Weekly Sporto bookmarks (weekly)

• External Factors That Impact Online Instructor Performance: A Study Measuring the Impact of Decision Fatigue & Quality Matters Recognition of Courses on Online Instructor Evaluation

  "Thus, the data indicates a possible connection between exceptional instructor performance and classes that have been QM Recognized within three years.  Also noteworthy, two of the instructors who scored exceptional taught Course C, indicating a possible connection between that particular course and high observation scores."

  tags: quality matters QM performance instructor-evaluations evaluation quality

• MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted — Class Central

  tags: machine learning MIT audio

  • they do address a previously unmet need for continuous education among graduates
  • MOOCs can be a good replacement for the kind of teaching that is typically done in a large lecture hall.

• MIT Machine Learning Model Learns from Audio Descriptions -- Campus Technology

  tags: machine learning MIT audio

• Educause Explores Future of Extended Reality on Campus -- Campus Technology

  tags: augmented-reality AR extended-reality reality educause virtual reality VR

• Bringing Primary Source Materials to Life with AR -- Campus Technology

  tags: augmented-reality AR

• Berkeley College Faculty Test VR for Learning -- Campus Technology

  tags: virtual reality VR

• Providing some clarity on Open Badges 2.0 | Open Educational Thinkering

  tags: badges openbadges specification guide

  • reminding ourselves of the difference between a ‘badge class’ (i.e. metadata contained in every badge of that type) and an ‘assertion’ (i.e. metadata contained in a badge that’s unique to the individual).
  • Version 2.0 of the Open Badges specification makes new features available both in the badge class and assertion, as well as other, ‘miscellaneous’ features.
  • Endorsements — a type of badge that is issued to a whole range of people can now be endorsed by a third party
  • Embed criteria — criteria about what an individual had to do to earn a badge can now be embedded directly into the badge class
  • Endorsements — a badge that is issued to an individual, or subset of the whole group of people who have earned that type of badge, can now be endorsed by a third party.
  • Embed evidence — the evidence proving an individual has met the criteria to be issued a badge can now be embedded in assertions
  • Internationalisation — badges can now be issued in multiple language, and users can see that this is the case
  • Version control — the specification now allows updates to be made to badges and, like a wiki, the differences between versions can be viewed

• Concentric Sky | Developer’s Guide to Issuing Open Badges 2.0

  tags: badges openbadges specification guide

  • New in 2.0 is the inclusion of verification instructions for Assertions awarded by this profile, which allows issuers to be explicit about how they award badges.
  • but in 2.0, issuers may use an ephemeral id and are no longer required to have an HTTP identifier and associated hosted record but can use other identifiers.
  • more robustly machine readable
  • opening up the possibility for badges to be awarded to other issuers, to organizations identified by url, to individuals identified by a social media profile url or telephone number as well as the most common method, email.
  • New metadata is also available for Assertions in the form of the option to include Evidence records and narratives that describe the process of meeting criteria, potentially connecting multiple evidence records and alignments.

• Digital Credentials Institute (DCI) | Madison Area Technical College

  tags: blockchain

  • The purpose of DCI will be to provide free and subscription-based research on micro credentials and digital badge programs worldwide. We anticipate that The Digital Credentials Institute, along with IMS Global, will become the authoritative voice in understanding adoption, trends and topics impacting digital credentials, workforce training and development.

• An update on Badges and Backpack - Mark Surman

  tags: blockchain

• What Are Open Badges? - Badge Wiki

  tags: blockchain

  • 

    As indicated in the quote taken from the Badge Alliance website above, Open Badges take digital badges one step further. They are more suitable to be used as credentials as they have information about the learning experience baked in. Open Badges can be validated by anyone wanting to check up on an individual’s claim to knowledge or skills. 

    Unlike digital badges, users can take their Open Badges can display them anywhere across the web. Open Badges are portable credentials. This works in a similar way to videos from YouTube being embedded on blogs, wikis, and other websites. Collections of badges — which may feature some from two or more different organisations — can be displayed in a way that makes sense to the user. 

    There are several important differences between digital badges and Open Badges: 

     
    • Open Badges are not controlled by any one organisation. The technology that underpins the whole system (the Open Badges Infrastructure, or OBI) is a free, open-source and run for the world wide commun

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