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MacKinnon, Teresa – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Open badges are a 21st-century solution to the shortcomings of paper certificates in the age of digital, online identity management. These small visual signifiers which carry hard-coded meta-data can be issued by anyone in order to recognise achievement or participation in formal or informal activities. They link back directly to the issuer, the…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Information Storage, Credentials, Metadata