This is quite an interesting post about learner wallets (which I will take to be what we're calling 'personal learning environments' (PLE) now, and are called 'learner employment records' (LERs)). It says, in essence, that developers are focusing on what industry needs by treating them as summaries of accomplishments (ie, 'summarizing identity') rather than what individual learners need, which is a way to build accomplishments (ie., 'building identity'). Successful apps don't sell themselves as "preparation for your professional future." Instead, "they work because they tap into something deeper: the fundamental human need to understand, craft, and articulate who we are, all while being within full control of the user. This means radical control over privacy settings, data sovereignty and more." The article builds on this idea with a scenario describing "Leo: The Storm Chaser". I could quibble about the details of this, but not with the core idea. There's some good discussion of key principles and a list of sample applications. This is probably two article combined into one, as two separate authors are listed; I'll credit both.
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