Badge Types

Micro-Credentials:
Achievement Types, Descriptions and Earning Criteria

Experience

Represents:
Participation in a non-trivial event or contribution to a team or project.

Earning Criteria:
Statement of contribution and an artifact of that contribution.

Learning

Represents:
Completion of a formal learning and may lead to larger learning goals.

Earning Criteria:
Statement of learning and types of assessment to include a cut score and linked to an artifact of learning such as portfolio or project.

Validation

Represents:
Demonstrated skill in a high-stakes assessment.

Earning Criteria:
Statement of learning and types of assessment that includes a cut score, a third-party examination and is linked to an artifact of learning.

Certification

Represents:
Competence in a substantial domain, that could be augmented through work experience, certifications, and license.

Earning Criteria:
Represents competence in a substantial domain, which could be augmented through work experience, certification
s, and licenses. In addition, attainment of a professional certification or license and description of an awarding body.

Applied Business and Applied Accounting programs at UAF-CTC

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