Last month, Lori Lysiak, reference and instruction librarian at Penn State Altoona, and Lauren Reiter, Sally W. Kalin Librarian for Learning Innovations and business liaison librarian, hosted faculty and staff at the Robert E. Eiche Library for their presentation “Making $ense with Digital Badges.” The lunchtime event provided an overview of digital badges and their potential uses in higher education. Following the overview, the topic of financial literacy was used as an example of how digital badges could identify, showcase and inspire information literacy skills.

The presentation was the second on the topic of digital badges held at the Altoona campus. The first event was part of the Eiche Library’s Summer Fun series in 2016 and helped grow more interest in this specific area of creating, issuing and recognizing credentials for learning accomplishments.

In a rescheduled session, Torrie Raish and Emily Rimland will facilitate the Library Instruction Community of Practice discussion on digital badges and micro-credentialing. Join the Zoom room from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, March 2 to participate.