I’ve been researching Open Badges (and other forms of digital credentialing) for a while now, and have been curious why they have not yet found a firm niche within Higher Education. I’d suggest part of the answer is Universities are generally resistant to the philosophy of Openness that is enshrined within Open Badges. The University business…
Month: May 2016
How I survived the Open Badgeocalypse
2025: It was 3 years after the Badgocalypse, when the whole of human experience had been carved up by the corporations. As it was a Saturday, I awoke to find out I’d already earned two badges- one for above average REM from a healthcare agency, and the other for punctuality from my employer, as I’d…
LECTURES AND SECRET CONVERSATIONS: dialogues in spaces that only want you to broadcast
Much of my time over the last year has been spent in Lecture mode. I don’t want to do this but the architecture of the University makes it very hard to avoid, when teaching technology applications. All technical teaching takes place in our Media Labs, serried rows of computers facing to the front, with the…
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