The Role of Technology in Microcredentialing

Trends Shaping the Future of Microcredentials

You heard about Verifiable Credentials and decided to learn more. You found some stuff online, but despite knowing your way thru identity, you still can't really tell how they work in practice...

Much like "the cloud" or "the superhighway", the metaphor of a "wallet" has become convenient shorthand for a tangle of technical, policy, and usability decisions. As we keep building out digital identity ecosystems with verifiable credentials, identity wallets, and cross-jurisdictional trust models, I ask: is the metaphor still helping us?

An overview of an idea, along with an MVP and wireframes, of how to create a platform to recognise skills in your network using Open Badges / Verifiable Credentials. Blog posts: - Part 1: https://blog.weareopen.coop/using-open-recognition-to-map-real-world-skills-and-attributes-1c1109c1b871 - Part 2: https://blog.weareopen.coop/using-open-recognition-to-map-real-world-skills-and-attributes-9506fcb4557f

Developing communications for your organisation

People often expect too much and too little from these technologies, leading (I would argue) to both over-ambitious and underwhelming demands.

YouTube video by KonnektorenHelp

Musings about the future of web-based wallets for digital badges and credentials.

How to think about the three-sided marketplace of skills validation

A less technical community-centric guide

Some examples based on a question in a workshop.

Exploring the Evolution of Trust in Networks Over the Next Decade