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Masterclass Microcredentials 2025 - MCMC2025 - Zagreb
SURF’s Edubadges service is the platform for digital certificates, including microcredentials, for the Dutch education sector. With an edubadge, you give learners a lifelong proof of the knowledge and skills they have acquired. The Edubadge service plays a pivotal role in empowering Dutch higher education institutions with a secure and innovative platform for digital credentialing. Designed to recognize and verify achievements, competencies, and skills, the Edubadge service uses the Open Badges standard which has been tailored with additional metadata extensions to allign with the European Educational standards described and widely agreed upon in the Bologna Declaration. These extensions enable a shift toward more transparent, interoperable, and trustworthy digital credential system greatly supporting student mobility across Europe. Micro-credentials pilots for lifelong learning We have set up micro-credentials pilots based on a quality framework that clearly and succinctly specifies the following: • What do we mean by a micro-credential? • How do we ensure quality? • How do we agree on the descriptions on the certificate and thus on the issued edubadges? Changing identity and credentialing landscape The landscape of digital identity and credentialing is undergoing a significant transformation with the advent of new technological developments such as with digital identity wallets, and new standards, such as Open Badges V3 and Verifiable Credentials, all often gathered under the umbrella term “Self Sovereign Identity” (SSI). SSI promises that individuals become sole sovereign over their identity data. Hence, individuals can decide with which party their data is shared. It is often claimed that this improves security of the identity data and the privacy of the individual. This presentation explores the implications of these innovations for the Open Badges community, particularly in the context of the upcoming Open Badges V3 standard. Additionally, we examine the opportunities presented by these changes for the development and adoption of Edubadges, an open-source initiative that aims to support the implementation of Open Badges V3. Interoperability: Scaling Credentialing Models Interoperability is a cornerstone for the scalability and adoption of digital credentials across institutions and borders. To address this, the Edubadge service must prioritize alignment with international standards and seamless integration with existing systems. Key strategies include: • Adoption of Open Standards • Integration with Digital Wallets • Institutional Collaboration • API and System Integration By prioritizing interoperability, SURF can position Edubadges as a scalable and universally accepted solution for digital credentialing, benefiting institutions, learners, and employers alike.
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- 1. Rob van derWerff & Frans Ward MCMC2025, Zagreb – 20 March 2025 Edubadges Shaping the Future of Micro-Credentials in Dutch Higher Education
- 2. Who is presenting? SURFis the IT cooperative of Dutch education and research institutions. The members, the owners of SURF, join forces to develop or procure the best possible digital services, work together on complex innovation issues and develop and share knowledge with each other.
- 4. ….Since October 2020 •A single platform for Dutch education • From Microcredential to Extracurricular Edubadges • eduID: persistent identity managed by the learner, supporting Lifelong Learning • Extended roles and rights model controllable by the institution • GDPR compliant
- 5. 25% 9% 66% In backpack regular micro- credentials extracurricular 61 HigherEducation Institutes are issuing Edubadges 27 Secondary vocational educations 22 Universities of applied sciences 12 Universities 2301 Different Badge Classes 13.724 Students/professionals have earned Edubadges 20.890 Edubadges in the backpack 9.872 Edubadges have been made public (i.e. via LinkedIn) Edubadges achievements as of 17 March 2025
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- 7. Changing landscapes… Identity landscape •Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) • European Digital Identity (EUDI) 3.0 Credential Standards landscape • Verifiable Credentials (VC) • Open Badges 3.0 (OB3) • Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) • European Learning Model (ELM) Usecases landscape • More European focussed • Personal Digital Credential Wallets
- 8. Open Badges Standard + BADGECLASS •LanguageExtension • ECTSExtension • StudyLoadExtension • TimeInvestmentExtension • EQFExtension • LearningOutcomeExtension • EducationProgramIdentifierExtension • Form of participation in the learning activity • Type of assessment • Supervision and identity verification • Quality assurance of the credential • Integration/stackability options We added 17 European centric metadata extensions, aligning with the EU Micro-credentials definition and Bologna tools like the Diploma Supplement ISSUER • Country/region of the issuer • InstitutionNameExtension • InstitutionIdentifierExtension • GradingTableExtension ASSERTION • Grade achieved
- 9. Semantic interoperability issues DifferentCredential Standards and datamodels are in use: VC, OB3, EDC, ELM, CLR, CASE, EMREX,… ？Some support extensions, but extensions need to be understood by each identity wallet. ？How about multi language support? ？How about Markdown Support? ？Is there a preferred Credential model ?
- 10. DC4EU, Digital Credentialsfor Europe WP5: Educational and Professional Qualifications • DC4EU WP5: Element Provider ELM3 <-> OB3 Converter Result: Credential Converter • DC4EU wwWallet development A browser based EUDI wallet implemention Result: Support for OB3 in wwWallet https://github.com/wwWallet https://github.com/educredentials/credential-converter
- 11. Don't wait, startgaining experience now! Project Eduwallet: Eduwallet, EduID and Edubadges in an (Educational) SSI testing ground Assignment: investigate what a digital wallet could mean for education The timeline, for the first phase, is until summer 2025. From Lifelong Learning To Learner focussed Institution focussed
- 12. Challenge: Redesigning theEdubadges service v2 • New distributed, microservices architecture • Improved open source codebase • Supports multiple credential formats • Support for additional usecases
- 13. Call to Action Ifyou are interested in collaborating with us to design and build a versatile, open source credential platform, supporting OB3, ELM, CLR, ….. Please let us know! Image by OpenAI
- 14. dekbed knoopjes SURF, Utrecht,The Netherlands [email protected] [email protected] https://www.surf.nl/en Thanks for your attention!
Editor's Notes
- #10 Digital Credentials for Europe Large Scale Pilots.
- #11 Testing ground will be made public Trust , technical User experience
- #13 As discussed, we see many opportunities and challenges for the Open Badges community. We emphasize the importance of collaboration across the digital identity and credentialing ecosystems and the development of open-source solutions like Edubadges/ And the need for ongoing dialogue and education within the community.