Looking forward to presenting (virtually) at the Awards Network event today!

When I started with #OpenBadges back in 2011, small awarding bodies issuing digital credentials for informal and non-formal was absolutely what I had in mind.

Given budgets, awareness, and the pace of change in the sector, we're only just getting there. But exciting times, especially given the power of the #VerifiableCredentials data model

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/awards-network-annual-event-4-mar-2025-tickets-1232906880669?aff=oddtdtcreator

Would YOU be interested in reading this book? Experiment #5 is using LeanPub to publish about #DigitalCredentials https://leanpub.com/digitalcredentials

During various conversations I've had with @dajb around our open credentialing workshop, and @cogdog in relation to open education, there came a little creative idea to remix moments of informal recognition between one another.

That's how the remixable Hat Tip was born. It's purpose built to uplift a human's appreciation for another human. Something I believe is incredibly important.

Why not tip your hat to someone?

remixer.visualthinkery.com/a/hattip

#openrecognition
#oeglobal24

This morning at ePIC 2024 I ran a workshop in the main auditorium(!) on the use of #AI in #OpenRecognition.

Here's the slide deck with links to the GPT I created to conversationally map skills against various taxonomies.

https://bit.ly/wao-epic24-workshop

What creates the spark behind an illustration? There’s nothing I love better than playing idea ping-pong with a co-collaborator.

This illustration was created for a series of credentialing workshops with Badge guru Doug Belshaw for the N-TUTORR project.

Just hit the button on a post @dajb and I co-wrote. Actually, Doug did most of the work and I just said some random stuff and then it became this pretty awesome post about #FOSS #ideology #verifiablecredentials https://blog.weareopen.coop/examining-the-roots-248077d11c2b #openbadges #openrecognition #digitalcredentials

The conference proceedings for ePIC 2023 (December, Vienna) are now online!

https://epic.openrecognition.org/evenements-archives/proceedings-2023/

Last month I and my co-workers from @weareopencoop attended the #openepic conference in vienna. unfortuanletly I caught covid and got sick the day I was supposed to give my talk. Which means I now recorded it and everybody not just the conference attendees can enjoy this introduction into something that I like to call "Open Feminist Workplace Recognition" to sound very sophisticated

Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUK9JD4BqTE

I've spent longer creating this post, soliciting feedback, and acting on it than anything else I've written this year!

Get yourself a cup of coffee, have a read, and tell me what you like and dislike about the idea

Also, do you know anyone who would be interested in building this? To my mind, it needs to exist in the world...

https://blog.weareopen.coop/using-open-recognition-to-map-real-world-skills-and-attributes-9506fcb4557f

After co-working with @AnneKanne on client stuff, I spent a good chunk of the last few hours finishing off a workflow chart and basic wireframes for an #OpenRecognition product I want to exist in the world.

I don't have the technical chops to build it myself, but I'm trying to *will* it into existence

Spent a good chunk of the morning mapping out a badge issuing workflow that I want to see exist in the world. It's based on the post I published last week which drew on #OpenBadges, #VerifiableCredentials #OpenRecognition, #AI, and #endorsement

https://app.participate.com/discussions/using-open-recognition-to-map-real-world-skills-and-attributes/8bd8f9f7-052d-4815-a98e-55fe0d2e34d6

Be sure to click 'See More' so that you can view the diagram!

Also, if you have the funding or capacity to build this I'd like to have a chat

I'm doing an experiment to inform an upcoming article about #OpenRecognition and #SkillsTaxonomies.

If you know me or have interacted with me before, you might be able to help.

Everything is explained on this Google Form (yes, I know, I know) https://forms.gle/xyfc9ny91V46wu6R6

Thanks in advance! (boosts welcome)

Microcast #98 — Endorsement

https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2023/09/21/microcast-98-endorsement/

Just hit the button on a post about a new project the #OpenRecognition is for Everybody community is working on: https://blog.weareopen.coop/unlocking-the-power-of-open-recognition-4405bbc83e10

I decided to do additional research and write up some more thoughts on #endorsement and how it works with #OpenBadges and #OpenRecognition

https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2023/09/08/the-role-of-endorsement-in-open-badges-and-open-recognition/

A quick blog post from the air on the way to The Badge Summit @ CU Boulder using a couple metaphors to explain differences between #microcredentials and #OpenRecognition

https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2023/07/22/the-unseen-threads-of-open-recognition/

"We have become disconnected from our theoretical home." Julie Keane reflecting on coming home to the original vision of #openbadges #openrecognition and #connectedlearning https://medium.com/@julie.keane/open-recognition-coming-home-562946b5396a

I woke up with an idea for a blog post this morning and sat down to write it. However, it grew legs and ran away with me and I ended up writing about...

http://ambiguiti.es/open-badges-and-the-ambiguity-of-recognition/

Episode 02 of the Tao of WAO season 6 is out! We're talking to Emily Goligoski about worker wellbeing and #openrecognition. We reminisce about #mozfest and our time @mozilla and otherwise just have a lovely chat:

https://soundcloud.com/tao-of-wao/s06-episode-02-worker-wellbeing

Transcript available here: https://learnwith.weareopen.coop/products/podcast/season-6/s06-e02-worker-wellbeing/