Express & Firefly Series Student Success, Digital Badges, & Credentials

To help students succeed in a competitive job market, higher education leaders need to equip students with sought-after skills and ways to showcase them to employers. One way students can gain these skills is through digital badges, which can help students articulate their learning and their career-ready skills, supplementing traditional degrees. By combining micro-credentialing with creative digital coursework, and integrating badging into the curriculum, educators can help students stand out and land their dream jobs.

One place for students and faculty to begin is through the 12 modules available at Adobe Learn - https://www.adobe.com/learn/students

The 12 individual modules are all short, self-paced courses (often less than an hour in duration) designed to introduce key concepts along with key practices. The current list of modules focus on:

• Presentation Design
• Podcasting Essentials
• Intro to Generative AI
• Health and Science Communication
• Data Storytelling
• Product Pitch with Generative AI
• Storytelling through Short-Form Video
• Job Application Essentials
• Social Media Content Creation
• Sports Media and Marketing Design
• Small Business Social Marketing
• Community Event marketing

In this episode of the Express & Firefly web series, Professor Justin Hodgson (Indiana University) is joined by Brian Johnsrud and Holly Johnson. Brian is the Global Head of Education Thought Leadership and Student Success at Adobe and Holly is the Associate Director of Digital Learning Experience Innovation and Outreach at The University of Utah. Below is a watch on demand button (where you can access, with registration, the full episode, as well as links to content shared by Brian and Holly during the episode and one use case for classroom integration introduced by Justin (using the Presentation Design module as a guide).

5 Minute Overview of Session

Brian Johnsrud - Slide Deck

Holly Johnson - Express Page