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Why badges?

An Opinionated Guide to Digital Credentialing

Building Credibility into Digital Credentials

Existing ways to present ourselves can be constraining

LinkedIn profiles do not adequately capture experiences

Badges paint a better picture

Badges go beyond grades

Badges recognise soft skills

Badges work like the web

Digital credentials like Open Badges can free us from silos

Badges show the real you

Benefits of badges

Benefits of badges

Badges are new school credentials

Badges help make '3D' CVs

Digital credentials like Open Badges can be used to recognise anything

Badges help surface skills

How do badges work?

How do badges work?

Badges contain metadata

Technical overview

Example: The Intern Experiment

Programme design

Badge co-design

Sample of co-designed badges

Types of badges

Types of badges

Issuance and endorsement

Open Recognition

Open Recognition

Credentialing is ultimately about recognition

How do you see yourself?

The case for Open Recognition

Recognition is a warm, human act

Levels of recognition

Open Recognition recognises people's rights

Open Recognition happens in networks and communities

Pathways do not have to be linear

Digital credentials like Open Badges can help tell your story

Pathways as constellations

Types of badge pathways

A simple, non-linear badge pathway

Goodbye yellow brick road

What's a badge really worth?

Descriptive vs prescriptive pathways

Issue a press release

Big Corp Credentials

A layered history

Trough of disillusionment

Oh wow, microcredentials!

Bloop - it just works

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