[Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

[Wes Turner]

OpenBadges

https://openbadges.org/get-started/issuing-badges/

> Open Badges provide a flexible way to recognize learning wherever it
happens, in and out of formal education and the workplace. They can
represent any achievement from simple participation to evidence-backed
competency development.

> By adopting the Open Badges Specification you are joining over 3,000
organizations across the world who believe in supporting a global
Specification that enables individuals to capture and share the richer
picture of who they are.

edX supports Badgr (OpenBadges)

- OpenBadges Backpack is now Badgr
- https://badgr.com
- https://github.com/concentricsky/badgr-server (Django API)
- https://github.com/concentricsky/badgr-ui (Angular 2 UI)
-
https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-installing-configuring-and-running/en/latest/configuration/enable_badging.html
- https://github.com/edx/credentials


Blockcerts (W3C Verifiable Claims)

- https://www.blockcerts.org/guide/roadmap.html
  - [ ] OpenBadges Verifiable Claims compatibility

- https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-claims
  - https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/
  - https://w3c.github.io/vc-use-cases/#education


... https://gist.github.com/westurner/4345987bb29fca700f52163c339a270f


On Thursday, January 24, 2019, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Charles (fond memories from Google App Engine days... we met at a Pycon
> in Chicago years ago)...
>
> Issuing some proof of completion, in certificate form (an actual document
> with their name on it, could be PDF) helps your enrollees put something on
> their resume.  The other half of that equation is not a big name school or
> company, though that might help, so much as a detailed course outline
> and/or the actual course content, or both -- such that those following up
> on this credential get a sense of what it means.
>
> What did these students actually work through?  Were there projects?
> Quizzes.  Describing the program helps too (including with recruiting new
> enrollees).
>
> When O'Reilly School of Technology closed its doors, I was clear that the
> best way to support our alumni was to preserve a record of what we offered,
> so those advertising completing our courses could point to something
> objective, in terms of content covered.  OST listened and our content is
> still online to this day.
>
> Example pages:
>
> http://archive.oreilly.com/oreillyschool/courses/programs.html
> http://archive.oreilly.com/oreillyschool/courses/courses.html
> http://archive.oreilly.com/oreillyschool/courses/Python1/index.html
>
> We show our quizzes, but not our projects, not sure why at this point.
>
> Students had to finish all the projects, which were assessed by their
> human instructors.  We had no robo-grading whatsoever, not even for
> quizzes, as we wanted them to know they had a real human on the other end.
>
> Of course a lot of the code camp type websites don't provide actual
> instructors to sign off on work, as you know.  They may have students
> aseess each other (or not), ala Coursera, which, in combination with
> deadlines, means not everyone who starts, manages to finish.
>
> Attrition stats may or may not be relevant in your case.  If they got a
> credential for just showing up (attendance), that's of course not as
> impressive, so you do your students a favor by advertising the rigors of
> your offerings.
>
> Kirby
>
>
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