Open badges discovery community call

Open Badges Discovery Community Call March 12th 2014

What is a pathway?

A Pathway is a learning map represented by badges, degrees, activities and personal stories. !

These experiences are relevant to where a learner is and where they are headed to.

Why is this important?

Design Principles : Maleable

Design Principles : Playful

Design Principles : Storylike

Institute For The Future

Pathway Logic

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Core badges - A grid space that designates a spot where a specific badge must be placed !!!!Elective - A grid space that designates a spot where a badge of the earner’s choosing must be placed. !!!Free spaces - Earners can place badges freely in open spaces on the grid that contain no markers. !!!Story bits- Can be tagged to spaces or badges. Information can the a tip/reminder, a message from the pathway creator, or a message from another earner. !!!Prerequisites - Badges can be completed in any order unless they are linked by an arrow. An arrow connecting two badges denotes a prerequisite.

Using A Pathway As An Issuer

• Create a pathway template that makes suggestions. !

• Creates a clear statement about their needs. !

• Gives them better applicants.

Using A Pathway As An Earner

• Fill in pathways with badges !

• Tell their story !

• Setting goals (unearned badges) !

• Planning a career !

• Copy pathways to explore their options

Institute For The Future

Tiered Linear ClusterFreeform

Pathway Types

Institute For The Future

Linear

Pathway Templates

Institute For The Future

Freeform

Pathway Templates

Institute For The Future

Tiered

Pathway Templates

Cluster

Pathway Templates

Interview Process Mozilla intern UX designer

Began programming in middle school. He started with hacking his PSP game system so it could show HTML websites. That experience lead him into freelance web development where he created sites for an art gallery and a PHP/HTML-based grading system for an elementary school. He attributes much of his success to getting in over his head and just figuring it out along the way. In high school he entered into a co-op program with a University and cold called businesses to find an internship where he created a website to track product statistics. At University he started a mobile development club to give back to the community and also got a job at a startup. He got into an entrepreneur residence at Waterloo where he learned about running a business. Graduated with a degree in Systems Design Engineering. He is currently a UX design intern at Mozilla.

Interview Process High school

E- Tech enthusiast E+ - Report card system project badge E- Tinkerer E- Gamer C- HTML E- Hacking C- Internship project E- Internship C- Graduated high school

College E- Started mobile development club E- Teaches other students C- Systems Design Engineering E- Hackathon participation C- Entrepreneur residence E- Jack of all trades C- Undergrad

Summit Pathways

Pathways In The Wild

Hybrid PathwaysTree Pathway (for a issuer website)

Tiered and Cluster hybrid pathway (RPG)

Badge Types

• Jobs/Volunteering - Sous Chef, Candy-striper !

• Interests/Projects - Senior project, Gamer, Rock climbing !

• Groups/Affiliations - Aviation club, Team sports !

• Events – Hackathon, Travel !

• Attributes/Habits - Jack of all trades, Perseverance, Safety !

• Accreditations/Awards – AA, MBA, Valedictorian !

• Skills/Knowledge – Prototyping, Coding

Badge Types

• Interviews • Industry research • A. Duckworth • Holland Code

HR Person (Issuer)

• HR person in the tech industry creates a pathway. !

• They want to get better candidates !

• They want to give current employees goals

Teacher

• Sees tree pathway and alters their syllabus to make sure students have the skills they need. !

• Includes a new pathway for the class. !

• Works with students to build their own pathways

Learner (earner)

• Clones the companies tree and fills it out !

• Specializes in Web-maker skills !

• Gets the job!