Special Issue: From Open Education to Open Recognition, ePIC Conference Session Abstracts (2025)

Published: 2026-05-04

Introduction to PLAIO Special Issue

PLAIO Introduction from the Editors

Carl Burkart, Ruud Duvekot, Susan Forseille, Alan Mandell, Nan Travers
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Reflections from ePIC, Paris, 2025

From Prior Learning Assessment to Open Recognition: An Introduction

Don Presant, Serge Ravet, Deb Carr
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Conference Session Abstracts

Skill Savings Accounts: Reimagining Employee Education Benefits

Peter Beard
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Creating Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) 2001: Introduction to Reflective Practice and PLAR Portfolio Building

Sylvia Bell, Carolyn Ives
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Telling the Whole Story: Aligning Academic, Credential, and Employment Data in Higher Education

Kelvin Bentley
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Research As An Act Of Recognition: The Project TOBIS. Innovative Cooperation Between School Authorities On Digital Change And OER/OEP

Stefanie Brunner, Annekatrin Bock
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Bridging the Trust Gap: A 4-Layer Model (and Bot) for Open, Credible Credentials

Stephen Buckley
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Scaling Open Durable Skills Microcredentials: A Collaborative Model for Workforce Readiness

Basak Büyükçelen, Lisa Young
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Opening Recognition in the Margins: A Strength-Based, Trauma-Informed Model for Asylum Seekers in Transit

Deb Leanne Carr
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AI and Open Badges: Discover and Share How AI Can Enhance Your Recognition Projects

Chris Delepierre
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Unveiling the Paradoxes and Promise of Dialogical Validation in Flexible Higher Education

Ruud Duvekot
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Re-personalizing Recognition in a Highly Formalized Context: A Case Study on Novel Recognition Approaches for the Health Care Sector in the Netherlands

Merel Eimers
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Driving Innovation Through Open Learning: Breaking up the Natural Monopoly

David Finch, Jeff Griffiths
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Open Recognition for Climate Engagement in Higher Education and Business Sectors

Fatma Fourati-Jamoussi, Kimberley Burcke-Couchy, Marc Legras, Sébastien Ottavi, Lucio Alessandro Lo Giudice, Domenico Popolizio, Frederico Oliveira Pinto, Luís Veiga Martins, Pablo Martín-Ramos, Dileyni Díaz, Laura Brossico, Federica Nestola
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What If Open Recognition via Open Badges Were Deployed Exclusively in Closed Environments?

Alice Galliou
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Open Recognition Across Borders: Mapping the Living Landscape of Digital Credentialing Approaches, Standards, and Solutions

Margo Griffith, Tim Couper, Kelly Page
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Leveling Up Recognition: Navigating the Challenges of Open Badges in Professional Game Industry Contexts

Saija Heinonen, Daniel Cattier
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How did you get into Digital Credentials?

Alan Heppenstall
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Competencies and Employability Beyond Borders: Formal and Informal Contexts

Andreas Hoerfurter
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Adventures in RPL/PLAR/VPL Assessor Training

Carolyn Ives, Sylvia Bell
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Playful Learning and Recognition

Eden Jean-Marie, Lauren Bouvet
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Recognition You Can Bank On: Linking Open Recognition to Finance and Business Opportunity

Marta Kalas
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Creating A Recognition Eco-System

Robert Kay
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Authentic AI Assessment at Scale - Oxymoron or Possible?

Julie Keane
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Unlocking Hidden Skills: A Universal Learning-Employment Record for Badgistan

Julie Keane, Wendy Palmer
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Enhancing Trust in Digital Credentials: Granular Skills Recognition with SkillsAware

Yasmin King, Margo Griffith
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The Digital Skills Passport as an Engine for Career Development

Claudia Klarenbeek, Suzan Mooren, Joe Sanders, Eghe Osagie, Nienke Hofstr, Ruud Duvekot, Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke
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Wallet Attached Storage—Expanding the Usability of W3C Verifiable Credentials

Kerri Lemoie, Gillian Walsh
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AI Uplifting Personalized RPL Processes 

Kathryn McGilvray
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Compliant AI in RPL: A Hands-On Workshop for Implementation

Kathryn McGilvray
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Recognition Without Permission: Reclaiming Contribution Through WBLNS and Open Stewardship

Jeremy McQuigge
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Learning in Lego: Building the Public Infrastructure for Recognition We Forgot We Needed

Jeremy McQuigge
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Dimitri wants to become a Chef: An inclusive tool

Charlène Mercier, Eden Jean-Marie
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Gum Gum Speak English

Charlène Mercier, Eden Jean-Marie
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Feedback on Digital Badges: Three Years After the First Rollouts

Kévin Moisan
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Designing Recognition that Works: Connecting the Dots from Experience to Credential with MyCPL

David Moldoff
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White Paper: Micro-Certification in France by the Numbers

Valérie-Anne Monvoisin
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Firestarters: Sparking a Constellation of Change in Recognition, Badging, and Microcredentials

Tannis Morgan, Adrian Lipsett
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Implementing Non-Formal Learning in a Formal Environment

Muriel Moujeard
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Recognition and First-Person Assessment in Continuing Education

Marie-Ange Nawfal
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Civics Credentialing System: Progress Report

Chris Newlon
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Scaling Up Recognition: Relaunching a Resilient Professional Practice at IHE Delft

Lisa O'Neill, Phoenix Wongpimoln
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LinkedCreds

Nate Otto
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Centering Care: How Might We Mitigate Harm in the Design and Deployment of Digital Credentialing?

Kelly Page
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Book Talk: When Credentials Cause Harm: Unpacking the Risks of Verifiable Learning and Work Records

Kelly Page
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Come and Play in the Badge Sandpit

Wendy Palmer
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Making the Invisible Visible: Increasing Microcredential Awareness

Wendy Palmer
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Poster: Come and Play in the Badge Sandpit

Wendy Palmer
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From Conversation to Action: Building Pathways Through the Messy Middle

Wendy Palmer, Margo Griffith, Zane Hughes, Jeremy McQuigge, Bethany Pridmore, Susan Forseille
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Factors That Influence Completion of a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Process

Iain Pardoe, Susan Forseille, Mikayla Overton
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EmpowerHer— A Holistic Approach to Competence Recognition and Inclusive Onboarding for Migrant Women

Mona Pielorz
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Recognizing and Rewarding Engagement with Open Educational Resources: Towards Sustainable Institutional Change

Marijn Post, Lydia Doornebos
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Flexible Articulation of Open Recognition

Don Presant
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Micro-credentials and Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Creating and Delivering Flexible, Stackable, Accessible, Culturally Appropriate Education Pathways for Indigenous Learners

Bethany Pridmore, Zane Hughes
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Open Recognition Mythology

Simone Ravaioli
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Does Open Recognition Supersede Open Education?

Serge Ravet
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Open Recognition for Impact Beyond Skills: Towards Transitions

Zokama Sakanga
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Empowering Learners Through Competence-based Recognition: The Open Educational Badges Wallet as a Scalable System for Inclusive Learning Pathways

Franziska Schmid, Jan Mühlig
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From Frameworks to Folksonomies: AI-assisted Competence Mapping for a Flexible and Evolving Skills Ecosystem

Franziska Schmid, Jan Mühlig
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Building Trust in Skills: Designing a UK-Wide Digital Credentialing Infrastructure for Inclusive Recognition and Economic Growth

Josh Smith, Dr. Patrina Law
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CLOCK Your Skills is the Third Way! 

Denise Stanley
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Credential As You Go - What Have We Learned?

Nan Travers
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From Data, To Policy, To Practice: What Does This Look Like in an Open Recognition World?

Nan Travers, Susan Forseille, Jeff Griffiths
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The Universal Micro-credential Framework

Rupert Ward
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RPL in Africa -- A Very Contrasted Landscape

Patrick Werquin
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Advancing Open Recognition in Canada: Future Skills Center's Role in Supporting a Digitally-enabled Skills Ecosystem

Tricia Williams
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Recognition And The Registrar: Who We Are and Why We (Should) Care About Open Recognition

Kristi Wold-McCormick
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Open Recognition in Action: Co-Creating Inclusive Durable Skills Microcredentials for the Future of Work

Lisa Young, Basak Büyükçelen
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'Mind the (Skills) Gap': Micro-credentials in the Skills Development Toolkit of Employers and Industrial Ecosystems

Zsuzsanna Zarka
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Conference Panel Abstracts

Professionalization of Recognition Practices

Jeremy McQuigge, Marta Kalas, Deb Carr, Andy Brown
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Where is AI for Recognition on the Hype Curve?

David Moldoff, Margo Griffith, Kathryn McGilvray, Julie Keane
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Developing the "Recognition Function" within Organizations

Audrey Pérocheau, Vincent Godebout, Benjamin Castaldo
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ePIC 2025 Keynote: Unpacking individual rights to recognition in the Global Convention on Higher Education

Wesley Teter
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Open Recognition Manifesto

Nan Travers, Ruud Duvekot, Julie Reddy
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How Can Funders Open Up Recognition?

Tricia Williams, Josh Smith
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Resources

Key Resources on Open Recognition

PLAIO Editors
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board

PLAIO Editors
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Advisory Board

Advisory Board

PLAIO Editors
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