Feedback from BadgeChain Presentation on Open Badges in Higher Education Call

Blockchain + Open Badges in Higher Education & Research

What is Blockchain?

One of the buzzwords that has come up a lot over the last year is Blockchain. In this post I’ll provide an easy to follow…

Avoiding pointless (Open Badges-related) blockchain projects

A post entitled Avoiding the pointless…

What’s inside an Open Badge

It’s easy to talk about open badges without really understanding what’s inside (it’s just a digital badge, right?) There’s actually a whole bunch of stuff inside. The badge class is like the template. All badges issued from a certain badge class will inherit those properties. The…

Cognitive Authority, Digital Badges, and the Oracle of the Blockchain

Rebuilding Trust, the Currency of an Open Economy and Society

As I was looking for documentation for this post, the top result from Google was a link to “Rachel Botsman: The currency of the new economy is trust” (link) followed by an OECD forum with a highlight on “Trust is at the…

Digital Portfolios + Open Badges + Blockchain = Personal Learning Ledger

Digital Badges Overview

What are Digital Badges?

The Possibilities of Badges and Blockchain

In March 2015, I wrote “Peering Deep into the Future of Educational Credentialing…

Open Badges for Keeps - Now and Near

Open Badges makes it possible for anyone to issue a badge. The badge data or the public keys…