[FM Discuss] Book Sprint Badges

[Allen Gunn]

Hey,

Mick, I agree the points you raise are super important and must be
addressed.

I also agree with Adam about the value for badges for specific book
production and facilitation skills.

In addition, I think training/sprints are not the only types of badges
relevant to the FM community. I look at how badges work in communities
where knowledge sharing happens (e.g. stack overflow), and badges for
being effect peer supporters also strike me as relevant to FM. There are
a few folks on this very list who are overdue for one or more such
badges IMO.

peace,
gunner

On 04/06/2012 05:57 AM, adam wrote:
> so, i think your points are bang on. fm is a very strong as a community
> and i have some doubts about suggesting badges because of this. however
> one thing that we lack and its a broader issue, is training for people
> who want to host short sprints, update sprints, or full blown book sprints.
> 
> this is actually a specific skill set, and it might be worthwhile to
> look at the badges system as a kind of mentoring process as much as
> anything. a sprint focused mentoring process that is explicit and one
> that has porous entry points
> 
> at the moment if you want to do sprints then you either do it cold or
> you come and talk to me about how to get it done. that kinda sucks. fm
> should take more ownership of the sprint process. it originated in fm
> (as a practice, the idea came first from tomas krag). so why dont we get
> community building within fm around learning these skills. show the
> world that fm can scale this idea, take us to even another level of
> astonishing feats by our community - badges could provide good
> mechanisms for inspiring people to do weekend update sprints (etc) so
> they can participate in the badge/mentoring process, learn how to hold
> sprints,  get recognition for it and ave an explicit avenue for getting
> better at it
> 
> 
> adam
> 
> On 06/04/12 12:50, Mick Fuzz wrote:
>> On 06/04/12 10:34, adam wrote:
>>> so, I think this badges stuff could be cool. I am working with
>>> Siyavula in Capetown to integrate Open Badges into Booktype. When I
>>> see how it is done we could integrate it into FM.
>>>
>>> There is a django-bdger app that im looking into.
>>>
>>> What would be cool is if we could get a discussion on what the badges
>>> could be and how to integrate them into FM (not technically).
>>>
>>> As I see it there needs to be complete 'buy in' so the badges should
>>> be something the community constructs. The process should be
>>> transparent from head to toe...
>>>
>>> anyone want to start with suggestions on how it can work?
>> I'm happy to pitch in. If only to be the first person to post this link
>> about 'we don't need no stinkin' badges!'
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdZKCh6RsU
>>
>> Just to be devil's advocate and get the discussion going...
>> Can you tells us more about why the FM community need badges.
>>
>> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About
>> from this website..
>>
>> "The web and other new learning spaces provide exciting ways to gain
>> skills and experience -- from online courses, learning networks and
>> mentorship to peer learning, volunteering and after-school programs.
>> Badges provide a way for learners to get recognition for these skills,
>> and display them to potential employers, schools, colleagues and their
>> community"
>>
>> But realistically the FM community don't provide any training.  This
>> isn't really the focus of the project, there is not group of people we
>> can point to and say 'they these guys want recognition for their skills'
>> -  so why are badges important to us?
>>
>> nice one
>> Mick
>>
>>
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