An API of One’s Own

An API of One’s OwnBuilding trust networks with Open Badges

Nate Otto, Concentric Sky

Serge Ravet, Badge Europe! Europortfolio

November 19-21, 2014 :: Washington, DC

What are Open Badges?

Visual symbols of accomplishment

A common portable language for data about

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Open Badges are declarations of trust

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Are Open Badges really centered

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Anyone can earn badges

Anyone can issue badges

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Each role uses different technologies

Anyone with:• specially concocted JSON

file hosted on their website and the ability to concoct many more…

Anyone with:• email(s)• Persona(s)• Backpack(s)• Displayer(s)

Anyone with:• time• understanding• tools to validate badges and divine

the links between them

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Is there ever any overlap?

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How can we bring badges into alignment with this philosophy?

How can we bring badges into alignment with this philosophy?

Let’s build these values into the Open Badges Standard and software!

Let’s build these values into the Open Badges Standard and software!

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What is the consequence of adopting these philosophies?

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Two Prototype Sketches

Discendum Oy

Badge Europe

Europortfolio

Concentric Sky

Oregon Center for Digital Learning

Oregon Badge Alliance

Trust Ecosystem Project Open Badges Passport

Trust Ecosystem Project


A 3-faceted application for badge Earners, Issuers, and Consumers

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Issuer Consumer


To be developed, tested and refined in 2015

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Trust Ecosystem Project software

Open Source

Host-your-own installation optionHosted service

Connections to badge-aware services across the web

2015 Badge Pilots

12 programs in out-of-school learning, workforce development, and local government, kicking off in Q1 of 2015

Alliance of partners filling all three roles

Software and support for issuers, earners and consumers

Software function follows philosophy

credit: Mozilla Foundation

Serving multiple interests

• Recognize that all users may at times fill roles of Earner, Issuer, and Consumer

• Enable connectivity with enterprise issuing platforms and independent services

• Connect with available data sources and services

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• Recognize that all users may at times fill roles of Earner, Issuer, and Consumer

• Enable connectivity with enterprise issuing platforms and independent services

• Connect with available data sources and services

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Services

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Issuers

Define, organize, and issue badges

Incorporate endorsements

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Issuing Platform

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Earners: Collecting and Sharing

Collection buildingReceive earned badges

Export & sharing

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Mozilla Backpack

Import Badges

Deliver Badges

Consumers: understanding badges

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What is the value of this badge?

What other badges are like this one?

Analyzing chains of trust


Bringing 3 user roles together

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• Common user between roles

• No additional onboarding to access new role

• Reflects how learning is structured in the real world

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Trust Ecosystem Project Open Badges Passport

Food for thoughts...

Some describe Open Badges as "a new currency"

Open Badges are visible representations of

the oldest currency...

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@ottonomySerge Ravet

@szerge

thank you!

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