ACRL Digital Badges Interest Group Panel Session
The ACRL Digital Badges Interest Group (DBIG) will be holding an "Ask Me Anything" panel session, concurrent with the ALA Annual Conference on June 24th 2021 at 1:15PM EST. This forum is free to all and does NOT require registration for ALA Annual. Please join us at the following Zoom link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/94989924637?pwd=MmZKeU9MWXZ3QzQ3RjQwdUY1ZW5WZz09
We expect this to be an engaging and interactive discussion. To help the panelists prepare for questions, please add your questions in advance of this meeting via http://bit.ly/ACRLDBIG
The DBIG is excited to host the following presenters: Noah Geisel
Noah Geisel serves as Micro-credentials Program Manager at the University of Colorado Boulder. He founded and coordinates the annual Badge Summit Conference and is a lecturer at the University of Colorado Denver. His background is as a World Languages, EdTech and Digital Badges consultant and teacher passionate about helping educators and students make awesome happen. He has 19 years of experience teaching Spanish, English and Technology and was recognized as the 2013 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year. He is a constant collaborator on Twitter and frequent blogger on Medium.com. As a community organizer and champion of Digital Badge Credentials, he co-founded #BadgeChat and seeks to amplify others' efforts to change the world. He is a learner, sharer, traveler, and giver of high fives. Noah makes his own buttons, collects ViewMasters, and takes his dog dad duties to Pepper very seriously.
Justin Mason
Justin is Director of eLearning at the University of Montana Western, an instructional designer for conventional and competency-based eLearning, a former librarian, and an open recognition & open education believer/dreamer. Justin's big goal is to foster ecosystems that empower learners to make all their life-wide learning count, and he wants to collaborate with others who share that goal.
Anne Reed
Anne Reed serves as the director of micro-credentials at the University at Buffalo (UB). She developed a process to propose, review, develop, and implement new micro-credentials at the university. Her background is in instructional design, and prior to her current position she has served as lead instructional designer for the Graduate School of Education at UB, and as program manager for Open SUNY. She is also currently a doctoral candidate in Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning. Her research is focused on participatory strategies for designing micro-credentials.
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Wendy Pothier
Business Librarian
University of New Hampshire
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