Reports from the Field: Recognising Achievement with Badges and Blockchain in a Connectivist MOOC

While previous work has recognized the potential for open badges and blockchain to play a role in online courses, this potential has yet to be realized in a fully decentralized cMOOC. This paper describes the design objectives of an application that integrates open badges and blockchain with a cMOOC...

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Autor principal:	Stephen Downes
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Commonwealth of Learning 2019
Materias:	mooc cmooc badge blockchain webmention rss decentralised elearning educational technology Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:46a6fc0c73504f129474523e7294db2e2021-12-02T23:21:17ZReports from the Field: Recognising Achievement with Badges and Blockchain in a Connectivist MOOC2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/46a6fc0c73504f129474523e7294db2e2019-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/348https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550While previous work has recognized the potential for open badges and blockchain to play a role in online courses, this potential has yet to be realized in a fully decentralized cMOOC. This paper describes the design objectives of an application that integrates open badges and blockchain with a cMOOC. The work described was undertaken during the offering on an online course, and thus development took place in an actual course context with interaction with course participants. The full workflow from course content to storage on the blockchain is described, and some concluding comments are offered on the results of this course, and the potential for future applications.Stephen DownesCommonwealth of Learningarticlemooccmoocbadgeblockchainwebmentionrssdecentralisedelearningeducational technologyTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 273-286 (2019)
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description	While previous work has recognized the potential for open badges and blockchain to play a role in online courses, this potential has yet to be realized in a fully decentralized cMOOC. This paper describes the design objectives of an application that integrates open badges and blockchain with a cMOOC. The work described was undertaken during the offering on an online course, and thus development took place in an actual course context with interaction with course participants. The full workflow from course content to storage on the blockchain is described, and some concluding comments are offered on the results of this course, and the potential for future applications.
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title	Reports from the Field: Recognising Achievement with Badges and Blockchain in a Connectivist MOOC
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Reports from the Field: Recognising Achievement with Badges and Blockchain in a Connectivist MOOC

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