Carla Casilli's excellent troika of posts

This troika of posts from Carla Casilli is a must read for everyone wrapping the heads around designing open badge systems. I know these three posts have given me more license to dive more deeply into approaches for digital badges. particularly how they apply to the self-directed life-long learner. Thank-you Carla!!!

• Addressing questions of validity and introducing reliability + credibility into the equation
  https://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/badge-system-design-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-validity/
  
  I completely resonate with this post and how it challenges the status-quo regarding validity of credentials and how validity is built through time. Most things that have credibility, built their credibility through time.
  
  
• Different perspectives on ways to approach badge system design
  https://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/badge-system-design-seven-ways-of-looking-at-a-badge-system/
  
  Looking at badge systems from many views is key to understanding badges systems. Badges are a paradigm shift, a disrupter, an opportunity for every self-directed life-long learner.
  
  
• Why open badges matter in a binary world https://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/badge-system-design-beyond-a-binary-approval-system/
  
  This post does a great job of getting you thinking about traditional accreditation systems. Learning is a life-long journey and doesn't have an end point. Even upon mastery of a subject domain, you realize there is still so much to learn. Badge systems can do a great job is supporting the endless journey of learning.