4 March 2014 Martin Cooke, Advisor

RSC East Midlands

In Brief: Open Badges

Objectives: by the end of the session delegates will understand

• what badges are used for• which platforms are using badges• in which contexts to use• issues: ongoing validity and credibility of the system • resources and where to go next

Poll

• Are you using Open Badges?

Open Badges – what are they? (with acknowledgment to RSC Scotland)

Digital representation of skills and achievements gained

Essential information baked–in Issuer/Criteria/Evidence

Verified by credible organisations

Shared online with all via social media, blogs, websites

Open Technical Standard• Any individual, group or organisation can issue and verify• Can be earned from multiple sources• Earners can manage and share via Backpack

http://tamritz.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HaYidion-BadgeLearning-SBlattner-Article.pdf

Who is involved? (with acknowledgment to RSC Scotland)

IssuerA credible organisation Who decides? SMT sign-off? Keep it informal?

Tutor/Trainer or Peers EarnerLearner with evidence of prior learningIndividual participating in new learning or skillsIndividual achieving a designated task AudienceProspective employersEducation providersFriends and social groups

Learner Progress• achievement• attainment• employability• soft skills• recognition / accreditation of prior learning • modes of assessment• linking to standards• access and inclusion• library / learning resources• MOOCs

Staff DevelopmentCPD, HR, recognition, modes of assessment, linking to standards (GTC etc.), access and inclusion, library / learning resources, MOOCs

what badges can be used for

http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/249071/dlor_-_updated_feb_2013.pdf

open badges for Digital Literacy

Do you want to make links with employability skills?Badges related to real world skills will be worth having in your eportfolio.http://www.slideshare.net/chloevarelidi/open-badges-discovery-research-call

non-traditional skillseg Mozilla’s web literacy standards: not formal education but important skills in today’s online world. No academic qualifications but online learning skills or community involvement recognised.

Wicked competencesteamworking, empathy, honesty, integrity, participation, collaboration etc

esafetyDigital footprint

open badges for employability

http://www.slideshare.net/PatrickJohnMcGee/mozilla-open-badges-and-digital-inclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyM6srzmepQ&feature=youtu.be

Who is using open badges?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/Issuers

Disney/Pixar, Microsoft, NASA, OU

Moodle 2.5http://moodlebadges.com

Site badges - available to users site-wide and related to the site wide activities, like finishing a set of courses.

Course badges - available to users enrolled in the course and related to the activities that happen inside the course.

http://moodlebadges.com/?dlm_download=100-moodle-badges-set

Awarded Badges are located in your backpack on the Mozilla server. The digital information contained can be stored as a link on your eportfolio or digital CV

open badges

Moodle 2.5 includes Open Badges

Part 1 - http://www.screenr.com/Jf67Part 2 – Setting up the Quiz and Looking at Badges http://www.screenr.com/7v67Part 3 – Making the Badge http://www.screenr.com/hv67Part 4 – Setting up the Backpack http://www.screenr.com/4v67Part 5 – Getting my Badge http://www.screenr.com/Lv67Part 6 – Getting my Badge pt 2 http://www.screenr.com/3v67

Moodle is the first widely-used platform to support badges. Teachers can now design and award their own badges for any users on their sites, using their own criteria. These badges are compatible with the Open Badges standard from Mozilla, and can be used outside Moodle as well.

For more on open badges:http://www.slideshare.net/dajbelshaw/jisc-rsc-scotland-open-badges-workshop

open badges in Moodle 2.5

When logged on as a teacher or admin in Moodle you will be able to use badges in the Admin block

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Managing badges in Edmodo

Click on Progress icon and then, My Student Badges

Ready made or create your own?

Example badge for attendance

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Create a badge

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Select badge recipient

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Award a badge

http://achievery.com/home

http://www.badgeforge.com/

https://credly.com/

http://badgekit.openbadges.org/March 2014: tools will be available for free, public use

http://goo.gl/3MwWVs

Badge System Design template

Open Badge Designerhttps://www.openbadges.me/

http://www.makebadg.es/badge.html#

Open Badge Designerhttps://www.openbadges.me/

http://newsletter.digitalme.co.uk/DigitalMe/BadgeCanvas.pdfBadge Canvas

Technology Interfacesystems in which to issue, display and promote badgesbadge designinterfacing with Mozilla and other platforms Qualification frameworks linking to standardsrecognition levelling and consistency badge pathways and processes describing competencies marketing / brandMOOCsaccess and inclusionlibrary / learning resources

issues with open badges

Value and RecognitionCredibility comes from the reputation of the issuing organisation and

the value of the criteria for the badges on offer

Do you have or can you get buy-in and official representation from your school or organization? Otherwise, it's a personally-awarded badge that would only carry

intrinsic value for you. I faced this situation when trying to implement badging for professional development of higher ed faculty and staff-I could easily get my

department's ok and buy-in, but not the larger university affiliation, and so, the badges we issued would only be meaningful to our department and those that

chose to recognize our department's efforts. It didn't carry the same weight, and was not very portable.

https://learn.canvas.net/courses/231/discussion_topics/553from the badging course at Canvas Network

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Jisc RSC Open Badges ToolkitRSCs develop and award badges using one shared framework Information and templates for issuing RSC badges support learning providers in developing their own badges

email: martin.cooke@rsc-em.ac.uk

RSC Moodle http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/