[Qgis-developer] Open Badges

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Recently I have learned about Mozilla Open Badges:
> http://www.openbadges.org/
>
> Basically it is an open specification and infrastructure where anyone
> can issue badges which people can collect - and which can be later
> verified.
>
> Maybe we could make some use of it as a kind of certifications - and
> issue badges to people upon completion of training courses - or just
> within the community for the sake of fun (rewards to bug reporters,
> translators, donors etc).
>
> Just an idea...
>
>
I registered and had a play around - it looks nice but I think it is
complicated to explain to people and to get first signed up etc.  So while
it looks like  a fun thin maybe we should keep it in the geekier parts of
the project - e.g. issuing a badge for each hackfest you attend.

Regards

Tim


> Cheers
> Martin
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