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Grainne Hamilton and Shelaine Douglas, Jisc RSC Scotland

Designing Strategically Aligned Digital Credentialing Systems with Open Badges to Engage and Meet the Needs of Digital Learners

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Institutional Strategies

Examples of some current strategic drivers» Graduate attributes» Digital identities» Internationalisation

»Think about one of your own institution’s strategic drivers and note it on the Design Toolkit

Examples


Activities and attributes

» What skills, attributes and understanding could students demonstrate in relation to your institutional strategic driver?

» What non-accredited activities or attributes relate to it?

»Note these down on the front page of the Design Toolkit

Aligning with institutional strategy


Develop a credential

In pairs, take one of the activities or attributes you have noted and consider this in terms of a credential» Who would the credential be awarded to?» Why? » What criteria would need to be met in order to receive the credential?

» Use the inside section of the Toolkit and in pairs, work through this for one of the credentials. Then work on a credential your partner has developed

Think about what you would recognise and how


Institutional strategy aligned credentials

Example credentials related to strategic drivers» Graduate attributes›Eg credential awarded for mentoring others - graduates showing leadership qualities

» Digital identities›Eg credential awarded for developing a professional profile on the VLE

» Internationalisation›Eg credentials awarded to recognise learning taking place in MOOCs

Examples


Open BadgesA digital accreditation infrastructure


»Digital credentials – called Open Badges


Open BadgesInformation infused images

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Open BadgesInformation infused digital images

Image by Kyle Bowen


»Assessments and identification of learning, attributes and competencies

» An open infrastructure for issuing, managing and sharing the credentials


Open BadgesDigital credentials earners can display online

On: Professional profiles, e.g. LinkedIn / Blogs / Personal websites / Social media / e-Portfolios...


Open BadgesWhat people are saying about Open Badges“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

“ We believe that Open Badges have enormous potential in motivating learning, improving retention and in presenting the skills of our learners in way that is clear and accessible for them and employers. In this way, Open Badges will help our learners stand out in the jobs market.”Vice-Principal: Quality and Innovation, Borders College.


Open BadgesWhat people are saying about Open Badges“…while academic achievements can be evidenced by an…academic transcript, there is no such evidence of so-called soft skills – the personal attributes that enhance a graduate’s work ethic, job performance, interaction with work colleagues and, ultimately, their career prospects. I am convinced that Open Badges can …evidence the development of these personal attributes in a way that is recognisable to, and trusted by, employers.” Tom Caira, Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board (Computing). University of the West of Scotland


Jisc RSC Scotland

»Founded and facilitate the Open Badges in Scottish Education Group (OBSEG)

»Issuing Open Badges since 2012

»Raising awareness and supporting the sector since 2011

Facilitating Open Badges Developments


Connecting over Open Badges

The Open Badges in Scottish Education Group (OBSEG) is hosted by Jisc and performs an:

»Overview and mapping function of Open Badge developments in Scottish education

»Oversees a number of sub-groups

»Provides a forum for discussion and the formation of connections

Open Badges in Scottish Education Group


Open Badges areas of interest

The Open Badges in Scottish Education Group (OBSEG) hosts the following sub-groups:

» Learner Progress

» Staff Development

» Technology and Design

Open Badges in Scottish Education Group


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

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Scottish Qualifications Authority

“The Scottish Qualifications Authority supports the concept of Open Badges and is working in partnership with the Open Badges in Scottish Education Group to support the adoption of Open Badges across a range of sectors. We believe that the infrastructure promotes and supports greater flexibility for learning and the recognition of achievement.”

Meeting the needs of digital learners

Joe Wilson, Head of New Ventures, SQA. Experimental Blog, October 2013


Scottish Qualifications Authority

» Informal learning to formal certification

» Single competencies and outcomes» Recognition for chunks of learning …

smaller than would normally be recognised in national certification and national credit rating systems

» Accreditation of prior learning» Issuing with the SQA Academy

Investigating Open Badges


Borders College

Using Open Badges to:

»Motivate learners and improve retention through stepped achievements

»Encourage staff CPD

»Enhance employability through recognising soft / additional skills

»Improve digital literacies with Moodle Open Badges

Improving motivation / enhancing employability


Borders College

» Break up the sometimes difficult learning journey» Recognise small

achievements = improved Key Performance Indicators» Encourage returners» Enable Student

differentiation = 21st Century CV highlights differences

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Improving motivation / enhancing employability

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Open Badges

»Provide evidence of employability skills and attributes not picked up in formal qualifications

»Showcase attributes alongside academic qualifications on a professional profile such as LinkedIn

»Employers can search online to identify individuals with the right mix of skills and attributes for a specific job

»Access evidence of the attributes or skills that have been badged

»Create and influence relationships with employers by having them endorse your badges or your theirs

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Opportunities


Getting startedDesign considerations and tools

Key considerations include:

»Badge systems design»Badge content design»Badge brand design

Cycle through these, while developing the design of your badges to ensure appropriate badges, a flexible badge system and consistent badge brand


Badge system designConsiderations

»What do you want to badge and why?»Ensure your

badge system can grow»Think about

constellations and pathways

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Badge content designConsiderations

»Who is your badge is for?»Why would someone want to earn the badge?»What:› Skills / Attributes / Understanding are represented

by the badge?› Behaviours do you want to encourage?› Criteria is required to earn the badge?› Evidence will be linked to (if at all)?› Modes of assessment are appropriate?› Endorsement agreements, channels will you use?› Systems, tags, sustainability requirements are there?



Badge brand designConsiderations

»How will the badge visual design represent you?

»What consistent visual identifiers will you use for key elements of your badges?

»Who will design your badge brand design?

»What systems or tools will you use to design your badge?


Open Badges Tools

»Jisc Open Badges Design Sheet – due March 2014

»Mozilla BadgeKit – due March / April 2014

»DigitalMe Resources - http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badges

»Issuing platforms include:› Wordpress

› Moodle

› Blackboard

»Design platforms include:

› Badgemaker - http://www.badgemakerproject.com/

› OpenBadge.me - https://www.openbadges.me/

Some tools to help you get started

http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badges

http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badges

http://www.badgemakerproject.com/

http://www.badgemakerproject.com/

https://www.openbadges.me/

https://www.openbadges.me/


Further information

»Jisc Regional Support Centre (RSC) Scotland pilot of Open Badges: rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223

»Mozilla’s Open Badges site - how to use the Open Badge Infrastructure to earn, issue and display Open Badges: http://openbadges.org

»Open Badges in Scottish Education Group: bit.ly/obseg #OBSEG

»Open Badges case studies: rsc-scotland.org/?tag=open-badges

»Open Badges blog posts: rsc-scotland.org/eassessment/tag/open-badges/


Questions?

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