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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

July 15, 2026 · 8:35 AM

Embed a Microcredential Visual on Your Sites@UMBC Page

A quick tip for showcasing what your office offers

If your office, department, or unit offers a microcredential, there's a simple way to feature it directly on your Sites@UMBC page — no web development experience needed. Embed any...

May 27, 2026 · 12:44 PM

UMBC Transitions Digital Badges to Accredible

New platform enhances analytics, sharing, and value

UMBC is transitioning its digital credentialing platform from Parchment Digital Badges (formerly Canvas Credentials/Badgr) to Accredible. This move supports continued growth in microcredentials...

April 20, 2026 · 11:56 AM

Designing Learning & Microcredentials Beyond the Classroom

Applications Now Open – Due Monday, March 2 at Noon

UMBC students develop powerful, career-relevant skills across campus — through leadership roles, civic engagement, student employment, involvement programs, community partnerships, and other...

February 16, 2026 · 1:45 PM

Google Career Certificates Available to Help You Gain In-Demand Skills

Access Google Career Certs in AI, Data Analytics, and More!

In partnership with Google, The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH), The University System of Maryland (USM), and the University of Texas System (UT), UMBC is offering a...

February 5, 2026 · 2:19 PM

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