A presentation on Open Badges and how they can be aligned to different learning pathways. An edited version of a presentation originally presented via a Learning Pool webinar
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Recognition
• Paper based
• Easy to create
• Easy to display
• Difficult to verify
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Badges…
Visual representations Skills
Learning
Competencies
Qualities
Achievements
Interests
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Digital badges:
•An online reputation of a
skill you have earned.
•Usually tied to specific
applications or websites
•Not portable
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Open Badges
Led by Mozilla Organisation
Open, online standard for verifying skills, learning, interests
and achievements
Images with Metadata hard-coded into them
Recognise formal or informal learning
Collect badges from multiple sources
into a single backpack and share through social networks
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Badge name
Description
Criteria
Issuer
Evidence
Date issued
Standards
Tags
At its heart an Open Badge is a graphic file which has an embedded a chunk
of code. This code gives the badges its credentials and includes:
The heartbeat of a badge
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How it works….
Training
Online
Learning
Volunteer
Programs
Learner
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How it works….
Open
Backpack
Share to social networks and other websites
Job
Opportunities
Lifelong
Learning
New
Possibilities
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CVs are a
bunch of
claims
Open
Badges are
a bunch of
evidence
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Steps to take
• Define clear criteria/definition of achievement to
earn a badge
• Be clear on what is to be achieved
• Build the framework
• Publicise!
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Badging ecosystems
Define your standards
Validate
Verify
Authenticate
Standards from in house, QCF, external bodies
How do we validate the competencies that have
been defined?
Who ensure that the badging system is operating
correctly within the organisation?
Are the badges being displayed authentic and from
the sources they say they are from?
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Learning pathways using
badging ecosystems
Flat form
badges are not dependant on each other
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Dependent
Key badges are dependant on other badges
+ =X Y Z
Learning pathways using
badging ecosystems
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Levelled
Graded badges with increasing difficulty
Learning pathways using
badging ecosystems
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Open Badges
www.openbadges.org
Open Badges MOOC
www.courseites.com
Open Learn
www.open.edu/openlearn/
Barclays Digital Driving Licence
www.digitaldrivinglicence.barclays.co.uk
City & Guild Tech Bac
www.techbac.com/
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Notes de l'éditeur
The aim of this session is to review how Open Badges can be used to create learning pathways.
First of all we will review what open badges actually are.
People like to be recognised for their achievements and their accomplishments, traditionally these have been in the form of paper certificates and whilst they easy to create and easy to display they are very difficult to verify.
Most certificates do not outline why they were achieved and watch the achievements were for.
Badges are a visual representation of achievements, interests or skills which can be viewed instantly.
Digital badges take this concept one step further and allow people to view your accomplishments online. Most digital badges however are tied to particular websites or apps. For example TripAdvisor and Foursquare.
Open badges move one step further and allow digital badges to be transferable. They are an open online standard which recognise formals and informal learning and achievements. They can be collected from multiple sources into cloud based storage.
Open badges move one step further and allow digital badges to be transferable.
They are an open online standard which recognise formals and informal learning and achievements.
They can be collected from multiple sources into cloud based storage.
Badges are used by a number of different types of organisations
Open badges can be collected from a number of sources for example education, the workplace or from hobbies and interests.
Badges are collected into a cloud-based backpack and can be shared to social networks and other websites for display. They can be used as part of job searching, applications for education and for access to professional bodies.
As part of the program Mozilla have created a backpack. This is a cloud based storage system which allows people to display and manage their badges. Collections can be created of badges which can then be made public and shared on social media and other websites.
Open badges are being issued by a large number of establishments including household names such as IBM Samsung and the BBC.
Children and students are also being issued with badges through schools colleges and universities.
The large number of organisations issuing badges means they are no longer niche idea, but instead have are replacing certificates.
Open learn are using badges to recognise completion of some of their MOOCS. Mainly aimed at school leavers and students, there is a module on learning which I am currently completing
Nine badges on topics surrounding digital literacy. Some are really hard,
others not so. Quiz then learning.
New innovation, a baccalaureate for 14 to 19 year olds. All with Open Badges.
How can open badges be used within a learning pathway?
This form is used for individual recognition, eg: schools, one off events such as conferences etc Could also be used for CPD
Used as part of MOOCs and other courses to build a system where steps are accredited towards a whole. Equivalent of gaining credits for taking part in modules.
Cornell university currently using this model to build credits towards the final degree.
To find out more about Open Badges you can access the Open Badges website, review the Badge Alliance website who oversee the development of Open Badges and access a MOOC on open badges via the Course Sites website.