Post on 11-Apr-2017
Open Badges as Bridges:
Design, Create, Connect
Gráinne Hamilton, Lucy Lewis, Alison Smith, Kevin FieldCC BY-NC 4.0
Scottish MozFest Fringe Event28th October 2015
- Design a badge of value- Create your badge- Connect badges to
opportunities
Aims of the day…
10am - 10.25pm 10.25pm - 10.45pm 10.45pm - 12.15pm 12.15pm - 12.30pm 12.30pm - 1.30pm 1.30pm - 1.45pm 1.45pm - 2.45pm 2.45pm - 3pm3pm - 3.30pm3.30pm - 4pm
Agenda- ‘Your story’ activity
- Badges 101- Design a badge- Badge design discussion - challenges and
opportunities- Lunch- Introduction to the Open Badge Academy- Create and issue a badge - Introduction to badge pathways- Connect badges to create a badge pathway- Feedback and wrap up
Your Story
- Chart your life journey!- Note qualifications,
hobbies, interests, volunteering, jobs, travel etc
- Write your name in the head and stick it on the wall
Using a Badge Story canvas…
- Review your life journey!- What are the common themes?,
eg problem solving, creativity- Write these on a post-it
and stick them beside your story
Review your life!
- Review their life journey!- What are the common themes?,
eg problem solving, creativity- Write these on a post-it
and stick them beside their story
Review your neighbour!
What are Open
Badges?
A web standard which captures & communicates skills and attributes
Capturing and evidencing life-long learning
FormalEducation
InformalLearning
WorkplaceOnline
Learning
School FE HE
CPD, Work Experience, Apprenticeships
Volunteering, Youth Programmes
Courses, Moocs
S2RfS enhances speaking, listening, writing and ICT skills of 11-16 year olds.
S2RfS helps children and young people develop workplace skills like communication, teamwork and managing deadlines.
S2RfS uses digital badges to enable young people to successfully display and transfer their new skills and experience into the world of work.
Where S2RfS has been happening?
Durham CCC Learning Beyond the Boundary
Bolton FC
Huddersfield Town
Hull KC Stadium
Oldham AFC
Leyton Orient FC
Surrey CCC
Norwich City FC
Scunthorpe United FC
Southend FC
Wycombe Wanderers FC
West Ham United FC
S2RfS Digital Badges..."Digital Badges have provided our students with a new and interesting way to showcase their skills and achievements with colleges and employers."
Reach of S2RfS so far
S2RfS has an amazing overall student retention
rate.
Children and young people have benefitted directly from the programme and have demonstrated improved communication and ICT skills.
Digital badges (S2R Medals) issued to date
S2RfS will continue developing as a programme providing free resources that can be used by schools and centres to support their own schemes.Announcing S2RfS Working for Success- A Paul Hamlyn funded programme creating UK pilot centres using opportunities presented by sports clubs to assist young people who are NEET or at the risk of becoming NEET to develop skills and find employment.
Next Steps for S2RfS
Badges systems created with...
University of Sussex - recognise staff CPD
Open Badge applications in UK HE
Edinburgh University Students Association - recognise skills gained by Class Reps and enhance employability
Abertay University - showcase HEAR related activities
University of Dundee - recognise skills gained by students while co-creating the medical curriculum
University of Sheffield - recognise learning in a MOOC. Can be used for a reduction in degree fees and credit towards modules
Challengeswe hope to
address
Meteora Climbing by Stefanos Nikologianis CC BY 2.0 from Flickr
Finding new opportunities
From Flickr by James Cridland
Standing out from the crowd
Forth Bridge Blues by Chris Combe CC BY 2.0 from Flickr
Connecting to opportunities
Design a badge
- Hands up if you have a badge idea you want to design
- Does anyone want to join them?- Don’t have a clue?
- Collect the post-its on the wall
- Group them into common themes
- Join a group around a badge idea
What badge?
Badge Design Canvas
Badge design discussion - challenges
and opportunities
The Open Badge
Academy (OBA)
Learner
Explore Careers
Evidence Skills
Transition to Employment
Educator
Recognise Learning
Build Capabilities
Measure Impact
Employer
Set Industry Challenges
Provide Pathways to opportunities
Endorse Achievements
Build a richer picture of you
OBA launches with TechFuture Academy
Open Badge Academy
Create your badges Learners find your badgeLaunch academy
Share achievementsConnect with work
and educational opportunities
Learners add evidence
Organisations track impact & recruit talent
Discover, earn and share badges on the move
“At the forefront of the Open Badges movement” Mark Surman Mozilla
Badge Design
250 x 250 pixels
Badge set
Employer
ExpertPeer
Multiple validation Evidence-based endorsement
Create and issue a badge
Badge Pathways
Forth Bridge Blues by Chris Combe CC BY 2.0 from Flickr
Open Badges as Bridges:Connect
Webmaker
Expand your digital literacy skills online by learning how to make and remix the web
O2 Think Big
Apply your digital enterprise skills to gain experience to help you transition into employment or enterprise
CPD
Refresh your computing knowledge on the job in order to teach the new computing curriculum
Badges as pathways into employment
SchoolSchools KS4/5 HE / Apprenticeships Career Development
Code Club
Develop an interest in coding through completing simple coding challenges
Activity Badges
Skill badges (two levels)
The YCiF Award
“An ordinary reference, from my college for example, might say that I’m capable of sitting down and learning something. These badges show that I’m sitting down, learning the skill, but then I’m going out and using them in real life situations to make changes.”
- Charlie, 18
“The badges and Award I’ve earned show an employer what I can already do. I’ll be looking for a part time job
when I start my degree my reference could help me to get a higher paid job in an area that I’m really interested in.”
- Abi, 18
Brian loves words, whether those words make up hundreds of lines of code or the sentences of a novel. His job at Mozilla involves a combination of both, since he codes and writes specifications for others who want to use the tools he builds. Words aside, he loves playing games, chopping wood(!) and cooking. Did we mention he rocks a bass (and a wicked hairstyle) in more than one band?
Brian B. Senior Engineer / OBI Architect at Mozilla
Badge-based pathways to employment Mozilla Discovery project
Matt likes breaking things and then putting them back together to improve them. His job as a QA engineer in the Firefox team involves everything from finding things that don't work - otherwise know as bugs - to coordinating projects within the open source community, such as new feature requests. His path is full of different jobs and adventures from rock-climbing to making tofu and being a psychologist at a youth detention centre.
Matt B. Senior QA Engineer at Mozilla
Badge-based pathways to employment Mozilla Discovery project
Follow your interests to find
new opportunities.
Build your capabilities to stand out from the
crowd.
Create your ideal career.
Meteora Climbing by Stefanos Nikologianis CC BY 2.0 from Flickr
From Flickr by James Cridland
Forth Bridge Blues by Chris Combe CC BY 2.0 from Flickr
Exploring the OBA helps earners follow their skills to new opportunities
Badge Academies issue badges to build capabilities for specific groups, e.g.- university students- company employees- apprentices
Employer endorsed badges in the Public Library help earners to connect to career opportunities
- Add other badges that could link to and from the badge you designed
- Look round the room, are there badges you could connect to
- Create badge pathways
Grab a Badge System Canvas and post-its
- Note what you're excited about
- Note what you’re concerned about
- Note what you'd like to explore further
Badges for your organisation
Thanks!
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