recognition

The Meaning of Recognition

I think in the early days of thinking about open credentialing, I got fixated on the credential part. The proof you might receive from an authoritative body, qualified to judge, rather than a human nod or tip-of-the-hat from someone in my community. Recognition – we all need it.

By the way, it’s a long time since I’ve woven a friendship bracelet. (Is it still a thing amongst the youth of today?)

This illustration was created for a series of credentialing workshops with Badge guru Doug Belshaw for the N-TUTORR project.

Bryan Mathers

Share
Published by
Bryan Mathers

Recent Posts

Art vs. Idea

I met Grayson Perry at an event once. When he was asked what is art?…

1 month ago

A Typology of Interpersonal Recognition

Back in the old days of social media, h/t was a thing. (I remember having…

1 month ago

How you made them feel

I was listening to a politics podcast at the beginning of last week (weren't we…

1 month ago

Microcredentials and Recognition

Hidden in conversation are a whole host of metaphors, which are pictorial clues to the…

1 month ago

Elements of a badging policy

What creates the spark behind an illustration? There's nothing I love better than playing idea…

2 months ago

The AI arms race

It seems that somebody somewhere is using new and sneaky ways of getting messages into…

4 months ago