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Creating, issuing and displaying
OpenBadges within Mahara
Mahara Hui UK 2015
Dominique-Alain JAN
@dajan | djan@mac.com
Leader of the French Mahara community
Lausanne University for Teacher Training
Open Badge Passport in Mahara
Creating, issuing and displaying OpenBadges within Mahara
http://openbadgepassport.com
http://openbadgepassport.com
http://openbadgepassport.com
http://openbadgepassport.com
http://openbadgepassport.com
https://github.com/discendum/mahara-openbadgedisplayer
Open Badge Factory in Mahara
Creating, issuing and displaying OpenBadges within Mahara
http://openbadgefactory.com
How to get all the issuing features
directly in Mahara ?
https://github.com/discendum/obf-mahara
THANK YOU !
Don’t forget Movember ! https://www.movember.com/
Dominique-Alain JAN
• twitter.com/dajan
• djan@mac.com
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