Milestone
5.0.8.0. Someone proposes using a technology-based tool in advancement
Required
Videoconferencing, live streaming webinars, mobile and web-based applications. The Guide observes that these have expanded rapidly into the culture of Scouting, and then draws a line through them that the rest of this plan follows.
Notes and warnings
Note. Topic 5.0.8.0 is named in 1.0.3.0, the list of significant changes, as having gained policy on group and online instruction and on artificial intelligence. "Online Merit Badge Classes," 7.0.4.12, is listed there too. If you are working from a memory of an earlier edition, this is one of the places that memory will be wrong.
Where this step comes from
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 5.0.8.0 · The use of technology has rapidly expanded into the culture of Scouting with tools such as videoconferencing, live streaming webinars, and mobile and web-based applications.
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 1.0.3.0 · Significant changes: 5.0.8.0 added policy dealing with group and online instruction, and use of artificial intelligence; 7.0.4.12, Online Merit Badge Classes, is listed alongside it.