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Merit Badges for the Job M arket Borrowin g fr om th e Boy Scouts, colleges and comp anies are experiment ing with alternat ives to dipl omas Badges & Learning: Trusted Icons or Worthless Widgets? Who Will Benefit from Badges ( and Other New Forms of Credentialing)?

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Page 1: Merit Badges for the Job Market Borrowing from the Boy Scouts, colleges and companies are experimenting with alternatives to diplomas Badges & Learning:

Merit

Badges f

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Borrowing fr

om the B

oy Sco

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colle

ges and co

mpanies are

experim

enting w

ith alte

rnativ

es to

diplomas

Badges & Learning:Trusted Icons or Worthless Widgets?

Who W

ill Benefit from Badges (and

Other New Forms of Credentialing)?

Page 2: Merit Badges for the Job Market Borrowing from the Boy Scouts, colleges and companies are experimenting with alternatives to diplomas Badges & Learning:

Your PanelModerator: Brian Poland Director, Walmart Lifelong Learning

Mark WagnerThe HartfordAVP ClaimsLearning Tracy PetrilloEDUCAUSECLO

Clarke PorterPearson VUEVice President Credential Management Robert BlockProfessional Examination ServicePresident & CEO

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EDUCAUSE Digital Badging Program

Badge Activity: Social Networks

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www.ProExam.org