Introduction to Open Badges, example with Upbete and JISC innovation bid overview

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OpenBadges.me
MyKnowledgeMap’s adventures in badge land
Steve Sidaway - @sidaway_steve
Business Development Manager, MyKnowledgeMap Ltd
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www.OpenBadges.me
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1 year of supporting Open Badges
and over 11,000 awesome designs created!
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Project components
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Product components
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A great community, and some
awesome implementations
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So where are we now?
• www.openbadges.me
‣ HTML5 design widget to create Open Badge graphics
‣ All client side and in-browser
‣ Open API - plug it into your own badge system
‣ Emerging plugins to make integration even easier -
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http://wordpress.org/plugins/openbadgesme-open-badgesWe’re adding Open Badges to the UpBete diabetes support
system across 3 UK regions
Open Badges JISC bid with 15 colleges – A simple platform
for the easy creation and issuing of Open Badges
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Everyone we talk to is superexcited about Open Badges and
digital rewards...
...but there are some practical
considerations
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I don’t have
technical skills or a
technical team what can I do?
What happens if my
server gets
changed and files
are moved?
How do I prove a
badge on a third
party service was
issued by us?
We use (have to use) lots of
different systems - which
ones work with badges?
How do I work out
what to badge and
what not to badge?
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I have thousands of
students - can I
automate things?
How can
I stop
people
“faking”
our
badges?
How long do I
need to host
things for?
Should I
invest in the
Mozilla
standard or
wait to see
who else
comes
along?
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Some other questions
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What features would a college need to be able to validate learning?
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Can you support levels of badges inside an overall badge structure?
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Can you build mega badges out of combinations of smaller badges?
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Could badges be tied to frameworks or framework elements/competencies to support
analysis of badge contents and also framework coverage analysis?
How can an outside user place appropriate value on a badge? How can they place it
within it’s context?
Can you trace pathways from badge to badge to provide contextual information on
the journey the holder took?
Could a “tipping point” of badge acceptance be reached by targeting a chosen
subject, industry or area?
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What are your concerns or requirements?
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MKM Open Badges Platform
Overview
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The project is to build a platform for the creation and issuing of Open
Badges that is easy to use by anyone, without assuming any technical
knowledge.
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The platform will include a badge design and creation tool, and allow
awards to be manually made to a single individual or a group, and will
also include some automation through an activity manager.
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Both Recipient and Issuer will have a dedicated space after log-in where
records will be kept – with functionality dependent on type of account.
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The system will run as a standalone platform, as well as feature an open
integration capability, with a number of such integrations being planned
as part of this initial project for LMS interoperability.
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Open Badges JISC bid package •Premium-level access to the MyKnowledgeMap Open Badges Platform for the period of
the project
•Development of open source plugins for common FE learning management systems,
with an opportunity to influence their development in order to support the needs of
their own planned pilot projects
•Educational / pedagogical design session to help plan a successful pilot project and
ongoing educational support throughout the project
•Technical implementation support for both the premium badge platform and the open
source plugins
•On-going technical support throughout the project to ensure success
•Opportunity to present project results as part of a number of dissemination events to a
wider group of FE, HE and industry members
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Interested in being involved?
To register your interest and join this group of colleges as part
of the JISC innovation bid contact today:
Joel Mills, Learning Resources Manager at Darlington College,
jmills@darlington.ac.uk
You will receive a response and a letter of commitment to sign
and return if you wish to be involved.
But please hurry – this is Limited to just 15 colleges and the
deadline for the bid is 6th December 2013
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