[Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

[Stephen Murphy]

Hello all,

This area is very relevant in Ireland at the moment with our new upper high
school computer science subject being introduced.

I was wondering would someone on this list like to write a short article on
their experiences with the above topic for the Computer Science Teachers'
Association of Ireland (CSTAI) monthly magazine?

Your insights and advice would be greatly appreciated by the teachers here
and might encourage them to uptake some CPD courses.

Best wishes,

Stephen

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 6:49 AM Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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