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Doug Belshaw<p>Even though I'm a vegetarian, I think this is one of my favourite images from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@bryanmmathers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bryanmmathers</span></a></span> has produced for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@weareopencoop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>weareopencoop</span></a></span> over the last couple of years</p><p>It illustrates the seventh and final post in a series highlighting the key points from a report that we wrote on <a href="https://social.coop/tags/microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcredentials</span></a> for the Irish National Digital Leadership Network (NDLN) </p><p><a href="https://blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-recognition-part-7-4ce87debec12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-</span><span class="invisible">recognition-part-7-4ce87debec12</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>Part 6 of a seven-part series teasing out the main parts of an NDLN report into <a href="https://social.coop/tags/microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcredentials</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-recognition-part-6-fe96ea9be396" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-</span><span class="invisible">recognition-part-6-fe96ea9be396</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>Just thinking out loud after a conversation with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@ottonomy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ottonomy</span></a></span> and doing a bit more research </p><p><a href="https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025/04/02/interoperability-digital-credentials/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">2/interoperability-digital-credentials/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>Post 5 of 7 just dropped highlighting key points from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@weareopencoop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>weareopencoop</span></a></span>'s <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a> report for N-TUTORR's <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NDLN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDLN</span></a> (launch event today!) <a href="https://blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-recognition-part-5-fde07efdcbd2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-</span><span class="invisible">recognition-part-5-fde07efdcbd2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p>
We Are Open Co-op<p>We recently authored a report for the Irish NDLN on the transformative potential of micro and digital credentialing in recognising learning and achievements.</p><p><a href="https://blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-recognition-part-1-50b0fc77cd05" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-</span><span class="invisible">recognition-part-1-50b0fc77cd05</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenREcognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenREcognition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>I've created a playlist for Badge to the Future development updates. The latest video shows the new 'My Portfolio' feature!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8W9hGhCnY0&amp;list=PLSm74rBWs_MX_cUq4qIaVSwZSN0ei5UJG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=I8W9hGhCnY</span><span class="invisible">0&amp;list=PLSm74rBWs_MX_cUq4qIaVSwZSN0ei5UJG</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>A quick development update to show transactional emails (i.e. recipients are now notified they've been issued a credential!)</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/lqkeGt5-FBg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/lqkeGt5-FBg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
We Are Open Co-op<p>We've been noodling on a new domain which pulls together some of our work around <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digitalcredentials.fyi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">digitalcredentials.fyi</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>Would YOU be interested in reading this book? Experiment #5 is using LeanPub to publish about <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://leanpub.com/digitalcredentials" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">leanpub.com/digitalcredentials</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>Enough. <a href="https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2024/12/04/calling-short-courses-microcredentials-is-cringe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dougbelshaw.com/blog/2024/12/0</span><span class="invisible">4/calling-short-courses-microcredentials-is-cringe/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a></p>
Laura Hilliger<p>A Little Open <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Recognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recognition</span></a> Goes A Long Way - <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@dajb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dajb</span></a></span> wrote about <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ePIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ePIC</span></a> and the issue with <a href="https://social.coop/tags/microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://blog.weareopen.coop/a-little-open-recognition-goes-a-long-way-19737be37bbc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.weareopen.coop/a-little-o</span><span class="invisible">pen-recognition-goes-a-long-way-19737be37bbc</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/openbadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/digitalcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>Look, I can't help what I wake up thinking about. This morning, it was the excellent Digital Credentials Consortium AMA yesterday.</p><p><a href="https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2024/08/29/digital-credentials-why-context-matters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dougbelshaw.com/blog/2024/08/2</span><span class="invisible">9/digital-credentials-why-context-matters/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenRecognitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRecognitions</span></a></p>
Doug Belshaw<p>It's been a while since I wrote a post about <a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBadges</span></a> on my personal blog. This one is simply me writing down something I noticed about a decade ago - and which hasn't really changed:</p><p><a href="https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2024/05/28/levelling-up/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dougbelshaw.com/blog/2024/05/2</span><span class="invisible">8/levelling-up/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalBadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VerifiableCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerifiableCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DigitalCredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCredentials</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Microcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microcredentials</span></a></p>
Laura Hilliger<p>Just hit the button on a post <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@dajb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dajb</span></a></span> and I co-wrote. Actually, Doug did most of the work and I just said some random stuff and then it became this pretty awesome post about <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ideology</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/verifiablecredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verifiablecredentials</span></a> <a href="https://blog.weareopen.coop/examining-the-roots-248077d11c2b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.weareopen.coop/examining-</span><span class="invisible">the-roots-248077d11c2b</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/openbadges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbadges</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/openrecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openrecognition</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/digitalcredentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalcredentials</span></a></p>