Badge Program Structure
Dive under the hood to learn what it takes to establish an effective operations and governance strategy for your digital badging program, including essential roles and responsibilities.
$499
Learn from the most trusted names in the digital badge industry
David Leaser
David Leaser is the co-founder of the Digital Badge Academy. David is the founder of the one of the world’s leading-edge digital credential programs and has nearly 40 years experience developing training programs and IT programs.
Jim Daniels
Jim Daniels has more than 20 years in education and credential program development. He is broadly recognized for his work and expertise in digital credentialing and badge program development and operations, backed by an extensive background in technology and education services strategy and execution.
Constructing an operational framework, defining governance and establishing a support team is vital to managing, growing, and optimizing any digital badge credential program. In this lesson you will learn how to set up and optimize an operational framework, what digital badge program governance really means and who should be involved in the establishment of the governance model. You will also learn how the choice of what to badge can influence how the program is staffed and how responsibilities are distributed across the five primary digital badge program workstreams. You will gain insights into what a typical day looks like for an active digital badge credential program, including the application of common steps and workflows for dealing with new badge requests all the way through to publication and issuing.
- NStructure and optimize your program's operations and support
- NBuild important governance and policy structure into your program
- NUnderstand essential digital badging program roles and responsibilities
- NCreate workflows to guide the creation, publication, and issuing of digital badges
Delivered in a self-paced online format
Enabling you to participate at your own pace at any location.
Mobile-friendly format
Allowing you the freedom to learn from your smartphone or digital tablet.
Learn through a variety of formats
Formats include videos, practice quizzes, presentations, & downloadable resources.
Lessons in this Course
LESSON
Establishing an operational framework
8
- NEight elements of a digital badging framework
- NOptimizing your organizational alignment
LESSON
Establishing governance
9
- NIntroduction to governance
- NWhat is credential program governance?
- NEstablishing a program governance team
- NValue and benefits of governance
- NDesigning the governance operating model
- NImplementing and managing governance
LESSON
Establishing a team
10
- NHow the activities you will badge will determine your organizational structure
- NDetermining your operational workstreams
- NWriting the job descriptions
LESSON
A Day in the Life
11
- NActions a badge issuer takes during a typical day
- NUsing a template to develop your badges
- NHow badges fit into an overall career progression strategy
LESSON
Platform and infrastructure
12
- NWhat elements you must consider
- NBuild vs. buy
- NBenefits of Open Standards
- NWhy your platform should be brand neutral