System Structure
Centralized vs distributed
Look, feel, and flow
based on reviews of
existing certification programs.
Sketched notes and references
- CC as central authority, manages all authentication, records, distribution of certificates (ODI, Linux Foundation, Blender, Red Hat
- CC as hub, manages "core" certificate, authorizes other entities to issue specialized certificates, connects to hubs via API for reporting (Mozilla somewhat distributed in content, activities)
- Git fork / branch, merge model? remix?
What is a Certificate
Representations, how is it acquired, distributed, verified?
- Linked Profile/Portfolio in Directory (Blender, B Corps)
- Static Profile listing in Trainer Directory (ODI)
- Registered with unique ID, download PDF, and badge (Linux Foundation)
- Qualified / official logo can be used by earners (ODI, City & Guilds, B Corp)
- Certificate emailed (Red Hat)
- Certificate Verification Tool (Linux Foundation, Red Hat)
Stacked Certificate Options
A system of simple to more complex certificate options
- Trainer options are more intensively reviewed (criteria Blender, ODI)
- Technical Certifications are assessed by exam proctored in controlled testing environment (Red Hat, Linux Foundation)
- Many require materials submitted via Email (City & Guilds), others done via creating a profile ID account (Blender, Linux Foundation)
Time/Effort vs Training Modes
Tradeoffs to be made?
- Examination based certifications easier to do for content / technical skill based, and for more people
- Portfolio review, application committee review more time, person intensive
Relationship with Rights Owners
For possible peer / external review CC has a unique situation where a rights holder has a stake in caring about the way certification applicants are performing.
Banks of "stuff"
A system less rigidly designed? User / trainer choice / materials
- Choices of activities (Mozilla), DS106 Assignment Bank model (original, template/theme
- Users create new activities
- Can the work that certificate participants to be more than a disposable assignment, can it feed a resource, or promote the presence of CC in the world? (Making Something of Certification Exhaust)
- Role of peer evaluation
Source Materials
Pre-Work assignment
"Picking features and functions from across these examples, and/or defining new features/functions you think are better, create an overall design for CC’s certificate program."
Wikity Notes
Notes stored in a "Wikity Federated Wordpress" (via Mike Caulfield, http://wikity.cc), a series of cards of one idea per card.
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