Digital badges are an innovative way to showcase career knowledge, skills and abilities obtained through professional development.
Why are badges important and how can I use them?
According to the MacArthur Foundation, badges “make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings, and hold the potential to help transform where and how learning is valued”.
Digital badges provide evidence of learning and insights into what you, the badge earner, did in order to achieve the badge. These badges act as credentials that can be shared through digital portfolios and social and professional networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Digital badges are an innovative way to showcase career knowledge, skills and abilities obtained through professional development.
Why are badges important and how can I use them? According to the MacArthur Foundation, badges “make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings, and hold the potential to help transform where and how learning is valued”.
Digital badges provide evidence of learning and insights into what you, the badge earner, did in order to achieve the badge. These badges act as credentials that can be shared through digital portfolios and social and professional networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Beginning July 1, 2018, the State of Maryland's minimum wage will increase to $10.10 per hour. All hourly employees, including students paid on contract and Federal Work-Study, who do not meet this minimum will have their rate of pay automatically adjusted to the new State minimum. Eligible employees will see the new wage reflected in paycheck received on 7/27/2018.
To review the MD State minimum wage schedule through 2018, please visit the HR Classification/Compensation website at http://hr.umbc.edu/compensationclassification/.
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