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Android Apps_For educational Use. Open Badge

Among different apps that are available on android devices, word press and Linkden are the most I have been using. On word press (here), I have been sharing learning and work experiences, writing reflections and building portfolio. Linkden is also a platform that helps to share ideas, experiences and explore opportunities. I have been mostly using for networking and get update on own…

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Did you take the course Training Mammals with Social Distancing during COVID-19? Did you know members of animaltrainingfundamentals.com can earn a verifiable digital badge for completion of this course? Badges can be shared on resumes, performance evaluations, with professors, supervisors and on social media! Visit the link in the bio @barbara_heidenreich or here https://animaltrainingfundamentals.com/ and scroll down for a video to learn more about badges and professional development. #verifiabledigitalbadges #openbadges #professionaldevelopment #animaltrainingprofessionaldevelopment #socialdistancinginanimaltrainingcourse #socialdistancinganimatraining #animaltrainingfundamentals #barbaraheidenreich #animaltrainingbadge https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdNOIOF3yO/?igshid=1q17kehbkr0rf

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It's about Trust, Stupid! Why Blockchain-based BlockCerts are the wrong solution to a false problem (2/3)

It's about Trust, Stupid! Why #Blockchain -based #BlockCerts are the wrong solution to a false problem (2/3) #OpenRecognition #OpenBadges

Are blockchains to credentials what the embalming fluids are to thanatopraxie, a means to keep the appearance of life to the dead?

In the previous post, we examined some of the blockchains shortcomings: over-hype being second to their defective and noxious relationship to trust—and the human race in general. In this post we are looking at one particular application of the blockchain technology…

[ryadel]

Open Badge - Cosa sono, come funzionano e come crearli

In questo articolo cercheremo di far luce sugli Open Badge, gli attestati digitali utilizzati a livello internazionale per certificare competenze e risultati che in questi ultimi anni stanno vivendo un periodo di grande diffusione anche all'interno del nostro paese.

Origini e sviluppo

Per comprendere il percorso che ha portato allo sviluppo del concetto di badge digitale e alla definizione dello standard Open Badge è necessario partire dall'oggetto fisico da cui deriva questa evoluzione: il badge fisico tradizionale, utilizzato per molti anni da varie organizzazioni come l'esercito russo, i Boy Scouts of America e altre organizzazioni militari e para-militari per dare ai membri un emblema fisico per mostrare i risultati raggiunti. Mentre i badge fisici sono in uso da centinaia di anni, l'idea dei badge digitali è uno sviluppo relativamente recente, determinato in gran parte dal processo di gamification che ha investito il settore dei servizi, ridefinendo i rapporti tra i produttori di contenuti (videogiochi, editori, siti web, etc.) e i loro utenti. Nel corso degli ultimi decenni, soprattutto a seguito della diffusione di Internet e del Web, sono stati utilizzati da organizzazioni come Foursquare e Huffington Post per premiare utenti per l'esecuzione di determinati compiti.  Nel 2005, Microsoft ha introdotto il sistema Gamerscore per Xbox 360, considerato l'implementazione originale di un sistema di successo: tale sistema prevede, tra le altre cose, l'assegnazione di una serie di achievement - specifici per ciascun gioco o contenuto della console - che il sistema ha la possibilità di assegnare a ciascun giocatore a seguito del conseguimento di un determinato obiettivo. Secondo Shields & Chugh, i badge digitali stanno rapidamente diventando un modo appropriato, facile ed efficiente per educatori, gruppi di comunità e altre organizzazioni professionali di esibire e premiare i partecipanti per le competenze acquisite nello sviluppo professionale o nell'apprendimento formale e informale. Dall'achievement alla certificazione All'inizio del 2010, il fornitore di servizi di badge digitali Basno ha lanciato la prima piattaforma che ha consentito agli utenti di creare e collezionare badge relativi al conseguimento di obiettivi reali, come la corsa alla ING New York City Marathon (la famosa Maratona di New York) del 2011: un segnale molto forte che certifica il passaggio dalla concezione del badge come un traguardo di gioco al suo utilizzo come certificazione di un'esperienza realmente vissuta. Come si può facilmente immaginare, il passaggio dall'esperienza all'apprendimento è stato breve: nel settembre 2011, la segretaria alla Pubblica Istruzione degli Stati Uniti, Arne Duncan, ha annunciato il lancio dei badge della Fondazione HASTAC / MacArthur per il concorso per l'apprendimento permanente. Finanziato dalla Fondazione MacArthur , con il supporto aggiuntivo della Gates Foundation, HASTAC gestisce i badge per il concorso per l'apprendimento permanente, che ha assegnato fondi a trenta organizzazioni nel marzo 2012.

La situazione attuale

A partire dal 2012 la diffusione dei badge digitali è stata costante, anche grazie all'arrivo di diverse piattaforme che hanno permesso ad aziende, enti e organizzazioni di qualsivoglia tipo di creare il proprio portfolio di badge digitali assegnabili ai loro dipendenti, clienti e collaboratori per certificare la loro partecipazione a corsi, seminari, meeting e workshop. Tra queste, vale la pena ricordare Badgr.com, una delle piattaformi più diffuse e semplici da utilizzare per la creazione e l'emissione di badge virtuali, nonché completamente open-source. Ovviamente, non sono mancati tentativi di sfruttare la componente "motivazionale" insita nei badge digitali per ottenere risultati misurabili in termini di business, come ad esempio l'incremento della produttività aziendale: un obiettivo che ha finito per dare alla luce una intera categoria di servizi, come Orcaso.io e GetBadges, che si concentrano proprio su questo aspetto, fornendo funzionalità di gamification non soltanto direttamente alle aziende, ma anche ai prodotti e servizi di terze parti di CRM e/o al project management (Trello, Jira,  etc.).

Lo standard Open Badge

Nel 2011 Mozilla, la nota community di software libero nata nel 1998 dalle ceneri di Netscape Communications e creatrice del browser web Firefox e del client di posta elettronica Thunderbird, ha dato luce al progetto Mozilla Open Badges: si tratta di un modello infrastrutturale (Open Badge Infrastructure o OBI) pensato appositamente per il rilascio badge digitali che consentano di riconoscere le competenze di chi li riceve e, al tempo stesso, garantire la tracciabilità di chi li emette. L'infrastruttura è stata disegnata in modo aperto, consentendo così a qualsiasi piattaforma di implementare lo standard e fornire quindi servizi di emissione di Open Badge. Gli Open Badge sono dunque indicatori digitali che certificano le conoscenze disciplinari, abilità personali (soft skills) e competenze tecniche acquisite. Sono costituiti da una parte grafica, una immagine distintiva, e da una serie di metadati: questi ultimi consentono di verificare l'assegnazione del badge e di accedere a tutti i contenuti descrittivi: competenza acquisita o un’abilità o un obiettivo raggiunto, il metodo utilizzato per verificarla, l’indicazione di chi l’ha rilasciata e l’identità di chi l’ha ottenuta, etc. Queste informazioni possono essere visualizzate in formato leggibile attraverso una URL univoca, solitamente comunicata all'interno della e-mail che attesta l'avvenuta emissione del badge, che consente di accedere alla pagina web dedicata al badge stesso sulla piattaforma utilizzata per l'emissione (badgr.com, bestr.it o altre). Il badge è in tal modo internamente verificabile in tutte le sue informazioni, oltre che garantiti dall’ente che li eroga.

Chi può rilasciare un Open Badge?

Gli Open Badge possono essere rilasciati da qualsiasi azienda, associazione, organizzazione, ente o persona fisica: l'assegnazione di un badge digitale è un atto di fiducia con cui il soggetto emittente (issuer) dichiara che il destinatario (learner) ha partecipato a un corso di formazione, preso parte a un'iniziativa formativa o sviluppato una competenza: i dettagli dell'esperienza vengono normalmente descritti all'interno del badge stesso e accessibili/verificabili secondo le modalità descritte nel paragrafo precedente. I badge rilasciati sono garantiti dall'ente o società che li eroga e riconosciuti a livello internazionale: possono essere usati nei curricula elettronici e sui social network per comunicare in modo sintetico, rapido e credibile che cosa si è appreso, in che modo lo si è appreso e con quali risultati ai datori di lavoro di tutto il mondo. Le organizzazioni assegnano Badge (invece di attestati di partecipazione o titoli di studio) per dare evidenza di singole qualità o esperienze, che la persona può poi raggruppare e presentare costruendo la propria personale narrazione del proprio profilo professionale.

Riferimenti Utili

https://openbadges.org/ - Open Badge Project http://openbadges.it/ - Comunità italiana sugli OpenBadges.

Conclusioni

Per il momento è tutto: ci auguriamo che questa panoramica possa essere utile a quanti erano alla ricerca di maggiori informazioni sul mondo degli Open Badge. Se siete alla ricerca di corsi di formazione che rilascino attestati virtuali in standard open badge, vi suggeriamo di dare un'occhiata ai nostri corsi di formazione IT, che prevedono proprio l'emissione di un open badge al loro completamento. Read the full article

[creativechris]

Learning with Open Badges (Thing 2)

I discovered the 23 Things campaign through researching open badges and I discovered open badges through another person at my work. 

I think I have been using open badges for just over a month now. I really like this approach to e-learning. It makes life a lot easier when looking for training and CPD opportunities. It is also a great way to encourage communication between staff members. 

The Leadership: Storytelling badge encourages you to reflect on a learning experience that involved showing leadership. I chose to talk about child-centred practice and the importance of it. I referred back to my experience in nursery when we made a computer game together. This was the first few steps to allowing children to completely take control and I think, as a result, I have gained evidence on child-led activities and their effectiveness. 

I was also encouraged to talk about this experience with a workmate. I really like this as it is a way of helping me (someone quite to working) speak to staff members to reflect on each other’s experience. As a result, we discuss our past experiences and challenges often at work. 

I also found out about a child-centred planning course. Unfortunately, I did not get an opportunity to complete this course as it was aimed at childminders and not support workers. Despite this, it encouraged me to look for training opportunities related to this and I may not have looked for this if I had not discovered the training through open badges as I was not aware of how accessible these opportunities are. 

I will continue to use open badges as I feel it is a great way of developing and reflecting on my current practice. 

- Christopher 😃

[virtualdazealpaca-blog]

SSSC 23 Things

Well here goes, something I never thought that I would do... is write a blog!

I just started working with the SSSC last Monday and after undergoing my induction for the first week, I have been told about #sssc23things and #openbadges and thought there would be no better way to find out more about these learning opportunities than to undertake them myself and get my self familiar with the type of learning resources they are and exactly what we have available here in our learning and development department. Although I am only a proportion of the way into this learning resources I have a feeling it is going to be very rewarding and I am going to learn a lot of useful digital tools and skills that will only help me flourish in my role here at the SSSC. I will try to keep my blog updated regularly and post updates on the most valuable skills I have learned from this programme and try to give you as much information as I can on the learning resource so that you too can make your mind as to whether this would be something useful to you.

Goodbye for now, and wish me luck!

[badges4languages]

A credential, like any common currency, is valued only because of the collective agreement to assign it value. The value of a college degree has been in question since the Great Recession, but there have yet to emerge clear alternatives for the public to rally the around. There are plenty of contenders, though, and it won’t be long before one of them crystalizes the idea for the masses that the traditional degree is increasingly irrelevant in a world with immediate access to evaluative information.

Michael Staton - Harvard Business Review

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Discipline STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Risorse gratuite e iniziative che possono aiutare gli insegnanti, far avvicinare alunni e genitori. Contenuti pronti all’uso, attività e idee per far si che i ragazzi imparino a imparare con il metodo scientifico, utile in ogni ambito disciplinare. Con il digitale portare la sperimentazione del laboratorio in classe (anche in…

[badgelist]

Competency X uses Badge List to connect students with science careers

Open Badges have become the basis for a common language of learning. When teachers break down what they are teaching into specific competencies, its easier to guide students toward their learning goals. The language of specific competencies also helps connect students with job and internship opportunities. The Open Badges standard was first announced by the Mozilla Foundation in 2010, and since then the education community has learned how they can best be used to support effective learning. The earliest open badges were often issued just for simple recognition or participation. However, as the promise of digital credentials begins to unfold, educators and employers now see badges as meaningful signals of expertise coupled with robust learning evidence.

Seeing the potential for open badges as a powerful learning tool, Knowledgestreem, Inc. launched Badge List in 2014 with the goal of helping teachers and learners to effectively track learning evidence. With this goal at the forefront of our activities, the Badge List team set out to find partners who were interested in using badges to recognize project-based and competency-based learning.

After developing Badge List with various professional development and higher ed organizations, in 2016 we were discovered by Alec Barron of Del Lago Academy in Escondido, CA. Alec is heading up the new Competency X program, which is designed to help High School students on their path to careers in science. Competency X is a personalized assessment system for science and engineering education that is co-developed with industry and college partners. The program is designed to help guide students towards internships and mentorships with science industry companies. 

After learning more about CompetencyX we knew we had found a perfect partner to grow with. The Badge List feature set is closely aligned with CompetencyX’s vision for using badges to help guide student learning. Badge List helps students develop skills and competencies, build portfolios of learning evidence and ultimately connect with internships in the science and technology industry.

I recently interviewed Alec from Competency X to talk about the process of collaboratively developing a badge tool that serves the needs of a visionary educator. We share these insights with with the goal of guiding educators toward a greater understanding of how badges can be used as a learning tool.

Ben from Badge List: As you began to build and launch the Competency X program, what was your high level vision?

Alec from Competency X: Competency X came from a frustration that our students were not transferring what they learned in the classroom laboratory to the real world laboratory in our science-based internships.  We wanted students to be better practicing scientists, not just in industry and college laboratories, but also in their community. Our hypothesis was that if students were given the opportunity to reflect on the practice of being a scientist, they would have a greater capacity to transfer what they learn in the classroom to the performance task demands of the real world.  

We use a digital portfolio for students to curate and reflect on evidence of their competency as a practicing scientist. Digital badges that are co-developed by our industry and college partners are issued when students meet specific criteria for science and engineering practices in their digital portfolio.  These badges act as mile markers that map out a learning progression for how we see students developing the essential skills, knowledge, and dispositions required for workplace success. Students use their digital badges to earn internships and do more intentional skill development work within the internship. The vision for Competency X is that we are a working model for a larger workforce development pipeline in our region.

Ben from Badge List: When did you first realize that a badge software could help you structure the Competency X program the way you wanted?

Alec from Competency X: Initially, we imagined paper certificates that would map out learning progressions and help students earn internships. The problem with these certificates is that they are not easily linked to the evidence a student offers to earn them. Linking evidence with a digital badge is valuable in several ways. First, it allows prospective employers to assess the validity of the micro-credential. When educators or employers click on a badge, the evidence that shows how a learner earned the badge can be viewed.  Our industry partners loved the idea of being able to watch a quick video that shows the learner demonstrating a concrete skill. Second, it allows learners to reflect on what led to success with current and past practices. If a learner wants to re-learn a particular skill set, all they have to do is click on their badge to view the tips and strategies that helped them previously reach success. Finally, it creates opportunities for learners to engage in a larger community of practice. Mentors can provide feedback on formative artifacts that will become evidence used to earn a badge. This allows artifacts of skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be used across multiple digital badges. This practice helps illuminate the interconnections between digital badges and prevents the compartmentalization of skills and knowledge.

Ben from Badge List: What about the Badge List software vision signaled to you that it would be a good fit for Competency X?

Alec from Competency X: We like that Badge List is finding ways to unite digital portfolios and digital badging. These two assessment practices complement each other to support thriving communities of practice for learners. The portfolio framework for curating the evidence to earn a badge matched our vision for what Competency X should provide to students.

Ben from Badge List: How does Badge List help your students to achieve their academic goals?

Alec from Competency X: Traditionally, academic goals for students take the shape of: “I want to earn at least an A or B in this class.” These transcript goals have extrinsic value for students and parents, but don’t have much meaning beyond the title of the course or how it gets classified by a post-secondary institution. Yes, you can say you did well in a Chemistry course if you earned an A, but what does that mean? What does it say about what you can do in a health science laboratory or a pharmacy? Digital badges allow us to highlight skills, knowledge, and dispositions that are far too often underemphasized in schooling, but are significant indicators for successful performance in the workplace. Badges help us fill in the gaps for what gets assessed in school and they create more diverse opportunities for students to set meaningful academic goals. Students can start with a field of interest, identify relevant badges, and then set goals to earn digital badges that can be used for opportunities, such as internships. This allows us to shift from teacher-centered goals to a more student-centered approach. Students can select projects or workplace experiences as areas to set goals and use the digital badges as the identifiers of competency.

Ben from Badge List: How do you see badges fitting in with your goal of helping students connect with industry opportunities?

Alec from Competency X: Our digital badges were developed by industry and college partners that offer internships for students at our school. We view this as a more dynamic vision for how teachers implement standards within schools. Typically, teachers enact a curriculum that was developed and adopted to represent state approved standards. This creates several layers of distance between teachers and the industry advisers that developed the standards. In our summer workshop, we co-created badges with industry and college partners by engaging in dialogue about the qualities they wanted in new hires. We were able to hear important anecdotes about performance tasks that employees struggle with on the job. Many of the badges we created represent the skills and dispositions our industry partners saw lacking in new hires. Badges, such as Skeptic and Elevator Pitch, were created to fill in these skill gaps that are not often assessed in a traditional school curriculum. We feel that the creation of such badges with industry and college partners is a more direct and dynamic vision for standards-based education. 

In addition to our portfolio of badges, students are asked to co-create a digital badge with their internship mentor to represent the goals they have developed for their project. This allows the student and the internship mentor to have deep conversations around how to assess what is needed for success in that industry. The internship process begins when a student reaches out to schedule a meeting with their internship mentor to discuss possible internship projects. Next, the project is used to identify the necessary skills, knowledge, and dispositions that may be badgeable. The internship mentor and student collaboratively create the badges together and use them to define success on their goals for the project. The badges serve as a formative assessment tool on the progress towards internship goals. They also provide highly contextualized learning evidence for that specific work environment. Once the student curates the necessary evidence to satisfy the requirements for the badge, the industry mentor validates the evidence and the badge is issued.

Ben from Badge List: What features of Badge List do you see as being the most important to Competency X students?

Alec from Competency X: We appreciate the flexibility with which Badge List organizes evidence. We like that students can submit multiple artifacts as evidence to demonstrate their competency. Assessment is a conversation. The more flexibility around evidence and feedback, the better.

Ben from Badge List: What advice to do have for other educators looking to build a program that uses open badges?

Alec from Competency X: I highly recommend going through the process of creating your own digital badges as opposed to borrowing them from another organization. The biggest “ah ha” moments came from a discussion between students, teachers and industry partners. Don’t just take a published framework and use it to define student success in the workplace. Instead, listen to stories from professionals about performance tasks and the struggles of new hires. This activity shaped some of the most engaging badges we created for students.

[certifymeonline]

Digital credentials have changed the face of digital authentication. Often issued as a reward to display a person’s competency of skills and abilities, digital credentials have paved their way upwards in the digital working environment.

Although still in the developing stage, digital credentials that include digital certificates and digital badges, have been here for a while now. Openbadges was co-authored by Mozilla, Peer2peer University, and MacArthur Foundation in 2010-11. Since then, it has risen to its popularity for all the right reasons.

Digital credentials developed exclusively as an equivalent to the paper-based certification proves to be the most effective and less time-consuming credentials cutting the issuing costs, production costs, maintenance costs, and verification cost.

Many of the major perks of issuing digital credentials include easy and quick sharing, viewing, and verifying of the credentials. Digital credentials can be shared across all digital platforms including social media and social-networking sites, it can be displayed in the portfolio or CV or on a resume.

Digital credentials are most secure and can be encrypted to avoid duplication or manipulation of the original credential document. Backed with robust meta-data, digital credentials are trackable and verifiable, providing evidence to the achievement of the qualification. Digital credentials come with blockchain technology facilitating its issuing and tracking.

Read More : https://certifyme.online/blog/Why-Digital-Credentials-are-gaining-popularity.html

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Here is my collection of openbadges

[sergeravet]

It's about Trust, Stupid! Why Blockchain-based BlockCerts are the wrong solution to a false problem (1/3)

It's about Trust, Stupid! Why Blockchain-based BlockCerts are the wrong solution to a false problem (1/3) #OpenRecognition #OpenBadges #Blockchains

Metaphor for blockchain-centred systems—when a part becomes the whole

Why Blockchains?

The rationale for the initial development of blockchain technologies like Bitcoins, was to solve the problem of double spending while simultaneously:

Getting rid of regulatory bodies — the dream of the proponents of anarcho-capitalism also called libertarian anarchy, one of the ideologies widely shared…

[fernand0]

Open Badges for Open Education. @mediendidaktik Slideshare #OpenBadges (vía e-learning , conocimiento en red: )

[edutechguys]

RT @SenorG: Proposals are still open for the 2020 Badge Summit. Whether you're sharing genius implementation or brilliant flops, others need to learn from your work! https://t.co/MEur1Ay4d8 #edtech #openbadges #iste20 https://t.co/FNQAHOhzba

Proposals are still open for the 2020 Badge Summit. Whether you're sharing genius implementation or brilliant flops, others need to learn from your work! https://t.co/MEur1Ay4d8 #edtech #openbadges #iste20 pic.twitter.com/FNQAHOhzba

— Noah Geisel (@SenorG) February 25, 2020

via Twitter https://twitter.com/edutechguys February 25, 2020 at 02:23PM