Mozilla Open Badges

Do we ever stop learning?

What are badges?

Visual representations oflearning,skills,and

competencies

Scouting badges

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards/MeritBadges.aspx

Foursquare badges

https://foursquare.com/

stackoverflow badges

http://stackoverflow.com/

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DISPLAY SITES

personal web site

social networking

profiles

WordPress / Tumblr

job sites

BADGE DISPLAY SITES

SUCCESS

What if we all used a shared ecosystem &

infrastructure?

Mozilla Open Badge Infrastructure

How does it work?

Badge metadata spec + Issuer API

Mozilla is building the plumbing

What’s next?

Open Badges•Public Beta released end of Q1

•Open Badger Q3

•Improved Displayer API Q3

•Endorsement API Q3

•v1.0 end of Q4

http://openbadges.org

Mozilla Open Badges