Badges/bsd/wiki

Introduction

Badge system design is rooted in understanding how badges come together to form a system. There are a variety of approaches and we're interested in cataloguing them all here. This wiki is the framework for building a toolkit to help people understand badge system design. This is where you come in: add your use cases, your definitions of terms, your techniques, your questions, etc.

Getting involved

There are several ways to get involved and give feedback on the standard:

• Add your content below!
• Join us for our regular research / system design calls
• Discuss badge system design on the Open Badges list
• Use the #badgesd hashtag

Use cases

There are a variety of use cases that we're seeing in the badge system design world. What is yours?

• Community recognition / development
• Academic advancement
• Professional development

Personas

There are thousands of possible personas, let's consider them and how they might relate to use cases.

Badge types

There are a number of badge types, let's consider them