In this episode, Laura and Doug talk about recognising learning and pro-social behaviours with badges. They also chat about the Participate project they're collaborating on, Keep Badges Weird.
https://thebadgesummit.com
Why do we need to keep badges weird?
Participate KBW - https://app.participate.com/communities/keep-badges-weird/62003f3f-a7ba-4f6a-990a-64d6f893016d
Project board: https://trello.com/b/MA1Purq1/participate-kbw
Participate: https://participate.com
WAO's work: https://weareopen.coop/participate/
Technology innovation curve - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations
Open Badges - https://openbadges.org
Open Recognition - https://www.openrecognition.org
Are badges and digital credentials just for helping people get jobs?
IBM badges - https://www.ibm.com/skills/badges/
Badges for digital transformation - https://blog.weareopen.coop/badges-for-digital-transformation-7e9e1a17e714
4 benefits of Open Recognition Pathways - https://blog.weareopen.coop/4-benefits-of-open-recognition-pathways-a51c10a37633
Intern badges and self assigning - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yIt1_4GYGPazNFUsDumgDAtlcN8WrmK9mOcGEXfqZLY/edit#heading=h.85fnrjml1wgf
Where's this all going next?
Verifiable Credentials - https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model
Social Verifiable Credentials - https://www.loom.com/share/53a4f6216a0e4af19b1724820e475fe3?sharedAppSource=personal_library
Other stuff
Getting started with digital badges -https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cq1MAO2ifqrZHByB7oGuQPZkb_61jNx_iPRbS_pcrcs/edit
Badge Wiki - https://badge.wiki