Head first into the Fediverse
As a result of my disillusionment with social networks and my development of k12 social networks I have been exploring the fediverse. The Fediverse (a portmanteau of “federation” and “universe”) is the ensemble of federated (i.e. interconnected) servers that are used for web publishing (i.e. social networking, microblogging, blogging,…
Read More »Mozilla is Doing a Hack Job on Open Badges
This week at MozFest in London there’s a session called “Hack the Backpack” where the Open Badges community is being asked to help contribute to long-standing open and unaddressed issues regarding the backpack. It needs some “love”. But…
Read More »Five Ways Learner Profiles Can Promote Competency-Based Education
Imagine a parent and student have access to and control of information about the student and could choose when and how to share that information with other stakeholders. Imagine that it is not only available 24 hours a…
Read More »The future of Moodle
Martin Dougiamas is best known as the founder of Moodle, and leading the team of software developers at the heart of the Moodle project. His major goal for the future is to improve the quality of education by…
Read More »Badging in a Learner-Centered Context
Daniel Hickey describes his process for badging and how the learner might personalize their achievements.
Read More »Teach Visual Literacy: Creating Infographics
Explore the brave new world of infographics as a means for communicating complex concepts visually. Learn how to create your own simple infographics and integrate them into your teaching and learning practice. http://vimeo.com/25328216
Read More »IBL Studios Issues an Open Source Badging Platform
The open badges community continues to grow through the development and implementation of open source software. What distinguishes IBL’s platform is that it is a fully-functioning, badge-issuing open source code that will work with multiple providers, including learning…
Read More »10 Lessons Learned from an Award-Winning Digital Badging Program
The field of badging is a rapidly evolving ecosystem with exciting potential. Its relatively new status also presents challenges for early adopters. Yet our early experiences suggest that badging has tremendous potential to motivate, engage, and acknowledge achievements,…
Read More »Identifying, scaffolding, and credentialing skills in an ever-changing digital environment
Identifying, scaffolding, and credentialing skills in an ever-changing digital environment from Doug Belshaw How do we identify, scaffold, and credential skills in an ever-changing digital environment? In this keynote, Doug Belshaw will discuss work he began at Mozilla…
Read More »Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts
In May 2014, CompetencyWorks brought together twenty-three technical assistance providers to examine their catalytic role in implementing next generation learning models, share each other’s knowledge and expertise about blended learning and competency education, and discuss next steps to…
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