The document discusses a meeting at IMS Global Learning Consortium about digital credentials and highlights from the IMS Summit. It describes IMS's mission to improve education through open standards and data interoperability. It also discusses themes around building partnerships between educators and employers, and exemplar projects like programs at the University of Central Oklahoma and Ball State University involving skills badges. Finally, it provides information on IMS membership levels and certification of open badge products and specifications.

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Highlights from IMS Summit on
Digital Credentials
ORA Community Meeting
28 March 2018

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IMS Mission
To advance technology that can affordably scale and
improve educational participation and attainment
Improving data interoperability through open standards

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Building Educator-Employer
Partnerships

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Why focus on educator-employer
partnerships?
Better career and life fulfilment through better learning
credentials Rob Abel, IMS
Opportunity Gap: Barriers exist for millions of people:
documentation, understanding “the system”, some college no
degree Ryan Davis, CSW
• Credit for what you know
• Competency > seat time
• “Open source the system”
Innovative educational programs and tools are emerging

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Themes
Exemplar Community Colleges and Universities partnering with
local employers to understand needs and design programs
(badges, courses, certificates, degrees)
See Madison College, Colorado Community Colleges, ASU EdPlus
Large employers are using badges to train employees,
customers, and partners
See Microsoft, IBM
Employers are not yet equipped to consume detailed badge data
Rarely verify resumes and transcripts

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Exemplar Projects & Programs
University of Central Oklahoma’s STLR program – University wide focus on
recognizing students’ skills and non-academic achievements
Prof. Richard Edwards, Ball State Univ. – Aesthetic role of badges; telling story
of the learner; design is breadcrumbs leading learner to want to earn more.
See BSU’s #Hitchcock50 MOOC
Badgr Pathways and BadgeRank launched – New search engine identifies all
Open Badges for use in building learning pathways
Southern New Hampshire Univ. will be recording diplomas on blockchain

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Scottsdale, AZ (Feb 28, 2018) - CEOs and Product Managers from leading
Open Badges suppliers discuss their implementations of OBv2.

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Supplier Product OB 2.0 Certification(s) Achieved
Chalk & Wire MyMantl 1.0 Issuer, Displayer, Host
Concentric Sky Badgr 3.1 Issuer, Displayer, Host
Credly Credly Issuer, Displayer
Digitalme Digitalme Credly Issuer, Displayer
Digitalme Makewaves Issuer, Displayer, Host
Digitalme Open Badges Academy Issuer, Displayer, Host
iQualify iQualify LMS Issuer
Learning Objects Learning Objects Issuer
Pearson Acclaim Issuer
Open Badges 2.0 Certifications
Current as of 12 March 2018

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imsglobal.org/openbadges-certified-products

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Public OBv2 Resources
Specification: openbadgespec.org
GitHub: github.com/IMSGlobal/openbadges-specification
Validator: openbadgesvalidator.imsglobal.org
IMS Certification details openbadgesvalidator.imsglobal.org/cert (IMS login req’d)

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IMS Membership Levels
Contributing Member
Voting member, joint marketing, leadership on
advisory boards and technical workgroups, full
access to technical resources and certifications
Affiliate Member
Non-voting member, participation in
boards/workgroups by invitation, access to
certification resources and technical support
Alliance Member
Access to specific certification resources and
public resources
imsglobal.org/imsmembership.html
Why Certify?
Demonstrates commitment to standards-
based ecosystem
Signals to market a leadership role in
EdTech and builds trust with potential
customers
Enhances visibility of product through IMS
initiatives and product directory

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IMS Global Learning Consortium
Contact
Jeff Bohrer
Technical Program Manager
jbohrer@imsglobal.org
https://www.imsglobal.org/imsmembership.html