This document discusses strategies for educational change regarding ePortfolios and Open Badges. It begins by looking at how questions about these tools have changed over time, from whether students should have email/ePortfolios to how Open Badges can transform learning. Definitions and the relationship between ePortfolios and Open Badges are explored. The document then examines the impact of communities and leadership on innovation in these areas and whether the tools have transformed education. It concludes by considering the potential for assimilation or accommodation of new concepts in the current environment.

1. Strategies for Educational Changes
What can we learn from the Development of ePortfolios & Open Badges?
Serge Ravet
EUROPORTFOLIO
ADPIOS, EUROPORTFOLIO
The EUROPORTFOLIO / EPNET project is funded
with support from the European Commission.
EDEN Workshop
12 June 2014
Igor Balaban University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and
Informatics , EUROPORTFOLIO

2. Poitiers

3. http://courses.foi.hr:9001/p/empoweringinnovation
Etherpad notes

4. •3' introduction of Europortfolio — Igor
•5' each participant introduce her/himself — all
•20‘ Presentation — Serge
•40’ work in small groups — all
•10’ reporting for the groups — all
•20’ open discussion + 10' for conclusions — all
Format of the session

5. 2004
While the question five years ago was:
"should every student and employee have
an email?"
Today the question is:
"should every student and employee have
an ePortfolio ?"

6. While ten years ago the question was:
"should every student and employee have an
ePortfolio ?"
Today's question could be:
How could Open Badges transform
learning... and ePortfolio Practices and
Technologies?
2014

7. Definitions

8. digital records of achievements,
skills, interests, affiliations or roles
(Mozilla)
Open BadgesePortfolios
collection of electronic evidence
assembled and managed by a user,
usually on theWeb (Wikipedia)
Weakipedia?

9. organised collection of evidence
demonstrating reflective learning
digital records of achievements,
skills, interests, affiliations or roles
(Mozilla)
Open BadgesePortfolios
collection of electronic evidence
assembled and managed by a user,
usually on theWeb (Wikipedia)
criterion-based trust statements
(me)(me)

10. Open Badges
ePortfolios
criterion-based trust statements (me)

11. Open Badges
ePortfolios
criterion-based trust statements (me)

12. Open Badges
ePortfolios
criterion-based trust statements (me)

13. Open Badges
ePortfolios
criterion-based trust statements (me)

14. Open Badges
ePortfolios
criterion-based trust statements (me)

15. ?What relation between
& Open BadgesePortfolios

16. Open Badges
ePortfolios
Individuation*
* G. Simondon
ePortfolios are more
abstract than Open
Badges

17. Open Badges
ePortfolios
Individuation
CPU
Mainframes
Helen Barrett, 2010ENIAC, 1947

18. ? Innovation paths
Open BadgesePortfolios &

19. Communities
? Open BadgesePortfolios &

20. Learning practitioners
Open BadgesePortfolios
eP specifications
Communities
Mozilla / Badge Alliance
eLearning
technologistsIMS-GLobal
eP platforms
Platforms
OBI specifications
HR
professionals
ID
E I ELEuropean Institute for E-Learning
EUROPORTFOLIO

21. Open BadgesePortfolios
Communities
Little impact
of learning practitioners on
technologies and standards
Strong impact
of learning practitioners on
technologies and standards
Little innovation
over the last ten years
Strong innovation
over the last ten months
?

22. Leadership
? Open BadgesePortfolios &

23. Open BadgesePortfolios
Leadership
Fragmented Unified
Funding Projects Technologies Standards
no infrastructure / architecture

24. Technologies
? Open BadgesePortfolios &

25. Open BadgesePortfolios
Divergence Convergence
Technologies

26. Open BadgesePortfolios
Divergence Convergence
Technologies
One ArchitectureMultiple Platfoms
Weak interoperability Strong interoperability

27. Innovation
? Open BadgesePortfolios &

28. Open BadgesePortfolios
Innovation
transformed education?
Have they been
Have they
transformed by educational institutions?

29. Open BadgesePortfolios
Innovation
Petition by
Jamie Harding
Cranberry Township, PA
I started this petition because I believe
the ePortfolio is a complete waste of
time and effort for all Clemson
students. I understand the reason
behind having an ePortfolio, with the
capabilities to see the work completed
by various students to meet set
requirements. However, I find this
"assignment" to be a complete waste of
time and a burden on our students.
Petitioning Clemson university
?

30. Open BadgesePortfolios
Innovation
Reflective learning
Outcome-based learning
Informal recognition
of informal learning
Trust

31. ? Open BadgesePortfolios vs

32. Open BadgesePortfolios
Object/concept Complicated Simple
Structure Monolithic Granular
Infrastructure No Yes
Standards adoption Poor Strong
Author Self Others
Trust No High
Metadata usage Mediocre High
Techno-practice integration Poor High
Quick win No Yes
Openness Poor Yes
Interoperability Poor Strong
Barriers to adoption Variable Low
vs

33. Open Badges are true
learning objects!
Open Badges are the outcome of
a thriving learning community

34. Open Badges are
connectors!
People, Information, Places, Events, ...

35. Social NetworkSemantic Network
People sharing the same badge /
location / pathway / goals
Badge Holder
Criteria
Skills
Knowledge
Attitudes
Values
Evidence
Issuer
Resources sharing the same 'tag'
19/5/2014 Poitiers - Google Maps
Map data ©2014 Google 500 m
Traffic · Bicycling · Terrain
Poitiers, France
I can fix a
lawnmower
I can teach
nuclear physics
I cook South
Italian cuisine
I am a qualified tax
accountant

36. Well, it's time for you to
start working!

37. Evaluation Report
EPORTFOLIOS &
OPEN BADGES
MATURITY MATRIX
THE EUROPORTFOLIO / EPNET PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION.
LEARNINGINTHE21STCENTURY

38. Using the ePortfolios and
Open Badges Maturity
Matrix as a reference
Evaluation Report
EPORTFOLIOS &
OPEN BADGES
MATURITY MATRIX
THE EUROPORTFOLIO / EPNET PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION.
LEARNINGINTHE21STCENTURY
Explore the elements to
establish scenarios for
the future involving
ePortfolios and Open Badges
http://bit.ly/1n7cXSaMatrix
Assimilation or
accommodation?

39. Assimilation or
accommodation?
The integration of new concepts and technologies can be
either assimilated by the current environment, or the
current environment can accommodate the
environment to the potential of new technologies – e.g. use
the Internet to broadcast contents like the radio, television
or print (assimilation) or to aggregate knowledge through
social networks (accommodation).

40. Source: IPTS
Assimilation or
accommodation?

41. Serge Ravet
EUROPORTFOLIO
ADPIOS, EUROPORTFOLIO
@Szerge, learningfutures.eu
epforum.eu, europortfolio.org, iosf.org
Join the Europortfolio community!
www.europortfolio.org
The EUROPORTFOLIO / EPNET project is funded
with support from the European Commission.
Merci!
Igor Balaban University of Zagreb, EUROPORTFOLIO
igor.balaban@foi.hr