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By January 2015, Open Badges have been a subject of discussion for well over two years in the Wikimedian community. Wikimedia UK is now looking at ways we can make some actual progress on this.
By January 2015, Open Badges have been a subject of discussion for well over two years in the Wikimedian community. Wikimedia UK is now looking at ways we can make some actual progress on this.
==Situation in January 2015==
Our colleagues in [[:meta:Wikimedia_Sverige|Wikimedia Sweden]] have started using Open Badges in October 2014.


==Historic discussions==
==Historic discussions==

Revision as of 10:28, 13 January 2015

By January 2015, Open Badges have been a subject of discussion for well over two years in the Wikimedian community. Wikimedia UK is now looking at ways we can make some actual progress on this.

Situation in January 2015

Our colleagues in Wikimedia Sweden have started using Open Badges in October 2014.

Historic discussions

2013 discussion

A discussion about Wikimedia UK using Open Badges took place in July 2013. It has been archived here

2012

Panel discussion: Assessment and accreditation in an age of open learning
Doug Belshaw (The Mozilla Foundation), on Open Badges

Notes

Methods of verifying/issuing

  • Expert / Mentor
  • Peer
  • Self-Assessment
  • Algorithmic / programmatic
  • Stealth (through Backpack)

Types of badges

  • Affiliation
  • Participation
  • Skill / Activity
  • Cumulative
  • Badge system
  • Endorsement
  • Early adopters
  • Mentors
  • Silly / playful
  • Soft skills / non-cognitive
  • Hard skills / cognitive
  • One-offs

Related links

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