Templates

Structures to support self-driven learning & communities.

Based on skillzeb Templates

Templates are used to ...

Supporting ...

Support self-driven learning

Policy & learning structures for project based self-driven learning: tasks, skills required, skills gained, learning-partner verification guides.

Make learning local

Enabling local identity and culture: skills identity, supporting economic identity.

Build trusted collaboration

Learning-partners can see how the skills were achieved: how it was learnt, who verified them etc.

Establish Shared Understanding

Communities can establish governance rules etc including alignment with non-organic entities (eg GenAI)

Templates ...

The foundation:

Open, adaptable.

A structural part of the identity economy.

Universal, enabling global learning.

Independent of entity type: Humans, AI, Machines can collaborate and work/learn together.

Can be stored on-chain, as decentralised assets on the Cardano blockchain.

Includes verification logic for building trust.

Use with GenAI for alignment guidance. e.g. heyOcto.ai

Template Types

Community

Community definition, including key resources, governance, members, economics, project templates, learning quizzes etc

Examples

Resource

Resources that can be used as-is or to support another template.

Examples

Project

For project based learning and/or organistion: outcomes, tasks etc

Examples

Verification (Learning)

Verification of activty and growth based on this template covering skills required, skills gained, local terminology, verification policies etc

Examples

Next Step

For learning pathway assistance based on achievements/skills, activities, attributes.

Examples

Template Sharing

Without Source Licence

Templates solely orginated by selfdriven (i.e. no source licence) are shared (licenced) as Creative Commons CC0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).

With Source Licence

Templates that use other source content are shared (licensed) as per the source sharing policy - e.g. for PBLworks they are shared as Creative Commons BY-SA-NC.

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Skill Verification

Learning templates include verification logic that can be used when determining if a learner has a required skill and also when a skill is being issued as "gained" i.e. who can issue the achievement/skill.

Example

Skills Explorer

Learning Template

Verifier (Issuer) Levels

As set by selfdriven (centralised) or other verifier (decentralised).
Code
Description
Notes
W
Well Known
E.g. Department of Education
K
Known, but not well-known
E.g. Registered Training Organisation
U
Unknown
Any other learning partner

Issued By Types

Verification (issuance) can be by "any" entity with at least one of the types below) OR "all".
Code
Description
Notes
is
Is this identity
E.g. sdi (bce5418c-376c-4a7c-8520-88bfb23584d1)
has-skills
Has these skills
E.g. 00380002001001 / Learning Partner [8-C]
has-verifier-levels
Has a verifier level
Has a level, W, K or U

API

Access the skills set using the selfdriven API.

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On-Chain

Access the skills set on the Cardano blockchain.

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Build a Template

A guide on how to build a template.

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Cognitive Assistance

Supporting Self-driven Project Based Learning Design

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Trust

Establish trust in issued achievements & skills

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Achievement Verification

A deeper dive into establishing trust in issued achievements and associated skills.

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Say Hello to Octo!

A member of the selfdriven community created using DALL-E.

Octo characters can be used when grouping skills based on capabilities.

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Getting Started

Talk to us about how we can get you started with building a template.

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