#BadgeChat was founded in December, 2014 by a group of educators who are passionate about credentialing learning and achieving. While there are thousands of us around the globe issuing badges to learners, there was not yet a regular twitter chat for those of us in the K-12 space to gather for learning and sharing about badging. After reaching out to leaders in the field (like the good folks at Mozilla and The Badge Alliance) for their thoughts, #BadgeChat was born.
Q1: “Open recognition” is about recognizing informal learning and accomplishments, and everyone is empowered to become a recognizer. Why might there be a need for this in our modern world? #BadgeChat
A1: There is so much amazingness that doesn't show up in test scores, transcripts, etc. A lot of what ACTUALLY MATTERS to colleges + employers is stuff that we don't communicate well (nor reliably). Open Recognition to credential informal learning fills a need #badgechat
Q1: “Open recognition” is about recognizing informal learning and accomplishments, and everyone is empowered to become a recognizer. Why might there be a need for this in our modern world? #BadgeChat
A1: Another piece that I think Open Recognition speaks to is opening up WHO recognizes learning and achievement...doesn't just have to schools that recognize #badgechat
Q2: What are examples of informal learning and accomplishments that we can recognize, and how does the Open Badges standard support informal recognition? #BadgeChat
A2: We see "good samaritan" stories on the news all the time but what about the model civic behavior that goes undocumented by the TV? Open Recognition could be way to notice, name + credential helping an elderly person cross the street #BadgeChat
Q2: What are examples of informal learning and accomplishments that we can recognize, and how does the Open Badges standard support informal recognition? #BadgeChat
A2: As a teacher, I know that a good substitute teacher is so valuable but outside of my personal network of trust, they go unrecognized. Open Recognition could help us acknowledge talented subs in ways that help them get more and better requests #badgechat
Q3: In recent years, associations have begun to form (e.g. https://t.co/xwnWWnX8UZ) that aim to further the cause of open recognition. What are the benefits of organizing around open recognition? #BadgeChat
My undergrad class just wrapped unit on Connected Civics. Has me thinking about our neighbors making our society a better place and how Open Recognition can be a sort of social credit proxy #badgechat
A2: There are lots of open learning communities around the internet that could benefit from folks recognizing their peers for informal learning. Having the evidence link available in the #openbadges standard can help make sure people are issuing badges legitimately. #badgechat
@capt_info#badgechat A3: 90%+ of the value of credentials comes when they are understood and interpreted. These organizations can help coordinate and build networks around specific things to recognize.
Joining #badgechat a bit late from within another meeting. Open Recognition is a great topic, but sometimes a bit difficult for folks to wrap their heads around. The idea can be simple though: Anybody can recognize anybody for anything. The trick is making it actionable.
A3: #openrecognition models can help make recognition scale for large communities of learners. Once you get over a few hundred learners, evidence review becomes intractable. #badgechat
So true!!! Earlier today, I was looking up information about a suspicious popup notification and some awesome internet human had my perfect answer. How great would it be for me to have mechanism to recognize them in way affords them a credential? #badgechat
@capt_info#badgechat A3: Also, as software developers, organizing and coordinating is critical to make sure that various services that aim to do things around open recognition are interoperable. In technologies, what is recognized, and how recognition is understood.
A3: Open Recognition will occur in inherently disparate ways right now. Organizing offers a path to shared vocabulary, shared values, shared meaning...these ultimately might serve to make the recognition itself more meaningful #badgechat
It wasn't you Nate, so quit trying to be a public glory hog:)
In all seriousness, I'd want to recognize them for "Troubleshooting Mac OS startup issues" #badgechat
A4: Not sure about the agenda. Curious what others say.
The Stakeholder piece fascinates me bc I think that many (most?) of the Stakeholders I'd want included aren't aware of that they even are Stakeholders, much less that they belong at the table... #badgechat
A4: I would say the agenda itself may be an agenda item. The question is, what do we really want to accomplish that is easier done as a group? #BadgeChat
Great point by @capt_info! One exciting facet of Open Recognition is empowering those who aren't legacy gatekeepers....AND legacy gatekeepers do bring social capital and trust to the table #badgechat
A1: IMO the term "informal learning accomplishments" relates to the trend of acknowledging excellence in fields that aren't academic. Everyone is best at something. Like Ts who give out awards to all Ss, each S gets an award for something they're best at. #badgechat
Exactly! That's the part that gets a little hard to wrap your head around. That means (to me) being able to understand a particular piece of recognition that is in your vision, relative to all the other recognition that matters to you. #badgechat
A4: Once there's a plan, especially for a plan that's embedded in a particular community, locale, or country, then it's easier to see paths forward. #BadgeChat
Yeah, something meaningful ... at scale... to a relevant community... in a way that can be processed in terms of understanding the recognition across all members of the community. #badgechat.
Thanks to all of the #badgechat lurkers tonight! Speaking of Open Recognition, want to give you credit for your own form of active engagement with our conversation!
Perfect. Open recognition philosophy would say that you should be able to recognize for exactly that (& hopefully it would be perfectly easy). I think the hard part is "when and how should this recognition be useful to somebody else in the future?" How do we make it discoverable?
A3: One benefit of organizing open recognition, is forming assessment rubrics that are agreed upon. It's very difficult to, but it must be done, otherwise the badge is meaningless. If U want to recognize an accomplishments, there has to be evidence for progress. #badgechat
Joining #badgechat a bit late from within another meeting. Open Recognition is a great topic, but sometimes a bit difficult for folks to wrap their heads around. The idea can be simple though: Anybody can recognize anybody for anything. The trick is making it actionable.
