Table 6: From Skills-Forward Teaching to Authentic Core Skill Badges

Thursday, January 22, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: Marquis Salon 5 - Level M2

Primary Presenter(s)

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Glenn Whitehouse

Director of Core Skills
Florida Gulf Coast University, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Anne Carncross

Professor of Theatre
Florida Gulf Coast University, United States
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Andrea Fortin

Assistant Professor of Communication
Florida Gulf Coast University, United States
Molly Nation

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Florida Gulf Coast University, United States
Patricia Rice

Manager of Academic Programs
Florida Gulf Coast University, United States

Transferable skills are often mentioned around employment and assessment. But how are core skills taught in classrooms? Seminar participants will first rework an existing assignment in light of best practices for “skills-forward teaching.” Please bring two assignments or activities from your own teaching. The second half of the seminar will ask how transferable skill badges can match authentic ways of teaching core skills. The group will first discuss the purpose for badging transferable skills. Then, in small groups, participants will take up the challenge of designing a badge that does justice to their own assignments. Session leaders will provide some badge design choices. Participants will then work in small groups to design a transferable skill model that honors and adds value to the skill development students are already gaining in their classrooms. Participants will walk away with a badge design document that can seed further development work at their own institutions.