Describe your conclusion about the application of Open Badge in the context of P2Pu.
P2Pu School of Badges
About
The School of Badges brings together eight courses to assist people in understanding open badges. The skills developed from within the school are focused upon understanding badges, issuing, earning and displaying badges, badge systems design, and the technical aspects of implementing open badges. The courses are designed to be self-directed and peer based. Each course issues an open badge upon completion.
Rationale
What are the rationale behind creating the school of badges?
Comprehensiveness - provide people a complete set of courses to explore all the aspects of open and digital badges (from getting started through technical implementation). The set of courses should be run and hosted from within a shared platform that facilitates peer based learning.
Learning Pathways - offer a set of courses that provide steps along a learning journey allowing the learner to build an understanding of badges best suited to their needs. The learning pathway should be flexible in that they can develope their own scenarios when deepening their understanding of open and digital badges.
Collaboration (peer based learning) - utilize a platform that encourages peer based learning and allows people to engage at a frequency and depth best suited for their personal needs. Discussion and collaboration should be a foundational feature of the learning environment.
Promotion - align the school of badges with P2Pu for mutual benefit. Add content, learners and traffic to P2Pu while following the P2Pu approach in building a school. The build-out of the courses within the School of Badges is a volunteer effort; and P2Pu benefits from these added courses (content) and provides a platform for their promotion. The school also aligns with P2Pu increasing use of open badges to recognize accomplishments.
