Digital Credential

Last Updated 05/23/2025
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Learn & Work Ecosystem Library. (2024). Digital Credential. Retrieved 4 May 2026, from https://learnworkecosystemlibrary.com/glossary/digital-credential/
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"Digital Credential." Learn & Work Ecosystem Library, 7 September 2024, https://learnworkecosystemlibrary.com/glossary/digital-credential/. Accessed 04-05-2026.
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"Digital Credential." Learn & Work Ecosystem Library. 04-05-2026. https://learnworkecosystemlibrary.com/glossary/digital-credential/.

According to the AACRAO Higher Ed Glossary, an electronic representation of an earned skill or achievement. They can be embedded with metadata which make them verifiable, portable, and electronically sharable.

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