instructor and two eLearning modules created through a diverse network of subject matter experts, learners will discover the intricacies of curating open digital credentials within an adult learning organization, providing opportunities and avenues for promoting events, increasing engagement, and improving learner retention.

Upon Completion, attendees will not only have the necessary knowledge, skills, and motivation needed to design and execute a successful open digital credential program but also the tools and templates necessary to bring immediate and measurable impact back to their stakeholder.

Course Modules include:

• Module 1: The Digital Training Ecosystem
• Module 2: Digital Credential Structures and Ecosystems
• Module 3: ODC Program Design and Infrastructure
• Module 4: Continuous Integration, Rollout, and Improvement

Workshop Completion Requirements

Completion of this course awards the following IACET Digital Credentials based on materials completed:

• Bronze Tier | Requires completion of all eLearning Modules as validated through IACET’s LMS.
• Silver Tier | Requires completion of all previous Badge Tiers in addition to attendance and active participation during the Week 1 and 2 Live Facilitation sessions.
• Gold Tier | Requires completion of all previous Badge Tiers in addition to completion of the Foundations of Open Digital Credentials Final Assessment with a minimum score of 80%.

Cohort Schedule

• 8/21/2025 | eLearning Module 1 – Explore the foundations of open digital badges, the badging ecosystem, and IACET’s Badging Taxonomy!

• 8/28/2025 | Week 1 Live Facilitation – Join your facilitator for an interactive, practical-application cohort engagement from 11:00 AM ET to 1:00 PM ET. This session focuses on collaboration and application, empowering you with new skills and innovative ways to use open digital credentials.

• 8/29/2025 | eLearning Module 2 – Keep the momentum alive in our second eLearning Module! Across two lessons, you’ll dig deeper into open digital badges, focusing on risk management, stakeholder surveying, and provider collaborations while crafting a long-term strategy.

• 9/4/2025 | Week 2 Live Facilitation – Join your facilitator from 11:00 AM ET – 1:00 PM ET for our final Live Facilitation, pulling your handouts, checklists, tool kits, and case studies together for a reflective close up.

• 9/4/2025 | Cohort Final Assessment Open – Eager to claim an open digital credential and showcase your success? Complete the optional Final Assessment to earn your Gold Tier Badge, shareable via social media. You’ll have until 9/9/2025 to complete the material before your course enrollment expires!

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, learners will be able to:

• Define a badging platform and recognize its purpose.
• Explain the need for unique evidence to support the purpose of the badge.
• Identify how to work with metadata to streamline some processes while producing evidence-rich credentials.
• Develop a prototype badge based on IACET’s ODB Taxonomy.
• Design an open digital badge strategy and advocacy plan for program development.

Course Materials

Included in the purchase and participation of this learning experience are the following materials:

• Student Workbook, featuring key ODB concepts and terminologies;
• Job Aids, including IACET’s Open Digital Badge Worksheet, ODB Taxonomy Chart, Questions to Ask your Provider, and more;
• Templates, including the ODB Strategy and Rollout Plan, and
• IACET’s Open Digital Badging Guidelines.