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New Publication Examines UMBC’s Approach to Microcredential Integration
7 Uses of Microcredentials Across Campus
A new case study by Collin Sullivan and Felipe Filomeno examines how UMBC has integrated microcredentials across academic, co-curricular, and community-engaged learning experiences. From Campus...
Posted: September 3, 2026, 10:05 AM
One Ecosystem, Six Perspectives — Wrapping Up the LER Brief Series
A recap, and what this all adds up to
This is the seventh and final post in our series on the new LER briefs. Over the past several weeks, we've looked at UMBC's microcredential work through five different lenses — faculty,...
Posted: August 26, 2026, 8:35 AM
Fall 2026 Microcredential Review Board (MRB) Review Cycle: Submission Dates and Deadlines
Plan ahead for Fall 2026 microcredential review
The Microcredential Review Board (MRB) will hold five review cycles in Fall 2026. If you are developing a new microcredential proposal or preparing one for review, please plan around the...
Posted: August 24, 2026, 1:07 PM
Digital Credentials and Maryland's Workforce Future
UMBC has spent a decade building building this work.
This is the sixth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Over the last several posts, we've looked at microcredentials from the vantage point of...
Posted: August 19, 2026, 8:35 AM
What Your Next Great Hire Can Actually Prove
The resume tells you what. It doesn't tell you how.
This is the fifth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Every resume you read makes claims: "data analysis," "project management," "cross-cultural...
Posted: August 12, 2026, 8:35 AM
Microcredentials and Your Advising Conversations
A new data point you already have access to
This is the fourth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Here's a scenario that's becoming more common: an advisee mentions they earned a...
Posted: August 5, 2026, 8:35 AM
Your Skills, Verified.
What's inside a badge and what it's worth on your resume
This is the third post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. If you've earned a UMBC microcredential, do you know what's actually in it? Not the...
Posted: July 29, 2026, 8:35 AM
From Authentic Learning to Competency Recognition: The Designing Microcredentials Online Course Is Here
How to turn your learning experience into a microcredential
During Winter 2026, we held a Microcredential Mapping bootcamp for faculty and the Designing Learning & Microcredentials Beyond the Classroom series for staff. We received strong interest in...
Posted: July 27, 2026, 8:05 AM
Your Teaching Already Does This. Let's Make It Count.
What faculty said after a bootcamp on microcredential design
This is the second post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. In January, six faculty members spent two days in UMBC's first Microcredential Mapping...
Posted: July 22, 2026, 8:35 AM
A New Series: Understanding Microcredentials — From Wherever You Sit
Why one explainer was never going to be enough
If you've bumped into the word "microcredential" on campus this year, in a course, an advising conversation, a hallway conversation, a Shriver Center flyer, you've probably noticed it means...
Posted: July 15, 2026, 8:35 AM
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