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*University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Sorelle A. Friedler (Haverford College), Seny Kamara (Brown University)
*University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Sorelle A. Friedler (Haverford College), Seny Kamara (Brown University)
*Washington University | St. Louis, MO | Ron Cytron
*Washington University | St. Louis, MO | Ron Cytron
= Past Mozilla Education Programs =
Mozilla Foundation’s mission is to build a technology future that serves the public good. Since 2010, Mozilla Education has advanced this mission by equipping learners, educators, and institutions with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to thrive in an increasingly digital world.
Early Mozilla Education initiatives focused on building an open ecosystem of programs, tools, and communities that promoted web literacy, digital participation, and lifelong learning. These efforts emphasized openness, learner agency, and community-driven innovation, laying the foundation for many of Mozilla’s later education programs.
== Open Badges Project (2011–2017) ==
In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur%20Foundation the MacArthur Foundation], launched the '''Open Badges Project''' to address a growing disconnect between how people learn and how learning is recognized. The project was developed in response to the recognition that learning increasingly occurred across formal education, online communities, workplaces, volunteer organizations, and self-directed experiences, yet traditional credentials such as grades and degrees often failed to capture these diverse forms of learning. (Source: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/5/59/OpenBadges-Working-Paper_012312.pdf Open Badge White Paper])
Rather than replacing traditional credentials, Mozilla envisioned Open Badges as an open, decentralized standard that would allow any trusted organization to issue verifiable digital credentials. Each badge contained metadata describing the issuing organization, the criteria for earning the badge, evidence demonstrating the achievement, and information needed to authenticate the credential. This allowed learners to build portable, evidence-based records of their skills across multiple learning environments.
The Open Badges initiative was grounded in Mozilla's broader vision of an open web and lifelong learning. Mozilla described badges as a mechanism for connecting learning across formal and informal settings, recognizing emerging skills such as digital literacy, motivating continued learning, and helping learners communicate their competencies to employers, educational institutions, and professional communities. The project also emphasized learner ownership by allowing individuals to collect, manage, and display badges earned from multiple issuers through an open infrastructure rather than a single platform. (Source: [https://blog.mozilla.org/blogarchive/blog/2014/02/12/how-were-making-education-more-like-the-web/  How We’re Making Education More Like the Web - Mark Surman])
Mozilla released the first version of the Open Badges Infrastructure in 2012, enabling organizations around the world to issue interoperable digital credentials using an open standard. The project was subsequently adopted by educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, museums, cities, workforce development programs, and online learning communities. In 2014, Mozilla helped establish the [https://www.imsglobal.org/digital-credentials-and-badging-alliance Badge Alliance] to support community governance and adoption of the Open Badges ecosystem. Stewardship of the Open Badges specification transitioned to IMS Global Learning Consortium (now [https://www.1edtech.org/ 1EdTech Consortium]) in 2017, ensuring the continued development of the open standard beyond Mozilla. (Source: [https://openbadges.org/about/history History of Open Badges])
'''Mozilla Foundation Lessons:''' Open credentialing systems can achieve broad adoption through strong cross-sector partnerships. Long-term success, however, depends on sustained institutional commitment, reliable technical infrastructure, and dedicated operational support.


= Student and Community Projects =
= Student and Community Projects =
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Western Governors University (WGU)
Western Governors University (WGU)
* '''Headway''' explores building an AI-powered learning or support tool that leverages structured data and modular components to improve user guidance and decision-making. It demonstrates how rapid prototyping can integrate educational data, AI assistance, and user-centered design to create more personalized and scalable learning experiences. '''Creators:''' Drew Ceccato, Cory Hammon, Taylor Hansen, Betheny Gross, Kymberly Lavigne-Hinkley; '''See:''' [https://github.com/coryhammon-wgu/gates-hackathon Github] and [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xowjjxqGYQJ7ipU4G2nRJOtAUUbPluTH/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117815892235476555991&rtpof=true&sd=true Presentation]
* '''Headway''' explores building an AI-powered learning or support tool that leverages structured data and modular components to improve user guidance and decision-making. It demonstrates how rapid prototyping can integrate educational data, AI assistance, and user-centered design to create more personalized and scalable learning experiences. '''Creators:''' Drew Ceccato, Cory Hammon, Taylor Hansen, Betheny Gross, Kymberly Lavigne-Hinkley; '''See:''' [https://github.com/coryhammon-wgu/gates-hackathon Github] and [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xowjjxqGYQJ7ipU4G2nRJOtAUUbPluTH/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117815892235476555991&rtpof=true&sd=true Presentation]
= Past Mozilla Education Programs =
Mozilla Foundation’s mission is to build a technology future that serves the public good. Since 2010, Mozilla Education has advanced this mission by equipping learners, educators, and institutions with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to thrive in an increasingly digital world.
Early Mozilla Education initiatives focused on building an open ecosystem of programs, tools, and communities that promoted web literacy, digital participation, and lifelong learning. These efforts emphasized openness, learner agency, and community-driven innovation, laying the foundation for many of Mozilla’s later education programs.
== Open Badges Project (2011–2017) ==
In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur%20Foundation the MacArthur Foundation], launched the '''Open Badges Project''' to address a growing disconnect between how people learn and how learning is recognized. The project was developed in response to the recognition that learning increasingly occurred across formal education, online communities, workplaces, volunteer organizations, and self-directed experiences, yet traditional credentials such as grades and degrees often failed to capture these diverse forms of learning. (Source: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/5/59/OpenBadges-Working-Paper_012312.pdf Open Badge White Paper])
Rather than replacing traditional credentials, Mozilla envisioned Open Badges as an open, decentralized standard that would allow any trusted organization to issue verifiable digital credentials. Each badge contained metadata describing the issuing organization, the criteria for earning the badge, evidence demonstrating the achievement, and information needed to authenticate the credential. This allowed learners to build portable, evidence-based records of their skills across multiple learning environments.
The Open Badges initiative was grounded in Mozilla's broader vision of an open web and lifelong learning. Mozilla described badges as a mechanism for connecting learning across formal and informal settings, recognizing emerging skills such as digital literacy, motivating continued learning, and helping learners communicate their competencies to employers, educational institutions, and professional communities. The project also emphasized learner ownership by allowing individuals to collect, manage, and display badges earned from multiple issuers through an open infrastructure rather than a single platform. (Source: [https://blog.mozilla.org/blogarchive/blog/2014/02/12/how-were-making-education-more-like-the-web/  How We’re Making Education More Like the Web - Mark Surman])
Mozilla released the first version of the Open Badges Infrastructure in 2012, enabling organizations around the world to issue interoperable digital credentials using an open standard. The project was subsequently adopted by educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, museums, cities, workforce development programs, and online learning communities. In 2014, Mozilla helped establish the [https://www.imsglobal.org/digital-credentials-and-badging-alliance Badge Alliance] to support community governance and adoption of the Open Badges ecosystem. Stewardship of the Open Badges specification transitioned to IMS Global Learning Consortium (now [https://www.1edtech.org/ 1EdTech Consortium]) in 2017, ensuring the continued development of the open standard beyond Mozilla. (Source: [https://openbadges.org/about/history History of Open Badges])
'''Mozilla Foundation Lessons:''' Open credentialing systems can achieve broad adoption through strong cross-sector partnerships. Long-term success, however, depends on sustained institutional commitment, reliable technical infrastructure, and dedicated operational support.
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