Anderson Center - Micro-credentials & Badges

• Students select which skills they want to develop. Micro-credentials signify a skill set related to entrepreneurship that the student has achieved through their experience with the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
• Students can display their achievements easily on online platforms to employers and colleagues. Digital badges contain metadata describing the micro-credential and how the badge was achieved. Badges can be shared on social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook and X directly from our badging partner, Credly.

Micro-credentials allow earners to showcase skills, competencies or achievements gained from learning experiences. Micro-credentials can be earned from a variety of learning experiences:

• Curricular: Students take credit-bearing course(s) as part of the UT entrepreneurship minor (which can align with all majors) or as part of the management major’s entrepreneurship track. (Example: ENT credit classes)
• Co-Curricular: Classes and experiential workshops taken outside of a traditional course of study. (Examples: ACEI programs and workshops)

• Digital badges are the visual representation of having earned a micro-credential. Badges demonstrate that a student has obtained a certain level of mastery for a definable skillset or competency.
• Badges are digitally-coded objects which provide proof of achievement, achievement description, earner’s name, awarding body’s name, issue date and expiration date.

Badges allow students to utilize a platform to showcase their gained competencies. Compared to traditional course assessment components, digital badges provide a more transparent and evidenced-based demonstration of what skills a student acquires and can utilize. Badging also allows students to individually display discrete skills they have obtained, which can set them apart in the professional realm.

A full listing of available badges is available on ACEI’s Credly platform.

ACEI currently has seven general collections for badges:

Curricular – category currently includes Academics

Co-Curricular – category currently includes the following:

• ACEI Ambassador
• Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP)
• Internships
• Mentoring
• Business Milestone
• Participation

• Step 1: Find an ACEI micro-credential
• Step 2: Enroll in your program, workshop, event or class
• Step 3: Complete your micro-credential and fill out the completion form here
• Step 4: Accept your badge through Credly
• Step 5: Showcase your badge on social media