In this episode, Laura and Doug talk about recognising learning and pro-social behaviours with badges. They also chat about the Participate project they're collaborating on, Keep Badges Weird.

https://thebadgesummit.com

Why do we need to keep badges weird?

Participate KBW - https://app.participate.com/communities/keep-badges-weird/62003f3f-a7ba-4f6a-990a-64d6f893016d

Project board: https://trello.com/b/MA1Purq1/participate-kbw

Participate: https://participate.com

WAO's work: https://weareopen.coop/participate/

Technology innovation curve - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

Open Badges - https://openbadges.org

Open Recognition - https://www.openrecognition.org

Are badges and digital credentials just for helping people get jobs?

IBM badges - https://www.ibm.com/skills/badges/

Badges for digital transformation - https://blog.weareopen.coop/badges-for-digital-transformation-7e9e1a17e714

4 benefits of Open Recognition Pathways - https://blog.weareopen.coop/4-benefits-of-open-recognition-pathways-a51c10a37633

Intern badges and self assigning - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yIt1_4GYGPazNFUsDumgDAtlcN8WrmK9mOcGEXfqZLY/edit#heading=h.85fnrjml1wgf

Where's this all going next?

Verifiable Credentials - https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model

Social Verifiable Credentials - https://www.loom.com/share/53a4f6216a0e4af19b1724820e475fe3?sharedAppSource=personal_library

Other stuff

Getting started with digital badges -https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cq1MAO2ifqrZHByB7oGuQPZkb_61jNx_iPRbS_pcrcs/edit

Badge Wiki - https://badge.wiki