CMU Digital Badges: Elevate Your Skills, Recognize Your Growth

Computing Services offers the CMU community the opportunity to earn micro-credentials.

Micro-credentials are verifiable and defined achievements or experiences that validate a specific skill or competency. The digital badge, issued through platforms like Credly, is the virtual and portable proof of that achievement.

Micro-credentials at CMU serve several key purposes:

• Recognizing diverse learning - Acknowledging valuable skills and achievements gained outside the traditional classroom.
• Promoting lifelong learning - Encouraging continuous skill development and professional growth across the university community.
• Showcasing innovation - Highlighting our departments' innovative programs, events, and opportunities.

Why this opportunity is valuable:

• For individuals - Career advancement, skill validation, personalized learning, showcasing achievements on LinkedIn/resumes, stackable for future growth.
• For the university - Recognizes staff expertise, promotes a culture of continuous learning, enhances professional development programs, and helps identify internal talent.