[p2pu-webcraft] Feedback for text about badges that goes in the front page of SoW

[Erin Knight]

There are actually two separate things at play here. 1) There is the
Mozilla Open Badge Infrastructure that these badges get pushed into. In
this case P2PU is simply an issuer in the ecosystem. But 2) SoW is a
partnership between Mozilla and P2PU so the SoW skill badges are in fact
backed by Mozilla - they even carry Mozilla branding. Mozilla reviews the
assessments/challenges and in that sense 'backs' them.

On the certification authority front - there are no formal certification
authorities for badges yet so it may be that there are more informal
certification authority relationships like this. Or or may turn out that
the endorsement functionality serves this function as well - we'll have to
see.

-E

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Janet Swisher <jswisher at mozilla.com>wrote:

>  I agree with Dan that putting together "certification" and "backed by
> Mozilla" is misleading. I suggest something like this:
>
> Earn Merit Badges
> Show off your web and community skills to friends, teachers, and potential
> employers through School of Webcraft merit badges. Merit badges show that
> your peers have assessed your work as meeting specific quality criteria.
> These badges are issued by School of Webcraft using the Open Badges
> framework, which is supported by Mozilla, the global non-profit dedicated
> to shaping the future of the Web for the public good, and to helping
> everyone become a Web maker. Badges are easy to display on your personal
> website, online profiles, and CV or resumé.
>
>
> On 11/30/11 6:32 AM, Chloe Varelidi wrote:
>
> ok, i see what you are saying. let me know if you have a suggestion for an
> improved text
> thanks,
> Chloe
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Dan Diebolt <dandiebolt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The implication of the narrative is that Mozilla is acting as some type
>> of certification authority which is simply not true. The document I
>> referenced has definitions for various stakeholders/roles (User, Issuer,
>> Displayer, Signer, Endorser) none of which equate to the implication that
>> Mozilla is a certification authority.
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