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Overview of Discoverables for Mozilla call on badges
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“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character— that is the goal of true education.”
—Martin Luther King Jr. 1948
The Challenge
young people are still unemployed
Over1 Million
of NEETs have no experience of paid work
48%of employers think that soft skills need to be increased
71%
YouthLandscape
Young people spend more time online than anyone else
74% of that time is‘just for fun’
5 MONTHS?
Character Strengths & Soft Skills
Thought Leaders• Angela Duckworth• Martin Seligman• Richard Layard• James Heckman• Felicia Huppert• Benjamin Franklin
Thinking Doing interacting
Critical Thinker Initiative Taker Natural Communicator
Fast Learner Multi Tasker Team Player
Sense Maker Flexible responder Can Doer
Creative Innovator Stress wrangler Improvement Seeker
Problem Solver Responsible leader Confident Speaker
Decision Taker Details lover Proactive Networker
Methodical worker Respectful Listener
“Nothing like this has existed before. It is an absolutely brilliant idea.”
Loved the overall look and feel - rated great or good90%Rated character strength missions & soft skills challenges very good or excellent78%
The Social Impact
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total
Visit website 332,800 499,200 832,000 1,664,000
Take survey 170,360 255,540 425,900 851,800
Undertake 1 activity 23,296 34,944 58,240 148,600
"To prepare him for the future life means to give him command of himself; it means so to train him that he will have the full and ready use of all his capacities.”
—My Pedagogic Creed, J. Dewey, 1897
discoverabl.es | @discoverables
A couple of questions• How could Discoverables be integrated into other badge-friendly
programmes and platforms?• What, if anything, would need to change for the US vs UK
populations, and other countries?• What could we do with the‘big data’ we will capture around
strengths and skills development? • Who should we talk to next?