Concentric Sky Announces BadgeRank - a New Search Engine for Digital Badges

In this article, Wayne Skipper, Founder and CEO, of Concentric Sky discusses the free, public search engine for digital badges Concentric Sky have created called BadgeRank. He comments: “Using Open Badges, innovators from around the world have worked side-by-side to create a new ecosystem of micro-credentials. BadgeRank now makes that ecosystem searchable.” BadgeRank offers a simple, user-friendly interface that allows anyone to explore the digital badges published by Open Badges compliant systems around the world.

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World Education Services Pilots Blockchain-Based Digital Badges for Internationally Educated Students and Professionals

World Education Services (WES) has announced plans to offer blockchain-based digital badges to qualified WES clients.  WES is issuing the first set of digital badges to a limited number of clients as part of a small pilot program. The goal of the pilot is to better understand the needs of badge holders, employers, admissions personnel, and others. WES will make badges available to a broader set of clients after completion of the pilot.

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OBF Case - BMI Healthcare: Using Open Badges for Internal Skills Directory

This webinar recording from the 25th June, is an Open Badge Factory customer case study, presented by Ian Gardner from BMI Healthcare. Ian presents how BMI Healthcare tries to expose internal expertise via an Open Badge directory. The project has started to develop a better understanding of expertise and ending silos between teams and locations.

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Micro-Credentials as Evidence of College Readiness

This report from the University of Michigan School of Information, shares outcomes from a workshop exploring the use of digital badges in the college admission process. The workshop aimed to answer the following questions:

• Can micro-credentials serve as valid and reliable evidence of prior learning and future potential?
• What “gap” in current admissions practices can be filled by micro-credentials?
• What is required for micro-credentials to be useful for college admission?

New Open Badges: Health and Social Care Standards

The Scottish Social Services Council have created badges to support the new Health and Social Care Standards. The Standards set out what should be expected when using health, social care or social work services in Scotland. The badges help practitioners get to know the new standards and to consider what they mean for their practice.

2018 Badge Summit Preview | Interview with Anne Reed, University of Buffalo’s Director of Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges

Noah Giesel interviews Anne Reed, Director of Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges at the University of Buffalo, in this blog post. Reed discusses how she is leading efforts at University of Buffalo to take Digital Badge Credentials institution-wide, how she communicates the message and how the university has supported uptake.