Hi Alex, Good idea and we should follow this up with AGS. Also ccing Discuss list
See some previous discussions on this at http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-November/002396.html Suchith ________________________________________ From: ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Alex Mandel [aiman...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 5:01 PM To: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] AGS GeoBadges.org I think we should consider participating in this project. Micro-credentials for learning and doing Geo stuff. See details below. Maybe Badges like: Open Geospatial Course Sharing (For teachers who release course materials) Data Sharing (For individuals or orgs that post open geographic data) I'm sure there are lots of other ideas, should pass this to OSGeo-Discuss too. -Alex -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: December Newsletter from AGS: Happy Holidays! Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:33:43 +0000 From: American Geographical Society <a...@americangeo.org> Reply-To: American Geographical Society <a...@americangeo.org> Happy Holidays from the staff at AGS Become an earner or issuer of Geobadges! As a 21st century learning society dedicated to the advancement of geographic thinking, understanding and knowledge across business, government academe, the social sector and education, the American Geographical Society is proud to have launched www.GeoBadges.org (http://www.geobadges.org/) during Geography Awareness Week. This independent micro-credentialing platform allows every organization that is committed to similar principals to allow the world to garner credit for their investment of time in the development of geographic skills, and the application of those skills toward public service. https://youtu.be/BuEDh2T0fcI We encourage everyone to spread the word, and to begin earning the GeoBadges that are relevant to their own lives and learning endeavors. In particular, everyone who participated in OSMGeoWeek (http://osmgeoweek.org/) should make sure to collect their OSM Editor and Organizer GeoBadges, and share them on your LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. The AGS is proud to have TeachOSM (http://teachosm.org/en/) , the MapStory Foundation (http://mapstory.org/) , GeoPlunge (http://geoplunge.com/) , theOpen Geospatial Consortium (http://www.opengeospatial.org/) , GeoMakers (http://geomakers.org/) , the PeaceCorps (http://www.peacecorps.gov/) , and CrisisMappers (http://crisismappers.net/) as a part of the GeoBadges.org launch. If your organization has ideas for GeoBadges that you would like to issue, please contact Selene Lawrence at a...@americangeo.org or call us at 917-745-8354. -- Alex Mandel, PhD Geospatial and Farming Systems Research Consortium University of California, Davis http://gfc.ucdavis.edu _______________________________________________ ica-osgeo-labs mailing list ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss