Chicago, IL – November 9, 2026 – BadgeCert recently earned the 1EdTech® certification for Open Badges 3.0 for its digital credentialing platform.
This is the latest version of 1EdTech’s Open Badges standard, allowing learners to more easily share their skills and achievements, and have them verified with employers and institutions of higher education across multiple platforms.
Open Badges are verifiable and shareable digital credentials that can help power learner potential across K-12, higher education, and professional learning and development. Open Badges contain detailed information, including the organization or individual who issued the badge, the criteria that the badge was assessed against, evidence, when the badge was issued, a verifiable reference to the recipient, and several other required and optional properties. Some badges also contain links to detailed evidence, expiration dates, searchable tags, and alignments to educational standards or frameworks.
BadgeCert issues every credential as a W3C Verifiable Credential under the Open Badges 3.0 standard, so earners can carry their achievements across the wallets, platforms and employers that support it. Each credential is also anchored to the Polygon blockchain for tamper-evident proof, and anyone can verify it instantly, with no login required.
Earners can share their credentials to LinkedIn in one click and add them to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. For issuing organizations, BadgeCert connects to Canvas and other learning management systems through LTI 1.3, offers REST APIs for custom integrations, and is SOC 2 Type II audited, with ISO/IEC 27001 certification expected by the end of 2026.
“Open Badges 3.0 certification means our customers’ credentials hold up anywhere,” said Jawad Adhami, CTO at BadgeCert. “When an earner shares a BadgeCert credential, an employer, a university or another platform can verify it instantly against an open standard, not just our word. That’s what makes a credential worth earning, and worth sharing.”
The 1EdTech standards provide support for Verifiable Credentials, as defined by The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web. The updated Open Badges standard also aligns with 1EdTech’s Comprehensive Learner Record Standard™ (CLR Standard™) 2.0 standard, making it even easier to share credentials between wallets.
About BadgeCert
Founded in 2013, BadgeCert is a digital credentialing platform trusted by more than 1,000 organizations worldwide to design, issue and manage verifiable digital badges and certificates for millions of earners. BadgeCert is 1EdTech certified for Open Badges 3.0, SOC 2 Type II audited, and integrates with leading learning management systems through LTI 1.3 and REST APIs. Learn more at badgecert.com.
