In case you missed it: IMS Digital Credentialing Initiative

[Erin Knight]

Hi all –

In case you've missed the announcement this morning - Open Badges has partnered with IMS Global, the leading education technology standards body, to accelerate the adoption and interoperability of badges in education & workforce. 

 

The new IMS Digital Credentialing initiative will be focused on furthering the adoption, integration and transferability of digital credentials, within institutions, schools, and corporations. The initial aim of IMS Digital Credentialing will be to further investigate and expand the reach, adoption and value of open badges in several potential ways, including: badge integration in the IMS eT work already underway, Open Badge Standard extension work, and exploration of new models of badge system design, storage, usage, or evaluation.

 

This exciting new partnership is a natural evolution of all of the hard work that we have accomplished together so far. For more information on what this means for the Open Badges work, check out my blog post here and the IMS Global press release here. 

 

Tell us what you think of this new partnership and opportunity! Send us your questions, thoughts, concerns, high fives, etc.

 

Thanks,

Erin