In this webinar, Eric Rousselle presents the latest development of Open Badge Factory and Open Badge Passport. The main features introduced are Open Badge Passport’s Spaces, Minimaps and objectives and Open Badge Factory’s blockchain verification solution, and a new badge revalidation process.

1. Thank you.
Overview
Putting badges in action
and supporting new use
cases with OBF’s and
OBP’s new features!
Eric Rousselle
OBFAcademy, 1.6.2021

2. Overview
Some specific needs expressed by our customers
● Badge earners should be able to share their badges
immediately without having to subscribe to a backpack or
passport.
● A need to issue blockchain validated certificates
● A need for organizations and networks to have their own
community spaces inside a Passport to support and guide
their badge earners
● A need for deeper integration between Open Badge
Factory and Open Badge Passport

3. Thank you.
Overview
Our solutions!

4. Overview
Improvements in badge delivery message

5. Overview
Quick and easy sharing to LinkedIn and other
services

6. Overview
Blockchain validation
● Additional service at Pro-level
● “Regular badges” and PDF badges can be verified using
blockchains
● Badge creator can define for each badge if blockchain
validation is on or off
● Badge data is not stored in a blockchain, only checksum.
(solution compliant with GDPR)
● Several badges can be validated in one transaction
(important for cost management)
● OBF provides a validator to verify blockchain badges and
also provides proof data for independent verification
● OBF uses Ethereum public blockchain technology

7. Overview
Steps for independent verification

8. Overview
Revalidation of badges
Badge
Issuance
Validation
BadgeI
Badge
Badge
+ evidence
+ endorsement
Blockchains
Validation request
Badge

9. Overview
Revalidation of badges

10. Overview
Badge revalidation: OBF settings

11. Thank you.
Overview
Spaces

12. Overview
What is a space?
● A dedicated passport inside the passport
● The purpose of a space is to support an easier interaction
between its members in a meaningful context
● A space gives a role to organisations and networks. It is a
“tool” that they can use to deploy strategies to support and
guide their members

13. Overview
A space’s start page

14. Overview
A space member dashboard

15. Overview
Space: management
● Access: public and open, public and controlled, private
● Dedicated and branded start page (SSO connection
possible)
● Invitation with invitation link or badges
● Branded member dashboard
● Roles: user, issuer, creator, admin
● Member grouping (later)
● Statistics and reports
● News board and notifications

16. Overview
Interaction and guidance
● Easier endorsements between members (better visibility)
● Minimaps for setting up hybrid learning or development
pathways
● Assigning or proposing Minimaps or badge applications to
users, groups (badge holders) or all space members
● Integration with OBF:
○ Publishing of badge applications to space members
○ Issuing badges inside the space (later)

17. Overview
Connecting a space with OBF 1

18. Overview
Connection a space with OBF 2

19. Overview
Restricting the list of OBF badges that can
be used in the space

20. Overview
Managing members

21. Overview
Publishing and assigning

22. Overview
Selecting badges or Minimaps

23. Overview
Selecting badge applications from OBF

24. Overview
Publishing this application into the space

25. Overview
A space’s “Earn badges” section

26. Overview
Creating a news post

27. Overview
News in the space dashboard

28. Overview
Further development of spaces
● Further development of Minimaps
● Badge issuing features (OBF)
● Better collaboration between members
○ Space members’ filtering (endorsements, sharing badges,
pages, etc.)
○ Discussion around badges
● Development of new roles to members (licence to a badge) /
avoiding asymmetry between managers and other members

29. Overview
Further developments OBF / OBP
● Usability improvement
● OBF
○ Badge applications, PDF, tracking and reporting features and
other features supporting HR needs.
● OBP
○ CV template for pages
○ Badge connect
○ Organisasional user account
○ Search engine to finding skilled users and match skill profiles
and job descriptions.

30. Thank you.
Overview
Thank you!
For more information
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