Welcome! This interactive timeline tells the story of Open Badges in 2014, from community collaborations and working group triumphs to celebrations of citywide learning and international initiatives.;xNLx;;xNLx;Follow the story of Open Badges in 2014 using this simple timeline!;xNLx;;xNLx;At the bottom of the timeline is a black area, featuring colorful dots and a time scale. The dots each represent an event on the timeline. Click on them to animate the timeline to that point in time.;xNLx;;xNLx;You can also use the translucent bar to move around the timeline. Simply drag it to the left or right. To find out further information about a particular event on the timeline, click the 'more' button to display a popup panel.;xNLx;;xNLx;Join us as we tell the story of what happened in the world of open badges throughout 2014!
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EdWeek asked 32 education leaders what they were excited about, and badges made the list.
The M-STEM Academy at the University of Michigan launch their digital badging system for student recognition and validation.
There was focused and lively discussion at "Open Badges: Ways to Evidence Employability," an event held at the University of the West of Scotland.
As the new year kicks off, Achievery predicts that their platform will be used to issue 1 million credentials to learners around the world.
Open Badge Factory launches piloting phase of their cloud platform for badge management.
The Badge Design Principles Documentation Project team at Indiana University publishes their research findings.
Credly releases the latest version of Open Credit, the world’s leading API for digital badges, as well as a new developers’ resource portal.
New live sessions of the Open Badges MOOC kick off with a discussion of competency-based learning and badges.
Digital Me ran the Badge The UK area at BETT, one of the world's leading learning technology events, held in London.
The Open Badges Webinar Series kicks off with Badges 101: Digging into Badges.
Kevin Browne writes a piece on 4 Platforms That Will Disrupt Higher Education for HASTAC, listing Open Badges as one of the disruptors.
The Badge Alliance is announced at the Summit to Reconnect Learning.
Erin Knight dives into some of the thinking behind the launch of the Badge Alliance.
Pearson, edX, Educational Testing Service, Workforce.io, and more announce intentions to align with the Open Badges Standard.
The Open Science Framework (OSF) proposes the use of badges by journals to recognize open practices in scientific research.
Live session of the Open Badges MOOC: New Currency for Professional Credentials.
The Badge Alliance team lead three sessions on open badges at the 2014 SXSWedu conference and festival in Austin, TX.
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) turns over its Twitter to a different partner each day of Teen Tech Week, March 9-15, 2014.
An initial set of open badges case studies are released on the Summit to Reconnect Learning site.
We Are Snook announce the launch of their Badge Maker Project, including online and offline tools for badge creation.
Director of Design + Practice Carla Casilli outlines a foundational 3-part model for badge system design.
eCampus News features a piece on "9 reasons why badges are better than degrees."
New OER Commons badges are launched to recognize community contributors' skills and expertise.
Doug Belshaw, former Badges & Skills Lead at Mozilla, talks about his reasons for believing in open badges for learning.
Patrick Hanlon writes about a "new merit badge economy" in this piece for Forbes Magazine
Badge Alliance Marketing + Community Manager Jade Forester shares some of the transitions and changes on the badges team.
VIF International Education provides an introduction to digital badges for teachers.
The Duke of York and Nominet Trust launch an initiative to encourage young people to start their own business ventures.
Bob Nilsson at Extreme Networks examines the disruptive potential of digital badges in a blog series on badges in education.
The initial set of Badge Alliance Working Groups kick off the first work cycle in April.
Inside Higher Ed looks at Lipscomb University as a model for competency-based programs in the liberal arts.
Providence Career and Technical Academy offers Rhode Island’s first high school pre-engineering course, complete with badges.
Charles Taylor Kerchener writes about the revolutionary potential of digital badges for Education Week.
Professor Dan Hickey and his research team presented their work on badges at the American Educational Research Association conference.
Alberto Corsín Jiménez shares his research into building open source urban infrastructures in a Madrid plaza.
Connected Learning TV dives into the 2014 Cities of Learning in a webinar series throughout the month of May.
Digital Promise and Getting Smart publish a paper titled "Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning: Competency-based Teacher Preparation & Development."
Frank Catalano of Intrinsic Strategy responds to badge skeptics in a piece for EdNET.
George Brown College in Toronto launches a digital badge program to recognize students.
Emily Goligoski, former Product + Design Researcher at Mozilla, shares new visual design templates for badges on her blog.
Live session of the Open Badges MOOC: New Currency for Professional Credentials.
The Mozilla Webmaker team are testing new badges for Super Mentors and Hive Community Members.
The Pain Community Centre at Cardiff University in Wales has added open badges to its professional development platform.
The first day of Digital 2014 in Newport, Wales, saw a lot of presentations and conversations about open badges.
Dr. Bernard Bull shares his thoughts on ways educators can use digital badges in their courses.
The Badge Alliance announces the launch of its community wiki
Six US cities announce citywide learning programming for youth as part of the 2014 Cities of Learning initiative.
Badges and the Cities of Learning are featured as part of the first-ever White House Maker Faire.
Mozilla Discover is a learning pathways prototype for mapping skills and badges.
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