MADISON COLLEGE DIGITAL BADGES

Unlock Your Potential with Madison College Digital Badges

To thrive in today’s fast-evolving job market, students need flexible ways to quickly develop and demonstrate new skills. Digital Badges help solve this problem.

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What is a Digital Badge?

Digital Badges are compact credentials that complement but differ from certificate and degree programs in that they are smaller and more focused, designed to provide immediate workforce ready skills, knowledge, and experiences, and wherever possible, to also serve as a pathway to a degree or certificate (stackable).

VALIDATION

Verifiable Digital Credentials

Verify, validate and attest specific skills and/or competencies have been achieved.

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RECOGNITION

Endorsed by Madison College

Global recognition emblem from a highly respected institution that certifies the earner's skills and achievements, fostering global recognition of their expertise.

Badge issued by Madison College as a recognized emblem

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Highlight the Skills Employers are Seeking

Share your profile to showcase the badges you’ve unlocked with a comprehensive insight of your accomplishments.

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KNOWLEDGE

Representation of Attained Knowledge

From specific skills to broader certificates, the badge visually represents the depth and breadth of knowledge the earner has acquired.

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Digital Badges are offered to Madison College students, faculty, and staff

Madison College Digital Badges are available as professional development/continuing education opportunities for professionals and community members looking to advance or increase their marketability.

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What are the Benefits to earning Digital Badges?

Your digital badge signals that you've earned recognition for a learning outcome, credential, association or professionally relevant achievement. Take credit for your abilities and increase your chances of being noticed by your network and potential employers by displaying your badge on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other online destinations. Additionally, utilize your digital badge to access real-time job postings that are directly connected to the skills within the badges you’ve earned.

BADGE EARNER

Broadcast Achievements
Publicize skills and achievements to peers, potential employers and others.

Motivate Participation
Provide instant recognition for achievement.
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Engagement and Retention
Working harder to earn badges “=” better grades and increased engagement.
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Develop Personal Brand
Displays verified achievements across the web. Improves social connections with peers, employers and clients.
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Up-Skilling/Life-Long Learner
Older degrees can be enhanced with new credentials, maintaining professional relevance.

Learn It.

INSTITUTION

Increase Engagement / Retention
‍Badges link directly to institution; micro-credentials encourage continuation to the next credential level.

Enhance Brand
‍Significant social media benefit: thousands of brand marks flooding LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebooks, blogs and company websites.
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Increase Recruitment
Viral social media exposure; opportunity to earn additional credentials allows students to stand out among similar programs.
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Up-Skill Workforce
Micro-credentials allow individuals who already hold degrees the opportunity to enhance their skills.

Earn It.

EMPLOYER

Verified Skills
Trusted “seal of approval” for employers validating existing talent or potential hires; reduces HR time.

Employee Retention
Align Potential candidates with jobs that exploit already proven skills/interests.
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Enhance Brand Marketing
Significant social media benefit: thousands of brand marks flooding LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebooks, blogs and company websites.
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Manage Employee Professional Development
Easily identify individuals with specific skillsets to create diverse work teams.
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Up-Skill Employees
Enhance your workforce by creating your own credentials; motivate employees to drive their own professional development.

Share It.

I started in "Tu empresa" class in one of last year's cohorts. After spending 4 years without being in an academic environment, "Tu empresa" class was my starting point to reintegrate into professional preparation. While participating in the program, I learned many other stories similar to mine or was simply very motivated by seeing my classmates' entrepreneurship. Graduating and obtaining the 3 credits for Madison College was like a signal for my academic reintegration. After some procedures for the validation of school credits from my country, today I am studying the Accounting program at Madison College. I am truly grateful for all the support and motivation offered by these institutions.

Giselle Tejeda

“Tu Empresa” Student

Madison College Digital Badge Taxonomy

Madison College Skill Development Badges are designed to take students from the basic understanding or knowledge of a topic through application of skills to potentially a recognized certificate. Learn about the levels below

Assessment Needed

Associated Activity

(Task to Complete)

Rigor of Assessment

Knowledge Badge

Task to complete

Successfully Complete Quiz or Written Assessment.

Rigor of Assessment

Low-Level Verification of Theoretical or Practical Knowledge of the Subject.

Skill Badge

Task to complete

Demonstrate Skill or Apply Skill in Some Way.

Rigor of Assessment

Measurable through testing, can be observed, and is quantifiable. Proficiencies developed through training or experience.

Ability Badge

Task to complete

Consistently demonstrate desired behavior, ability, or Ont-the-Job Training.

Rigor of Assessment

Competence to perform an observable behavior that results in an observable product. Quality of being able to do something.

Certification / Specialized Badge

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Task to complete

Complete a recognized solution, certification, or track/specialization of courses.

Internal Certificate / Series Badge

Task to complete

Complete a certification, or track/specialization of courses created by the college.

Not Assessment Needed

Associated Activity

Task to Complete

Rigor of Assessment

Participation/Peer-to-Peer/Motivation

Global Entrepreneur badge by Madison College

Task to complete

Attend a Presentation, Webinar, Seminar; Recognition or Motivation.

Not Assessment Needed

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FAQs

What is an open badge?

Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online

Who is Credly?

Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.

How does my certification get displayed as a badge?

We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company digital badging platform. The technology Credly uses is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMSGlobal. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.

What are the benefits of a badge?

Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly also offers labor market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities right through Credly.

How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?

You will receive an email notification from Credly (admin@credly.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.

What if I don’t want my badge to be public?

You can easily configure your privacy settings in Credly. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.

What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?

While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.

What are labor market insights and how can I access them through Credly?

Labor market insights are pulled from live job requisitions. Based on your skills you can learn which employers are hiring, what job titles you might be qualified for, salary ranges and more. Search active job listings and even apply for them with just a few clicks through Credly. Access the labor market insights from your badge details page by clicking on Related Jobs, or by clicking on the skill tags assigned to your badge.

Can I export badges issued through Credly to other badge-storing platforms?

Yes, you can download your badge from the Share Badge page. Your downloaded badge contains Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) compliant metadata embedded into the image.

Where and how can I share my badge through Credly?

You can share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook; over email; embedded in a website or in your email signature.

Is there a fee to use Credly?

No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.

Can I import badges issued from other platforms into Credly?

Not at this time.

I have a question about Credly. Where can I find support?

You can find tutorials and answers to additional questions here: https://support.credly.com/hc/en-us

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Unlock Your Potential with Madison College Digital Badges

What is a Digital Badge?

Verifiable Digital Credentials

Endorsed by Madison College

Highlight the Skills Employers are Seeking

Representation of Attained Knowledge

Digital Badges are offered to Madison College students, faculty, and staff

What are the Benefits to earning Digital Badges?

BADGE EARNER

INSTITUTION

EMPLOYER

Madison College Digital Badge Taxonomy

FAQs

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How to Accept and Manage your Badge

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