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Open Badges | Jisc RSC Scotland e-Assessment | Why I would like to use Open...
grainnehamilton's insight:The concept of Open Badges immediately struck a chord with me because I could see where they would have been of benefit to me during a particular period of learning and a...
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Open Badges | Jisc RSC Scotland e-Assessment | What are Open Badges?
grainnehamilton's insight:Another early blog post on Open Badges, where I'm beginning to look at the concept and some of the key features.See it on Scoop.it, via Open Badges
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Open Badges | Jisc RSC Scotland e-Assessment | Open Badges, MOOCs and...
grainnehamilton's insight:A post written in January 2012, where I am musing on some of the potential applications, as I see them, for Open Badges.See it on Scoop.it, via Open Badges
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Open Badges | Jisc RSC Scotland e-Assessment | #OpenBadges: challenges and...
grainnehamilton's insight:As I have a focus on assessment, in this post from January 2012 I explore some of the ways in which I think Open Badges could impact assessment practices.See it on Scoop.it,...
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Open Badges | Jisc RSC Scotland e-Assessment | Jisc RSC Scotland #openbadges...
grainnehamilton's insight:At the Jisc RSC Scotland conference in June 2012, I was delighed to facilitate a session on Open Badges by Doug Belshaw and Tim Riches. Doug, who at the time worked with Jisc...
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(Open) Badging courses created by the community | JISC RSC Scotland e-Assessment
This post covers work I have been doing recently on developing a badging system for the online courses we run at the JISC RSC Scotland, using the Mozilla Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI). The courses...
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Webmaker Badges Are Here: Deeper Dive
Useful post from Erin Knight detailing the background to open badges and some of the work being taken forward currently by Mozilla. "I wrote awhile back about our thinking around the Webmaker Badges....
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#Openbadges at #MozFest, surfacing and rewarding contribution in an online...
This weekend, I attended MozFest at Ravensbourne College in London. It was one of those intense event experiences, where you chat with inspiring people and have your mind stretched with new and...
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Developing the series, information and designs for the Jisc RSC Scotland...
"I started by considering the kinds of behaviours we wanted to promote. The key behaviours I identified were engagement, attainment, contribution and peer support... I wanted to be able to create links...
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Open Badges reaches v1.0!
Exciting times with v1.0 of the OBI released today!See it on Scoop.it, via Open Badges
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Increase student engagement with Moodle conditional activities & badges
What are conditional activities? Since the introduction of Moodle 2, it has been possible for users to track which activities/resources they have completed. This means that resources/activities are...
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Open Badges elevator pitch (v0.1 alpha)
An elevator pitch about Mozilla's Open Badges. Ask me questions! :-) http://openbadges.orggrainnehamilton's insight:Quick overview of what Open Badges are by the Mozilla Badges and Skills Lead.See it...
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Open Badges Elevator Pitch v0.2
Another attempt to explain Open Badges (http://openbadges.org) quickly whilst retaining some nuance. Things I missed out: - Badge backpacks - Details about t...See it on Scoop.it, via Open Badges
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Using Open Badges to motivate participation and reward contribution in an...
grainnehamilton's insight:A case study with Charlie Love, who runs a professional learning network for Computer Science educators in Scotland. He has been developing a way to automatically issue Open...
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Badge System Design Principles, Part 1: RFC
Badge system design paper released A quick post to direct you to a new paper that I've been writing about badge system design principles: Badge System Design Principles, Part 1. It's a publicly...
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Half an Hour: New Forms of Assessment: measuring what you contribute rather...
Fascinating article flipping concepts of assessment and what we assess. Downes explores the reasons for plagiarism and cheating in exams and considers the over-arching societal changes that may be...
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Open Badges - A new Open Standard for recognition?
If you have ever been a boy scout or girl guide, you would have been awarded a badge to recognise your achievements in a skill, experience or deed. This would have been sewn proudly on your shirt...
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Mozilla Open Badges Issuer Gadget for Google Sites (and issuing Badges using...
Want to issue badges in Google Sites? That was the challenge I set myself. My solution is the Open Badges Issuer Gadget for Google Sites. This post outlines my solution and even lets you recieve a...
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Open Badges & Badge System Design
Over the last few months I've been doing a lot of thinking about Open Badges and badge system design. During that time I've found myself weighing the idea of the Open Badges Infrastructure against...
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Badge System Design: standardization, formalization & uniqueness
This post continues the conversation about Open Badges, the Open Badge Infrastructure and badge system design. It's one post in a series of thoughts-in-process that will culminate in a white paper...
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