Open Badges: Motivating staff to engage in CPD

Motivating staff to engage in CPD

Open Badges:

Introductions

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Celeste McLaughlinAdvisor: Staff DevelopmentTwitter: @celeste_mcl

Overview of session

» Brief Overview of Open Badges

» Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges

›Digital Practitioner Series

»Borders College

›Open Badges for staff CPD

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

A digital accreditation infrastructure

Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Information infused digital images

Image by Kyle Bowen

Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Digital credentials earners can display online

On: Professional profiles, e.g. LinkedIn / Blogs /

Personal websites / Social media / e-Portfolios...

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Jisc RSC Scotland

Issuing badges to:

»Recognise contribution to the

learning of others

»Accredit the acquisition and

application of knowledge

»Reward the sharing of practice

»Increase the learning of the

sector

»Motivate engagement with Jisc

services

Recognising the work of the sector

From Flickr by justus.thane

Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Digital Practitioner Series

Jisc RSC Scotland Online Courses

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Learning Online (LOL)

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Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?badge=learning-online-ocet-completer

LOL Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Influencer Badge

http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?badge=learning-online-ocet-influencer

Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Feedback from LOL participants

“It was nice to see a badges scheme in operation. I really did think that collecting badges incentivised my participation.”Participant, Jisc e-Assessment for Learning course

Digital Practitioner

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Extending the series

Borders College Use of Open Badges

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Moodle Badges

Borders College Use of Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Awarded for staff CPD activities

Benefits of CPD Open Badges

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14

Feedback from Head of HR and Development

Further information

»Jisc Open Badges Design Toolkit

› http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/421718/jiscopenbadgesdesigntoolki

t-print_1.pdf

»Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges

› http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223

»Replacing paper based certification of CPD activities with Open

Badges at Borders College

› http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=3805

»Open Badge Adventure at Borders College

› http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2454

Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14