Today was a big day. Yep, learning was done, action was taken, questions were asked – even cold hard cash was put on the line. Well, digital cash was put online.
Point being that LearnAgency now has a place in the world of NFTs. It is a spot called Learneragency.
It turns that this has been a really complex highly involved yet somehow simplified and empowering process. There are so many moving parts, considerations, pitfalls and opportunities it is difficult to see how it all comes together.
That is why we need a theory. A theory for learner agency would suggest that we:
- Populate a learning ecology with artefacts. In this case, the artefacts are NFTs relating to roles and recognition. ie: Robotics Coach token, Orthology Word Families token, I Sea I Care Ambassador and so on.
- Position such that agents (learners) become attuned to the affordances of the token. ie: To gain recognition as a teacher here (think: induction package) you need these micro-credentials…. as the student representative council member you receive this token….
- Production – as agents take action they are demonstrating the desired behaviours associated with the badge (micro credential).
- Provision happens when the NFT is awarded to the individual. Each NFT is unique and an artefact in its own right.
- Promotion – show off the micro credentials on a screen or webpage.
My big question is – who is going to go for all of this? Why would you bother? And really, I’m not sure of the answer.
Here is how some others have answered this question.
BloomBoard: What are Micro-Crendentials?
Forbes: Digital Credentialling
Credly: Badges
Greenlight : K-12 digital, distributed-ledger
BlockCert – This is where we are all heading I suspect.
So then – what next? The sticky problem of where to sew on your badges persists. The next task for me is to generate collections of tokens. These need to be made available.
In reality, a small fee per person could be tacked on to the cost of professional development sessions once the relevant competency has been demonstrated – such as with Bloomboard above. This $10 per person would cover the costs of setting up the tokens and being issued.
Of course all of this would be done using crypto currency.