Projects/Open Badges

Open Badges Project
This project will examine how contribution to the community can be recognised by Open Badges

What are Open Badges?
Open Badges are digital images that can be used to recognize an individual's skills and achievements. In general, badges are achieved through the demonstration of learning, the application or attainment of skills or by taking part in certain activities. However, Open Badges are more than just digital images because behind each one is a rich body of metadata that describes the criteria for achieving the badge, what the individual did to meet that criteria, who awarded the badge, and when it was awarded. Open Badges can be displayed online in a badge backpack and then shared on websites, blogs and social networking sites such as LinkedIn.

Areas this project will consider

 * Design - Visual design of Open Knowledge Foundation badges
 * Earn - What volunteer activities can be recognized by badges
 * Issue - How Open Knowledge Foundation badges could be issued

Team Members

 * Graeme Arnott

Get involved
Please feel free to add your name to the list

Project Updates
The 'Open Badges are OK' blog will function as the project diary.

Twitter
It would be good to have a Twitter hashtag (#openbadgesOKFN, for example) to help both document the project and provide a means of communication

Mailing List
This would allow people to be informed of the project, even if they weren't necessarily contributing

Meetings
Regular Google hangout dates are another option

To-Do List
Please see this project's Talk page for a list of tasks needing attention