Digital Badging Overview
· Facilitates lifelong learning and career development through microcredentialing
· Provides immediate, portable, transparent recognition of achievements
· Motivates employees to engage in a variety of learning activities
· Promotes professional and personal development
CLDS Digital Badges
· Created and issued by CLDS, stored online for anytime use by the earner
· Insertable on social media, electronic resumés, websites, email signatures, etc.
· Provides earners an easy way to tout accomplishments to prospective employers, supervisors, and others
· Compatible as an integral part of an employee's Individual Development Plan (IDP)
FAQs
What is a digital badge?
· Digital badges are virtual certifications of skills, knowledge, abilities, and triumphs earned in differing learning environments, which the granting institution validates
How can CLDS digital badges improve my hiring chances?
· Prospective hiring authorities can see your accomplishments at a glance and trust the authenticity of your achievements
· Marketable skills like coaching, team building, communication, problem solving are highly desired in today’s job market and earning badges shows your capability in these areas
How can I use CLDS digital badges?
· You can upload them on virtually any electronic media: resumés, social media, email signatures, websites, etc.
· You can add them to your individual development plan to keep track of your goal completion
· You can spur yourself to greater achievement through adding badges as you complete learning opportunities