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Open Badges, current state of development

Tarmo Toikkanen — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:22 +0000

I've mentioned Open Badges earlier this year. It's an open standard proposal by the Mozilla Foundation that attempts to create a web-based way for anyone (or any institution) to give accreditation to anyone on any topic. Things have progressed nicely in these few months. Here's what you can already do with Open Badges, explained as a series of screen shots.

Fixed a Samsung Galaxy S by replacing the OS with CyanogenMod

Tarmo Toikkanen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:34:20 +0000

I replaced the not-so-useful Samsung custom software from a Samsung Galaxy S with CyanogenMod. The installation guides did not quite answer all questions, so here's my walkthrough.

Quick roundup of how Open Badges are used in P2PU

Tarmo Toikkanen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:21:38 +0000

Open Badges is a Mozilla project attempting to provide a standard way for anyone to award certifications to others, in a web way. I’ve been playing with P2PU, which is a beta platform for the badges. Here’s a quick roundup. Currently the Webcraft course in P2PU includes badges. The creator of the course has created [...]

P2PU, webcraft, and Mozilla Open Badges

Tarmo Toikkanen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:36 +0000

Mozilla has been cooking something interesting: a framework for anyone to create and award badges to anyone else. The recipient can then display the badges wherever they want, and the underlying metadata and functionality make the badge verifiable by anone. Is this the future of accreditation? Where do we need traditional schools any more? Anyways, [...]

SNA and learning: density is not beneficial

Tarmo Toikkanen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:56:32 +0000

Many studies that analyse networked learning (NL) or computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) using social network analysis tend to use density as a metric of interaction quality. Specifically, the studies assume that a high density is something to aim for. However, my data shows otherwise.

A critical view towards Social Network Analysis in education

Tarmo Toikkanen — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:22:10 +0000

I'm starting to write about my PhD research in my blog. Even though I have colleagues who blog about their research, such as Riina Vuorikari, and I'm one of the leading social media experts in Finland, it just hasn't occured to me to combine these two activities. Maybe it's about time.

How to connect your WordPress blog to Facebook and Twitter

Tarmo Toikkanen — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:50:31 +0000

How to use four Wordpress plugins to send posts to Facebook and Twitter, and to collect comments and replies back into blog post comments.

What’s happening to copyright?

Tarmo Toikkanen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:19:40 +0000

Here’s a slidecast of my recent lecture at Aalto university‘s Media Lab, which discussed copyright, creative commons and remixing. The audio track is some 50 minutes long, but the actual lecture is only about 30 minutes – there’s 20 minutes of follow-up discussions at the end. What’s happening to copyright View more presentations from Tarmo [...]

Choosing an open license – a Prezi presentation

Tarmo Toikkanen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:21:13 +0000

If you’re wondering about publishing some creative works online, be they text, photos, presentations, videos, podcasts, or whatever, this quick overview of open licenses may help you in choosing what to do. You can basically not publish at all, publish under the normal copyright rules, or select an of several open licenses that will allow [...]

H0, null hypothesis – challenge your preconceived notions

Tarmo Toikkanen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:51 +0000

After listening to Göte Nyman at TEDxHelsinki about Null hypothesis (H0), I just had to write down some thoughts that arose from it. First a recap: Göte presented examples from popular news media, such as “coke and pepsi activate different areas of the brain”. Well duh, if they are experienced differently, someone might assume that [...]