Wikimedia UK and Open Badges: Difference between revisions

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Recent initiatives:
Recent initiatives:
* Our colleagues in [[:meta:Wikimedia_Sverige|Wikimedia Sweden]] have started using Open Badges in October 2014.
* Our colleagues in [[:meta:Wikimedia_Sverige|Wikimedia Sweden]] have started using Open Badges in October 2014.
:::[[:wmse:Projekt:Translatewiki.net_2014/Open_badges|on Translate Wiki]]
:::On [[:wmse:Projekt:Translatewiki.net_2014/Open_badges|Translate Wiki]] (scroll down a bit and you will see the badges described in English. Also see [[:wmse:Projekt:Translatewiki.net 2014/Open badges/Utveckling|Utveckling]] which is in English.
* [[:meta:Grants:IdeaLab/Open Badges for off-wiki credentials|Open Badges for off-wiki credentials]], a proposal initiated in the [[:meta:Grants:IdeaLab|IdeaLab]] in November 2014
* [[:meta:Grants:IdeaLab/Open Badges for off-wiki credentials|Open Badges for off-wiki credentials]], a proposal initiated in the [[:meta:Grants:IdeaLab|IdeaLab]] in November 2014



Revision as of 11:25, 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

Recent initiatives:

  • Our colleagues in Wikimedia Sweden have started using Open Badges in October 2014.
On Translate Wiki (scroll down a bit and you will see the badges described in English. Also see Utveckling which is in English.

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 It has been archived here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

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