[FM Discuss] Book Sprint Badges

[Mick Fuzz]

> ok, so immediately I start to think about how cohesive this will look 
> over the entire FM and what it is we are trying to achieve. Firstly, 
> anyone can structure a book as they like. We cant change that (and 
> dont want to) so, if we make the badges part of the general philosophy 
> and structure of fm manuals i think :
> 1. its not the general philosophy of fm to explicitly (as would be 
> needed with activities at the end of sections) dictate a structure for 
> manuals
> 2. Fm is not P2PU and we should not try to be. We are Fm. We make free 
> manuals for free software. The badges are added value and not the core 
> point.

So then, (puts black hat on again) -  Why do the software learning 
badges on FM at all? (as opposed to the community / workshop leader 
badges) -  P2PU seems like a much more natural vehicle for these kinds 
of badges.

Does it not make sense to build better links with them, so that the FM 
manuals can be used in P2PU courses, and educators encouraged to use 
them, and to maintain them.

This gets around the hassle of having to bolt on badges to FM where they 
are not part of the core mission. And builds bridges with another great 
project and community.

      I would say we could break this down to stages as general guiding
    principles for FM badges. Something like:
    A. Understanding of this software
    B. Basic core functionality use
    C. Advanced use
    D. Wizard

    We could also have a special badge :
    5. Workshop Leader

    or some such...but make that last one hard to get


I think that this would work well. I can start to try to break this up. 
I would be very interested to see what other people think too.


    We could even have two levels of accreditation:
    1. honestly earned
    2. verified

    Same badge for each but slightly different 'accreditation'

    1. is for those that go through the stages and get the badge by
    themselves
    2. is for those that go through a peer reviewed or tutor reviewed
    verification


I think that an activity based badge rather than a quiz based badge is 
probably the way to go.
And it makes sense what you are saying, but how does that fit into the 
ecosystem of Open Badges? It seems a bit confusing potentially and a 
badge saying or indicating 'unverified' would be a bit of lemon maybe.

I waited a bit before sending this as I think it would be great to hear 
what other people think about how this could work and potential good and 
bad aspects of it.

nice one
mick


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