Open Badges for Training and Professional Development

Open Badges:Visual Pathways to the

FutureTRAINING &

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VERSION

August 29, 2014

Don Presant

Presentation at:bit.ly/openbadges4tpd

Is there a “Skills Gap”?

www.macleans.ca/work/jobs/entry-level-jobs-are-getting-harder-to-find/

www.benefitscanada.com/news/employers-cant-find-qualified-workers-54761

Is there a “Skills Gap”?Statistics show a mismatch...

www.conferenceboard.ca/infographics/skills-gap-info.aspx

td.com/economics 2012 bit.ly/UvjEoM

Is there a “Skills Gap”?Old ways aren’t working

www.ere.net/2012/07/16/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-with-using-resumes-for-hiring-pretty-much-everything/

www.huffingtonpost.com/julian-l-alssid/a-new-gallup-survey-says-_b_4862669.html

Is there a “Skills Gap”?Change is needed…

www.accenture.com/ca-en/Pages/insight-solving-canada-skills-gap-infographic.aspx

Emerging solutionsCompetency-Based Credentialing Processes

Making a Market for Competency-Based Credentials

Stackable Workplace Skills e.g. Health Care, Manufacturing (US)

Career One Stop - US Dept of Labor

In Canada…Workplace Essential Skills

www.trlegeralepp.ca/Essential-Skills.page

skillstest.edu.gov.on.ca/OSPWeb/jsp/en/faq.jsp

Example: Canada’s Public ServiceKey Leadership Competencies

bit.ly/UFT6ku

Training and CertificationBadges of excellence, but not digital…yet

What are Open Badges?Brief introduction

http://www.savvyfolio.net/user/don/overview-open-badges

Origins of Badges

• Badges, medals, ribbons since pre-Roman times

• Heraldry, Military, Boy Scouts, logos…

• Public recognition rewarding positive (desired) behaviour

• More recently: video games – “leveling up”

www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7253

A digital representation of an accomplishment, interest or affiliation that is visual, available online, and contains metadata including trusted links that help explain the context, meaning, process and result of an activity. As an open artefact, the earner can present the badge in different contexts from which it was earned.

• Clear progress markers– Motivating learners, supporting

advisors

• Flexible learning pathways– Granular, incremental, multi-source,

laddered, remixable

• Visual branding– Issuers and learners

• Online trust system– Demonstrate skills & capabilities– Proof of performance– Backed by issuer

What is an Open Badge?Micro credentials - modular record of learning

Open Badges & Social Media

Curated in ePortfolio…Interactive criteria…

LinkedIn Profile…

Facebook timeline…

Pulled from Backpack…

What is an Open Badge?Different perspectives…

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION• A portable graphic with an embedded description and links

to supporting information

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT• A micro-credential• A discrete record in a modular transcript

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT• A reward for positive (prescribed) behaviour• A marker on a development path

…a simple digital standard for recognizing and sharing achievements, skills and performance

Badge PathwaysMozilla “Discover” (Gates funding)

http://discover.openbadges.org/

Open Badges An evolving ecosystem

http://openmatt.org/

Examples of Open BadgesWorkforce entry skills

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

Workforce entry skillsWorkforce.io

Workforce.ioIntegrated skills workflow

Evaluate skills…match to employer needs…coach/teach to fill gaps …flow to hire

Open Badges and MOOCsMassive Open Online Courses

engineering.edx.org/author/bporter/

www.slideshare.net/sproutfund/serial-announcement

Career & Technical Education (CTE)National Occupational Competency Testing Inst. (NOCTI)

www.nocti.org/pdf/badges/Digital%20Badges-Are%20You%20Ready.pdf

High stakes credentialingProfessional Examination Service

http://bit.ly/ProExam_M-C

Continuing EducationCredentialing non-credited PD

“There are 120 badges to be rolled out this summer (2014), encompassing multiple assessments within 25-30 new classes not currently part of the system.”

madisoncollege.edu/badges

Strategic Objective:Creation and promotion of innovative, market-based credentials in credit, non-credit and customized programming (i.e. Badges).

E-Learning R&D in Canada (NRC)(Emerging) Learning and Performance Support Systems

http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca/2013/12/learning-and-performance-support-systems.htmlhttp://www.slideshare.net/Downes/2014-04-11-philadelphia

Badging Health Professionals Continuing Professional Development

http://www.paincommunitycentre.org/cpd/badges

Technology-based Badge SystemChemical Plant Technologists

pipingdesignu.com/

Continuing Competence - UKFinancial Services – Online Self Directed

www.slideshare.net/tomwoodrwa/open-badges-presentation

Badges for Leadership

http://www.leaderamp.com/node/57

Badges and employersTransparent credibility

https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/welcome-digital-badges-discussion-q1-how-are-badges-different-credentialing-methods-used-

Pearson Acclaim (VUE)If Pearson is getting into badges.… Acclaim’s unique approach…is to work with academic institutions and high-stakes credentialing organizations to offer diplomas, certificates and other professional credentials as Open Badges.blog.youracclaim.com/

Pearson Acclaim (VUE)Breaking news…

bit.ly/1nJFBaY

Endorsed by Security

CommunityInformation Systems Audit & Control Assoc.

www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/37591/isaca-launches-digital-badges-for-credential-verification/

Future VisionPerformance Management/Professional Development

http://rwagroup.co.uk/open-badges-are-here/

Badge the Organization? Recognizing Positive / Productive Behaviours

Source

Source

www.manitobalotteries.com/career/

Source

mbplar.ca

MATUREADULT

YOUTH

Open Badges: Lifelong, Lifewide Learning

LOWSTAKES

HIGHSTAKES

VolunteerExperience

WorkPlacements

AfterSchool

Programs

ClassroomEngagement

WorkplaceEngagement

PersonalLearning

MOOCs

Co-CurricularRecord

Workshops

P/T & Summer Jobs

Admission toHigher Ed

Admission toPost GradSchools

Hiring

Conferences

Recognitionof Prior

Learning

EmployabilityPortfolio

CareerTransition

Promotion

Communitiesof

Practice

Memberships,Affiliations

Awards,Achievements

TeamBuilding “Hard”

Credentials

“Soft”Credentials

Red Cross, Cadets, Scouts,

etc.

E-learningCourses

FormativeFeedback

Awards,Achievements

ContinuingEducation

A Kirkpatrick View of Open BadgesFor workplace learning (work in progress)

Kirkpatrick Level Affordances & Indicators5: ROI (Phillips) • Badge reports comparing different programs, different

departments against bottom line measures• Badges, advancement and retention – comparing different badges

to different outcomes

4: Results • Badges for talent management and team building in departments, functions, regions

• Individual badges aggregated in teams/organizations: Lean, Green, ISO, Top Employer, Safe Workplace, etc.

• Badges to demonstrate regulatory compliance (Health & Safety)

3: Transfer • Badge collections: sequencing, stacking/laddering, clustering• Badges from multiple sources curated in badge passports &

channeled to recognition goals• Badges in eportfolios enhanced with commentary, reflection

2: Learning • Badges with transparent embedded skills outcomes

1: Reaction • Visual appeal, engagement, activity completion

Benefits of Open Badgesfor Training and Professional Development

• Visually efficient and appealing– Fun, confidence building, motivating to earn

• Individual pathways, multiple sources/types of learning– Modular, stackable, flexible, diverse, portable, shareable– Personal goal setting, achievement for self-directed learning– Blendable: multiple sources can be combined through individual

badge passports & ePortfolios– Progress in incomplete programs can still be recognized and

recombined

• Transparent, “trustable”, meaningful– Alignment to frameworks, requirements– Criteria, evidence, issue/expiry date– Ongoing connection to issuer– Issuer is validated and branded by the badges it issues

Open Badges & Sector OrganizationsMeeting the skills needs of employers

• Accredit internal training and education– Leadership, front line

• Recognize/broker external training & ed• Promote & recognize informal learning

– Knowledge transfer, performance support– Social learning (communities of practice)– Experiential learning (e.g. placements, exchanges)– Self-directed learning (e.g. reading, reflection,

“missions”)

• Provide skills passports for career mobility• Brand the sector organization as a skills

channel– Direct delivery, brokering, synthesis

Badge Solution: Open Badge Factory Cloud-based badge management & interoperability

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Rousselle

Features and Benefitsopenbadgefactory.com

• Currently:– Centralized cloud service with Open API: manage badges

in one place, issue in many (LMS, HR, etc.)– Controlled access for organizations– Controlled roles within organizations

• Creator, Issuer, Administrator

– Detailed reports– Badge applications (requests)– Milestone badges (meta-badges)

• Coming soon:– Multi-lingual badges– Badge Passport (c. October)

• Private/public badges, badge collections, mobile display

Open Badge FactoryCentralized Detailed Reports

Open Badge FactoryBadge Applications (request forms)

Open Badge FactoryMilestone Badges (metabadges)

Open Badge FactoryGetting Started

• Free in 2014• Subscription model starting

in 2015– Basic 250€, Premium 600€,

Enterprise 1500€– Badge Passport as additional

option

• Request account at openbadgefactory.com• More info at

Getting Started: Open Badge Factory

Badges curated in ePortfolioswith other evidence & reflection…

FOR Learning OF Learning

focused on process focused on product

supports learning demonstrates learning

private workshop public shop window

a learning environment a showcase of learning achievements

learning activities learning outcomes

formative assessment summative assessment

lower stakes higher stakes

Badge showcase: savvyfolio.netAffordable multi-institution ePortfolio

University

College

Adult Learning Centre

Professional Body Workplace Trainer

Employability Agency

Employer Industry Sector Body

Open Badges: filling the “Skills Gap”Hard currency in a new skills economy

www.accenture.com/ca-en/Pages/insight-solving-canada-skills-gap-infographic.aspx

don@learningagents.caWeb: learningagents.ca

Twitter: donpresantePortfolio: donpresant.ca

Presentation and support material at:openbadges4tpd