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Slides to accompany a Learning Pool webinar on 12th June 2013.
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Learning Pool webinar / 12 June 2013
Questions already received
1. How can badges be used to drive accredited learning?
2. Are the awarding bodies on board with this initiative and are there any examples of how this might work in practice?
3. What makes a successful badge system. Any examples?
4. How much does an Open Badges system cost?
5. Can Open Badges integrate with a learner’s Social Media channels. If so, how?
Two Answers
Yes!and
£0.00(it’s Open Source, too!)
Who?What? When?
Where?Why? How?
Mozilla!(global non-profit)
Some of the organisationsinvolved in the ecosystem
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/Issuers
http://workforce.io/
http://www.kenteq.nl/smartsite.net?id=KT_HOME_EN
http://sweetwaterfoundation.com
http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-projects.php?id=2246
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/special/DigitalBadges.html
http://www.proexam.org/index.php/technology/digital-micro-credentials
http://www.digitalme.co.uk/student-digital-leaders-badgeathon/
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/passport/
Who?
What?When?Where?
Why? How?
Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them
CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen
Visual representations ofachievements, learning, skills,
interests, competencies
They can accommodateformal & informallearning pathways
BADGE DISPLAY SITES
SUCCESS
after-school program free online course government agency
DISPLAY SITES
personal web site
social networking profiles
WordPress / Tumblr
job sites
RESULTS
new learning
unlock opportunities
jobs
Mozilla has built (and will maintain) the plumbing
They can represent hard & softskills, peer assessment, and stackable lifelong learning
Open Badges can capture learning wherever & however itoccurs—allowing for innovation
http://tincanapi.com/overview/
Open Badges?(What about degrees, certificates, diplomas?)
Not simply either/or—both/and!
Who?
What?When?
Where?Why?
How?
Silo 1
Silo 2
Silo 3
Degree
PRINCE2etc.
CPDcertificate
Silo 1
Silo 2
Silo 3
What skills/attributes are missing here?
(how can we best present them in a holistic way?)
Degree
PRINCE2etc.
CPDcertificate
OpenBadgesInfrastructure(OBI)
I love badges for motivating me in
my learning!
We use metadata-infused credentials
aligned with the OBI
I’m using micro-accreditation to
make achievements more granular
Who?
What? When?
Where?Why?
How?
http://openbadges.org
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
3 main ways to issue badges...
Roll your own solution(using onboarding documentation)
Use plugin for an existing system (plugins available for most major platforms/systems)
Third-party issuing platform(URLs in metadata point to their servers)
3 main ways to issue badges:
Use plugin for an existing system (plugins available for most major platforms/systems)
Who?
What?
When?Where?
Why?
How?
NOW!(we launched v1.0 in March)
~100,000 Open Badges issued
>26,000 earners
>700 issuers
to
by
(May 2013 stats)
Coming soon...
Federation of badge backpacks
Coming soon...
Image CC BY IsaacMao
Endorsement (3rd-party signing of badges)
Federation of badge backpacks
Coming soon...
Images CC BY IsaacMao & SeattleClouds.com
SOME IDEASto get you started
• Play! Experiment! Earn your first badge at openbadges.org to see how they work.
• Think up some criteria and issue a badge to someone using badg.us
• Join the Open Badges community. Ask questions!
• Launch a pilot. What behaviours/skills/understanding are you trying to promote?
Conclusion
• Open Badges = metadata-infused credentials
• We’re now at v1.0 of the OBI
• Lots of organisations are already using badges
• You can get started right now!
Now!
On Twitter: @dajbelshaw
Via email: [email protected]
Ask me hard questions!
http://openbadges.org
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openbadges
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