Digital Badging
What is a CEEL Digital Badge?
Digital badging is a new and innovative way to showcase your professional development accomplishments. A CEEL badge issued through the Credly platform is a digital representation of the learning outcome, experience, or competency from a CEEL-certified professional learning offering. Based on the Open Badges Standard. Credly badges can be shared and verified online in a way that is easy and secure. Credly badges link to metadata that provides context and verification. They can be shared across the Internet for maximum visibility and recognition.
What type of Digital Badges does CEEL offer?
You can earn a CEEL Digital Badge for completing CEEL professional learning offerings such as Courses, Micro-Credentials, Institutes, Conferences, and Convenings.
How can I share the CEEL Digital Badges I have earned?
You can share your badges with employers, coworkers, collaborators, and more in a variety of different channels of communication such as:
- Email Signatures
- Website Embeds
A viewer can click on your badge and will be taken to your full badge profile to view the details of your achievements. This profile can be used to provide employers with a greater understanding of your abilities represented by the various badges you have earned.
CEEL Digital Badges are available to individuals who have completed CEEL Professional Learning and have a processing fee dependent on program selection.
Request a CEEL Professional Learning Digital Certification
To request a Digital Badge for a program that you have completed with CEEL, please visit our Certification Badges page.
- Digital Credentials
- Digital Badges
- Stackable Badges
- Micro Credential
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Digital credentials are digital visual representations that signify verifiable qualifications or achievements earned by an individual. These credentials can include academic degrees, certifications, badges, or other forms of recognition. Digital credentials provide a portable and verifiable way for individuals to showcase their skills and accomplishments to employers, educational institutions, and other stakeholders.
Digital badges are electronic representations of achievements or skills that individuals earn from various programs or institutions. These badges contain embedded metadata, offering detailed information such as the criteria for earning them, the issuing organization, and the date of issuance. Once earned, digital badges can be displayed on websites, shared via social media, or stored in digital wallets for easy access and verification.
When an organization issues a digital badge, it confirms that the recipient has successfully met the requirements of the associated program. These requirements may include fulfilling time commitments, demonstrating specific achievements, completing assigned tasks, or actively participating in the program.
Stackable badges are a collection of digital badges earned by an individual that can be combined or "stacked" into a Micro Credential to demonstrate a broader set of skills or achievements. These badges are designed to be complementary, allowing individuals to showcase their proficiency in multiple related areas or to progress along a learning pathway. Stackable badges provide a more comprehensive representation of an individual's capabilities than single badges alone and document proficiency in a series of professional learning requirements, context-based assignments, and assessments.
A Micro Credential is a digital credential that may be earned by completing a series of related target courses. Micro Credentials are competency-based recognitions where educators can demonstrate professional growth and expertise in a particular area such as Transitional Kindergarten, Leadership for Equity, Teaching Academic Spanish, Teaching in Multilingual Programs, etc.