Exploring badge endorsements in cooperative communities — Background and context In 2017, We Are Open Co-op (WAO) presented groundbreaking ideas on building and credentialing ‘cooperative character’ at the Cooperative Education and Research Conference. Fast forward to today, and we find ourselves revisiting this concept, driven by three key developments that we’ll delve into in this post. …

Last time around, we shared advice on how to rebrand a community, some recommendations around Open Badges platforms, and a podcast about ‘Cognitive Liberty’. Today, we’ve got the third in a series of posts by Laura Hilliger about our work on Critical Incident Training with Greenpeace, one from Doug Belshaw…

A guide to current and future practices — In a recent blog post, we outlined the role of endorsement in Open Badges and Open Recognition. This article aims to demonstrate how you can apply these concepts within your community, both now and in the future. Background and context One of the unique features of Open Badges is that anyone can issue…

In our last newsletter, we shared our second post about exploring community learning pathways with Greenpeace, a new course on Open Recognition, and the second episode on our podcast series on AI. This time around, we’ve got a post from Anne Hilliger giving advice on how to rebrand a community…

An up-to-date list of platforms WAO knows and recommends — Four years ago we published a blog post which listed 10 platforms for issuing Open Badges. This stemmed from the demise of a particular platform and the emergence of several others. Today, we’re in a similar situation with uncertainty surrounding another platform after it’s acquisition. …

This time around, in keeping with this being issue #2, we’ve got the second episode in Season 7 of our podcast, as well as the second post in a series about our work around Greenpeace’s Critical Incident Network. We’ve also got the launch of a new course around the concept…

Introducing our new course on strategies for success in going beyond microcredentials — WAO is pleased to announce the availability of another free, email-based course. This one has been a long time in the making and is an introduction to the work we’ve been doing around Open Recognition. 👉 Sign up for the course here

Last time, in our pilot issue, we shared a post about work we’ve been doing on Greenpeace’s Critical Incident programme. This time, we’ve got some work that we’ve been doing with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, the first edition of Season 7 of our podcast, and a link roundup. Let’s dive…

Collaborating with WEAll on digital transformation and community building — The Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) is on a mission that resonates with WAO’s values: shifting the economy from capital-driven to values-driven. However, when they got in touch with us last year, they had a problem. Their community platform was more like a ghost town than a thriving neighbourhood, and they…