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How Micro-Credentials, Digital Badges, And Global Partnerships Power Lifelong Learning

IpX True North Podcast

Chapters
0:00
Meet The Guests And Mission
2:20
What PCE Really Is
5:15
Why Skills Now Expire Faster
7:59
Aligning PCE To University Mission
10:07
How Employers Should Upskill Teams
12:11
Defining Micro-Credentials Clearly
14:35
Why Fort Hays Invested In Badges
17:16
Designing Micro-Credentials With Employers
19:55
Digital Badging And Metadata
22:54
Beating Hiring Algorithms With Skills
24:20
Global Partnerships In Action
27:15
Mutual Benefits For Students
30:02
What’s Next For Lifelong Learning
33:20
Where To Learn More And Closing
IpX True North Podcast
How Micro-Credentials, Digital Badges, And Global Partnerships Power Lifelong Learning
Mar 30, 2026 Episode 51
IpX - Institute for Process Excellence

We explore how professional and continuing education builds a lifelong learning ecosystem, why micro-credentials and digital badges matter, and how global partnerships expand opportunity from Western Kansas to campuses abroad. We share practical steps for employers to upskill teams and pathways that turn CM2 certifications into badges and credit.

• defining PCE as skills-first learning for careers
• why skills expire faster in an AI-driven market
• durable human skills that degrees often miss
• aligning PCE with Fort Hays’ access-focused mission
• employer gap analysis and labor market data
• what micro-credentials validate and how they stack
• digital badges with metadata that employers trust
• mapping skills to jobs to beat hiring filters
• international partnerships and teacher development
• benefits for rural students through global access
• the five-year outlook for badges and upskilling
• pathways from CM2 to badges and academic credit

Visit fhsu.edu/PCE to explore programs. We partner with IpX CM2—earn a badge for your CM2 certifications and ask about credit for prior learning. Don’t forget to subscribe and review the show. For more information on IpX, visit ipxhq.com.


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