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Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Skills Badges: How Colleges Build Career Pathways That Work

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Skills Badges: How Colleges Build Career Pathways That Work

Learn how colleges can use skills badges to build career pathways that prove what students can do, with steps, real examples, and a badge map.

Amanda SequeiraContent Marketing Specialist

How to Run a Microcredential Mapping Bootcamp in Universities

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

How to Run a Microcredential Mapping Bootcamp in Universities

Learn how to design and run an effective microcredential mapping bootcamp for your faculty. Discover the UMBC model, best practices for credential design, governance structures, and how to turn existing courses into meaningful microcredentials.

Akshay Gupta Co-founder

Alternative Credentials: Types, Examples & Why They Matter (2026)

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Alternative Credentials: Types, Examples & Why They Matter (2026)

Alternative credentials explained: digital badges, micro-credentials and stackable certifications. Compare them to degrees, see 2026 market data and learn how to issue them.

Akshay Gupta Co-founder

Animated Digital Badges: What They Are & How to Create Them

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Animated Digital Badges: What They Are & How to Create Them

Learn about animated digital badges, their advantages over static badges, and how to create them. Discover how Wauld offers pre-built and custom animated online badges for issuing digital animated badges in bulk to organizations.

Gaurav Charokar Co-founder

Micro-Credentials and Lifelong Learning in Europe

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Micro-Credentials and Lifelong Learning in Europe

Explore how the European Commission's report reveals micro-credentials are becoming the gold standard for workforce upskilling across Europe.

Gaurav Charokar Co-founder

The EU's Micro-Credentials Framework: Transforming Lifelong Learning

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

The EU's Micro-Credentials Framework: Transforming Lifelong Learning

Understand the EU's 2022 Council Recommendation on micro-credentials and how it reshapes digital credentials for education and employment.

Gaurav Charokar Co-founder

Digital Credential Innovation: How to Implement It in Your University

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Digital Credential Innovation: How to Implement It in Your University

Learn how universities can implement digital credentials to modernize degree verification, enhance student engagement, and improve employment outcomes. Discover best practices for adoption and transformation.

Akshay Gupta Co-founder

How to Create a Rubric for Microcredential Evaluation

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

How to Create a Rubric for Microcredential Evaluation

Learn how to design a comprehensive evaluation rubric for skills-based badges and microcredentials. This guide provides a 4-point assessment scale covering technical skills, soft skills, and domain knowledge for instructors and external reviewers.

Akshay Gupta Co-founder

Competency vs Completion Badges: How They Work and Differ

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Competency vs Completion Badges: How They Work and Differ

Learn the difference between competency and completion badges. Understand how each badge type works, what they measure, and when to use them in your program.

Akshay Gupta Co-founder

Employee Badge Maker: Recognition People Actually Wear

Digital Badges & Micro-credentials

Employee Badge Maker: Recognition People Actually Wear

Most employee badges end up in a drawer. See how an employee badge maker turns recognition into something people wear, share, and keep, with real examples and FAQs.

Akshay Gupta Co-founder