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=== [https://webmaker.org/ Webmaker] === | === [https://webmaker.org/ Webmaker] === | ||
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* Webmaker.org has a bunch of [https://blog.webmaker.org/march-7-feature-roundup cool new features.] | |||
* For [http://www.openeducationweek.org/ai1ec_event/open-education-and-the-open-web/?instance_id=273 Open Education Week], Doug Belshaw is [http://www.openeducationweek.org/ai1ec_event/open-education-and-the-open-web/?instance_id=273 moderating an online discussion] on our Google+ Webmaker Community this week. | |||
=== [https://openbadges.org/ Open Badges] === | === [https://openbadges.org/ Open Badges] === | ||
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Last week, we launched '''Mozilla BadgeKit''', the new set of open, foundational tools to make the badging process easy. BadgeKit: | |||
* '''Supports key stages''' in the badging experience including creating, designing, assessing and issuing. | |||
* '''Includes remixable templates''' and milestone badges allowing for easy customization. | |||
* '''Provides modular and open options''' (standards) for the community of badge makers to use and build upon within their existing sites or systems. | |||
Availability of BadgeKit: | |||
* Open now in private beta for select partner organizations that meet specific technical requirements. | |||
* [www.badgekit.org Apply for access] to the private beta hosted version. | |||
* Grab the code for each tool within [https://github.com Github]. | |||
=== [https://mozillascience.org/ Mozilla Science Lab] === | === [https://mozillascience.org/ Mozilla Science Lab] === | ||
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* Our Director Kay Thaney is in Nairobi right now for a workshop that kicks off tomorrow focusing on discoverability and openness of African scholarship. | |||
** Read her [http://kaythaney.com/2014/03/09/thinking-globally/ blog post] on thinking open and thinking globally in science. | |||
** Follow the hashtag '''#scholarAfrica''' to learn more. | |||
=== [Policy & Advocacy] === | |||
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* This week marks the '''25th birthday of the World Wide Web'''. To celebrate the birth of the Web, Mozilla is participating in the Web at 25 and Web We Want campaigns launching later this week. | |||
** '''Find the campaign''' at webat25.org later this week. | |||
** Stay tuned to see how you can '''contribute to an interactive quilt''' that will enable people to fill in a message with the type of Web that people want. | |||
=== [Open News] | |||
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* We've launched [https://source.opennews.org/en-US/articles/introducing-source-guides/ Source Guides], a batch of topical collections of advice and tutorials on data journalism and source in the newsroom. More collections to come! | |||
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