At the end of last week we pushed out the first of two large updates to the Open Badges Backpack.
What we’ve got in this update:
Open Badges V2.0
If design is about predicting the needs of the future then the original Open Badge Specification did a good job. It provided an accessible foundation to drive early adoption of from groups across the world and like all great ideas is simple to communicate.
Institutional experience and surveys consistently indicate that prospective employers’ knowledge and understanding of the value of digital badges is still much lower than we would hope. While many are intrigued by the potential…
In October, IMS Global Learning Consortium, Mozilla Foundation, LRNG and the Badge Alliance announced that the Open Badges Specification (openbadgespec.org) would be accepted into the collection of web standards in IMS Global’s care as of January. The transition date is nearly…
Since MozFest back in October, where we showcased how Backpack NG was progressing, we’ve been working on ensuring the code base and test scripts are all behaving as…
The Badge Alliance is a distributed community. Its membership is comprised of individuals and organizations who collaborate to build and support the open badging ecosystem. Our shared values include openness, learner agency, and innovation. In practice, that means we…
Badge Alliance Standard Working Group Launches 2016 Cycle
March 1st marked the 2016 cycle’s first call of the Badge Alliance Standard Working Group as it begins the work on the future of Open Badges. The working group is the official standards body for the Open Badges Specification, and it will organize the work leading up…
