Open Badges
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Summary
Specification Documents
- Open Badges 3.0 - Candidate Final Public
- Open Badges 2.1 (Badge Connect API) - Candidate Final - Public
- Open Badges 2.0 - Public
Public Documents and Resources
- Becoming an Open Badge Issuer (3-minute video)
- Orientation to Open Badges 2.0 and 2.1 (28-minute video)
- Open Badges Specification Repository
- Open Badges Validator
- Current 1EdTech-certified Open Badges platforms and tools
- Open Badges Community Forum
- Open Badge Community Extension and Open Badge Education Extensions
- Student Learning Data Model
Member Resources (login required)
- OB 2.0 Certification Suite
- OB 2.1 Badge Connect Reference Implementations
- OB 2.1 Badge Connect Certification Suite
- OB 3.0 / CLR 2.0 Certification Suite
- Open Badges Technical Project Group
Additional Background
Verifiable digital credentials such as Open Badges are an increasingly important means for educational institutions, employers, and other learning organizations to recognize a learner's skills, competencies, and achievements.
Designed based on learner-agency principles, Open Badges put learners in control of their credentials by enabling them to claim and display the badge on any platform. Open Badges are also portable rather than tied to one specific system (e.g., badging platform, learning management system, social media site). Open Badges contain rich metadata that provides information about the issuing organization, the recipient, and evidence that substantiates the earning of the badge.
Optional extensions to the standard allow Open Badges to include detailed information about assessments and additional information about an issuer’s accreditations relating to the credential. These elements help validate the rigor of the badge to audiences who review the credential, which may include fellow students, instructors, academic advisors, career center staff, and others within the institution, as well as potential employers and peer networks. In these ways, badge owners can own, display, store, and share their Open Badges across an open digital credentialing ecosystem.
Get Involved
In January 2017, 1EdTech assumed responsibility to lead the evolution of the Open Badges specification and to ensure the sustainability of the future Open Badges ecosystem. 1EdTech is committed to furthering the adoption, integration, and transferability of learners' digital credentials within and across institutions, non-traditional learning opportunities, and employment centers.
Contact us to learn more about how you can get involved in the Open Badges Project Group or for more information about the 1EdTech Digital Credentials Initiative.