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OPEN BADGES & MOODLE What Why Where When Why but mostly, badges are serious stuff! Gavin Henrick Learning Technology Services http://www.lts.ie

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OPEN BADGES & MOODLE What Why Where When Why but mostly, badges are serious stuff!

Gavin Henrick

Learning Technology Services

http://www.lts.ie

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Badges are

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Content

•Why Badges?

•What are Badges?

•How do they work?

•Who is using them?

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WHY BADGES?

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Learning

Learning today happens everywhere.

But it’s often difficult to get recognition

for skills and achievements that happen

online or out of school.

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Mozilla Open Badges

Mozilla Open Badges helps solve that

problem, making it easy for any

organization to issue, manage and

display digital badges across the web.

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SOME RECENT RESEARCH

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CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON A project on Open Badges in Higher Education Perception and Potential Dr. Ian Glover – Sheffield Hallam University

Farzana Latif – University of Sheffield

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City University London Project

•Aim to identify perception and possible

value

•Semi-structured interviews with staff

•Focus groups with students

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City University London Findings

•Students want to use badges to stand

out from peers

•Desire to link badges to requirements

of professional accreditation

• Important not to issue too many

• each badge must represent genuine

achievement

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What were the common criticisms? How can you respond to them?

"Childish"

• plan and design them to be meaningful

"Hard to design without skills"

• simple, free tools available

"Lack of consistency in use"

• set a policy about the requirements for

a badge

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Reference

http://altc2013.alt.ac.uk/sessions/open-badges-in-higher-education-perception-and-potential-323/documents/

http://shura.shu.ac.uk/7173/1/Glover_-_Investigating_perceptions_and_potential_of_open_badges_in_formal_higher_education_-_proceeding_112141.pdf

GLOVER, Ian and LATIF, Farzana (2013) Investigating perceptions and potential of open badges in formal higher education. In: Proceedings of World Conference on

Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013. AACE,

Chesapeake, VA, 1398-1402. ISBN 9781939797032

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WHAT ARE BADGES?

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CV

I claim that

• I can …

• I learned

• I am able to

• I am competent in

• I took part in …

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Badges

Badge is a digital proof that

• I can …

• I learned …

• I am able to …

• I am competent in …

• I took part in …

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Badges

Visual representations of

•Achievements

•Skills

•Learning

• Interests

•Competencies

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Open Badges

•Not proprietary – using free software

and open technical standard

•Help knit skills together

•Are full of information that can be

verified

•Are portable

•Can be earned from multiple sources

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HOW THEY WORK

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WHO IS USING THEM?

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Who is using Badges

• Over 700 organisations

• Formal and informal educational institutions

• Multinational corporations

• Industry associations

• Non-profits

• Groups interested in Professional development

• 85,000 issued since launch in 2012.

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LEARN.MOODLE.NET

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http://edcetera.rafter.com/using-badges-to-quantify-learning-outcomes-at-uc-davis/

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Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges series

•Digital Practitioner Series

•Digital Innovator Series

•Digital Leadership

• http://www.rsc-

scotland.org/eassessment/2013/01/15/developing

-the-series-information-and-designs-for-the-jisc-

rsc-scotland-openbadges/

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P2PU - https://p2pu.org

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workforce.io

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Border College – Student vote

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ENOUGH ALREADY!

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WE GOT IT.

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BADGES ARE DIGITAL

PROOFS

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WHAT NOW?

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WE NEED A PLAN!

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We need a plan!

•What to Badge?

•Who will issue Badges?

•Design the Badges

• Issuing platform

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What to Badge

• What skills, achievements to

promote

• What criteria to use for each badge

• Break it down to a granular level

• Are there relationships between the

badges?

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Who issues Badges

•Central Department

•Teachers

•Students

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Platform options

Technical options

•Automated from completion of a course

/ task

•Manual from offline completion

•Manual from wider assessment

•Verification in 1 month, 1 year, 2 years?

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Designing Badges

•Shapes

•Colours

•Themes

• Icons

•Pathways / Groups

•Branding

See - The Digitalme BadgeCanvas

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Platform options

Technical options

•Automated from completion of a

course / task

•Manual from offline completion

•Manual from wider assessment

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BADGE CANVAS -

DIGITALME http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badgecanvas/

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Evidence

•What artefact will show the criteria has

been met

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Skills + Knowledge

•What skills does the badge represent?

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Behaviours

•What behaviours does the badge

encourage?

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Criteria

•What do you need to do to earn the

badge?

•Does it expire?

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Value Proposition

•Why bother earning the badge?

•What opportunities does it unlock?

•What benefits for:

• Earner

• Issuer

• Consumer

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Endorsers

•Who supports and recognises your

badge?

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Channels

•Where does a user find out about your

badge?

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Awarded

•Who awards the badge and how?

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Users

•Who is the badge for?

•Earner

• Issuer

•Consumer

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Badge Pathways

•What other badges exist in your eco

system?

•Are there different levels?

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Resources & Sustainability

•What resources are needed for the

badge to work?

• Technology?

• Expertise?

• Money?

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Template

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EXAMPLE

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STUDENT VIEW

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Block: My latest badges

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Profile: My badges

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TEACHER SIDE

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Manage Badges

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Add Badge

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Badge Criteria

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Selecting Criteria

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Enabling a Badge

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Enabled and Active

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Badge Recipients

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Contact

Gavin Henrick

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T: @ghenrick

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