Badges Resource Flowchart - great starting point
http://bananigans.tumblr.com/post/22715178511/resource-decision-map
For All Badges - where you can create a system of badges for free
Allows the admin to first add earners as participants and then to issue them badges - great for a teacher administering badges to a classroom of students
http://www.forallbadges.com/
badg.us - website for creating badges
Allows the admin to award badges by entering the email addresses of those who have earned the badge - is ideal for awarding badges to a large number of people.
http://badg.us/en-US/
WordPress and WPBadger Plugin - another way to offer badges
Process outlined here by Doug Belshaw
http://bit.ly/LOdZiL
Webinar talk discussing badge design (Thanks to Sunny Lee for the resource!)
By Erin Knight, Mozilla's Senior Director of Learning - discussing what to think about when creating your badge system. Sheryl Grant and Carla Casilli also panelists for the webinar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zrirng0_ls&feature=relmfu
Google badges group (awesome resource--great conversations and help from experienced badgers, as well as weekly community calls to discuss badges)
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/openbadges
Make your own Mozilla badges by hand (Thanks to Anya for the referral!)
Instructions by Billy Meinke
http://billymeinke.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/open-badges-want-to-make-your-own-badges-by-hand-heres-how/
The manual issuing of badges by hand (Again, thanks to Anya from the google group)
Described in a case study by Peter Rawsthorne
http://criticaltechnology.blogspot.ca/2012/08/open-badges-case-study-1-wikiversity.html
Mozilla's page for Issuers ("What do I need to know?")
http://openbadges.org/en-US/issuer.html
P2PU Badge Maker Challenge (getting started making badges for P2PU)
https://p2pu.org/en/groups/how-do-i-make-a-badge/
API for badge issuer's website (instructions)
https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges/wiki/Issuer-API
Google Group for Open Badges
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/openbadges
Open Badges 101 Course on P2PU (by Leah MacVie)
https://p2pu.org/en/groups/the-world-of-open-badges/
Slideshare promotions of badges:
Slideshare has a bunch of presentations given on badges
http://www.slideshare.net/centuji/20120504-centopenbadgesfull
Videos from DML Badges Workshop 2012
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwjDEegcNesCFH4v3VeVB1S-w0mWApG-C&feature=plcp
Bloggers discussing badges recently:
Carla Casilli
Project Lead for Mozilla’s Open Badges. She blogs here fairly regularly about the project and especially about badge system design in an effort to narrow in on best practices.
https://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/mozilla-open-badges-the-ecosystem-begins-to-take-shape/
Sunny Lee
Project Manager and Partner Manager at Mozilla Open Badges. She is an active Twitter user and often discusses Mozilla’s efforts in promoting badges.
https://twitter.com/soletelee
Doug Belshaw
Badges and Skills Lead for Mozilla
http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/
Erin Knight
Mozilla's Senior Director of Learning. Also works on the badge project for Mozilla.
http://erinknight.com/
Chris McAvoy
http://weblog.lonelylion.com/
Peter Rawsthorne
Contractor for the Open Badges and Ignite Learning Labs at Mozilla. Spends some time on this blog discussing the open badges concept.
http://criticaltechnology.blogspot.com/2012/09/integrating-with-open-badges.htmlContractor for the Open Badges and Ignite Learning Labs at Mozilla. Spends some time on this blog discussing the open badges concept.
P2PU Blog
From VanessaG on the progress of the DML badges competition
http://info.p2pu.org/2012/09/24/update-from-digital-media-and-learning-duke/
Leah MacVie
Active P2PU user and course designer, PhD student and Instructional Designer. She has been active in researching Mozilla Open Badges and in wanting to forward their progress.
http://leahmacvie.com/home-2/
Anya Shyrokova
Grad student at the University of Michigan working on the Design for America badge project as part of the DML Competition
http://anyashy.com/2012/09/wikipedia-badges/
Chrissi Nerantzi (took Leah MacVie's P2PU course on Open Badges)
Academic Developer for teaching and learning at the University of Salford. She works with instructional design and has been involved in a project with badges for the university.
James Sanders
Innovation manager for the Bay Area schools. Creator of classbadges.com. Class badges project can also be followed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/classbadges.
https://twitter.com/jamestsanders
David Wiley
How badges work
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2433
How we evaluate learning
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2397
Edstartup using badges
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2459
Caryn Swark
Badges: Motivation, making them meaningful
http://gamifymyclass.blogspot.com/2012/09/p2pumozilla-open-badges-oh-my.html?showComment=1348111253391#c1138578963208698055
Ways to use badges in the classroom
http://www.gamifymyclass.blogspot.ca/2012/08/school-badges-incentives-for-students.html
Dan Hickey
Along with Rebecca Itow, Elyse Buffenbarger, and Andi Rehak--working on using open digital badges and blogging about the process
http://remediatingassessment.blogspot.com/2012/10/incorporating-open-badges-into-hybrid.html?showComment=1349818951438#c336793351655748530
Organizations with current badge projects:
Planet Stewards
http://planetstewards.wordpress.com/
Class Badges (in private beta)
A free, online tool where teachers can award badges for student accomplishments. Using a teacher account, you can award badges customized for your classroom or school.
http://classbadges.com/
Buzz Math
A resource for math teachers and students that facilitates learning
http://www.buzzmath.com/
Who Built America?
American Social History Project, Electric Funstuff and Education Development Center
http://ashp.cuny.edu/2012/03/ashp-news-march-2012/
http://hastac.org/competitions/winners/who-built-america-badges-teaching-disciplinary-literacy-history
NatureBadges
Collaboration between the Museum of Natural History and LearningTimes
http://badgestackproject.org/blog/smithsonian-nature-badges/
http://www.learningtimes.com/
Starlite Badges
Developed in conjunction with NASA
http://www.starlitebadges.com/
BadgeStack
This company helps schools and organizations create their own badge system
http://badgestack.com/
Young Adult Library Services Association
Help librarians develop skills to meet the needs of 21st century teens
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
http://hastac.org/competitions/winners/preparing-librarians-meet-needs-21st-century-teens
The Hub
High school initiative of the Providence After School Alliance
http://www.hubprov.com/
http://hastac.org/competitions/winners/pathways-lifelong-learning
Moodle as Issuer, Mahara as Displayer project
http://hastac.org/competitions/winners/moodle-issuer-mahara-displayer
Manufacturing Institute
(in conjunction with BYU's David O. McKay School)
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/News-Articles/2012/03/21-Badges-for-Lifelong-Learning-Announced.aspx
Mouse
This link is a "media coverage" report discussing badges
http://www.mouse.org/news-events/news/media-coverage/digital-badges-would-represent-students-skill-acquisition-education-
Thank you so much - this is an incredibly helpful group of resources on badging.
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