Nate Otto DPD Project Methods Presentation - Open Badges in Education Workshop
NAWI 2014: Open Badges for Workforce Development: Findings from the DPD Project
Transcript of NAWI 2014: Open Badges for Workforce Development: Findings from the DPD Project
Digital Badges in the Workforce
NAWI Annual Conference22 May 2014
Design Principles Documentation Project
Digital Badges in the Workforce
Nate OttoProject Coordinator
Design Principles Documentation ProjectIndiana University
Thanks to:
Quick poll: How familiar are you with digital badges?
1.I am hearing about them for the first time
2.I know about badges and want to learn more.
3.I have earned some digital badges.
4.I have built a badge system and issued badges.
Web Navigator Badge
- Hackasaurus
“Digital Badges are web-enabled
credentials of learning or
accomplishment."
Prof. Dan Hickey, Design Principles Documentation Project
Presentation Outline
• The Design Principles Documentation Project
• What are digital badges?
• How can badges be used to support the workforce?
• Case studies: YALSA, the Manufacturing Institute
Design Principles Documentation
Project
Design Principles Documentation Project
Rebecca
Itow
Andi
RehakKaterina
SchenkeCathy
Tran
Nate
OttoChristine
Chow
Daniel Hickey
Principal Investigator
Design Principles Documentation Project
Goal: To find out how
organizations are using digital
badges in learning programs.
Design Principles Documentation Project
Four functions of digital badge systems
• Recognizing Learning
• Assessing Learning
• Motivating Learning
• Studying Learning
Pulling apart different functions of badge systems.
Intended Practice
Enacted Practice
Formal Practice
Evolution of a Practice
Original design
As first implemented
Continuing practice
WHAT ARE OPEN BADGES?
“A badge is an image…
with stuff in it.”
Sheryl Grant, HASTAC
Badges are symbolic representations of skills and accomplishments.
How does this…
Web Navigator Badge
- Hackasaurus
Mean this…?
“Nate Otto can operate a Web
browser with celerity.”
Metadata!
CC-BY-SA Kyle Bowen
Open Badges can contain:
• Specific claims about learning or accomplishment
• Links to supporting evidence
“A digital badge is an online
representation of a skill you’ve
earned… [that] allows you to verify
your skills, interests and
achievements through credible
organizations.”
Mozilla Foundation - About Open Badges
How are we all doing so far?
elwino (cc-by-nc-sa)
Once you’ve earned badges, where do they go?
The Open Badges Backpack
Collect, Organize and Share
Collect, Organize and Share
Collect, Organize and Share
Collect, Organize and Share
• Applying for jobs
• Professional development
• Performance reviews
• . . .
BUILDING BADGE SYSTEMS
How to use badges:
Design Principles Documentation Project
Four functions of digital badge systems
• Recognizing Learning
• Assessing Learning
• Motivating Learning
• Studying Learning
For each of these categories, we identified general design principles.
Level badges
Provide routes or pathways
1 General Principle 2 Specific Principles 18 practicesacross 30 projects
(As implemented in project contexts)
“Levels of Participation and
Achievement” -Intel
“Hierarchical Quest Paths” –NOAA Planet Stewards
Sort Identified Practices
Draft Initial Principles
Formalize General Principles
Bookmark Research
Emergence of Badge Design Principles
General and Specific Principles: Recognizing Learning
•Align badges to standards (23)
–Use standards internal to community (3)
–Use national or international standards (12)
–Use community and national/international standards (8)
•Use badges to map learning trajectory (18)
–Level badges (11)
–Provide routes or pathways (7)
•Have experts issue badges (15)
–Credentialed via external accredited entity (8)
–Credentialed via community (2)
–Credentialed via accredited entity and community (5)
• Seek external backing (15)– Externally endorsed (8)
– Externally valued (7)
• Recognize diverse learning (10)• Use badges as a means of external
communication of learning (11)• Determine lifespan of badges (7)
– Never expires (7)
– Requires renewal or upgrading (0)
• Recognize educator learning (7)• Award formal academic credit for
badges (3)• Promote discovery (7)
– Discover learning opportunities (5*)
– Discover learners (2*)
Tracking principles across 3 phases
Intended – Enacted – Formal
BADGES IN THE WORKFORCE
Stackable skill credentials:
How are badges being used in workforce-related projects?
YALSA
Badges to recognize librarians’ skills
2012-present
• YALSA won a grant to develop a badge system through the Digital Media & Learning Competition
• Launched spring 2014
Case Study now available
http://dpdproject.info/details/yalsa/
YALSA issues badges to recognize professional competencies
Communication, Outreach and Marketing badge
The badge system will enable
librarians and library workers to “gain
recognition for the new
competencies, capacities and
skills they are developing in a
nontraditional setting”
YALSA grant proposal to the DML Competition
YALSA Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth
1. Leadership and Professionalism
2. Communication, Outreach and Marketing
3. Knowledge of Client Group
4. Administration
5. Knowledge of Materials
6. Access to Information
7. Services
“The competencies outline the skills
and knowledge teen services
librarians need to have in order to
provide excellent service to this
unique age group.”
YALSA grant proposal to the DML Competition
YALSA Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth
1. Leadership and Professionalism
2. Communication, Outreach and Marketing
3. Knowledge of Client Group
4. Administration
5. Knowledge of Materials
6. Access to Information
7. Services
YALSA Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth
1. Leadership and Professionalism
2. Communication, Outreach and Marketing
3. Knowledge of Client Group
4. Administration
5. Knowledge of Materials
6. Access to Information
7. Services
Communicator Badge Outcomes
• Effectively use social media and mobile technologies
in order to advocate for the age group
• Effectively use social media and mobile technologies
to inform teens about what a library has to offer
• Understand how to select the best technology tool in
order to successfully get a message out to a specific
audience and for a specific purpose.
• Use a variety of tools to identify the needs and
interests of underserved teens
What will YALSA badge earners do with their badges?
Who will they show?
“Badge earners can be
innovative in how they use the
badges:"
Sarah Flowers, YALSA President 2011-12
"...in virtual resumes or
portfolios..."
Sarah Flowers, YALSA President 2011-12
"...in their yearly employee
evaluation or goal-setting
process..."
Sarah Flowers, YALSA President 2011-12
"...on web pages or blogs..."
Sarah Flowers, YALSA President 2011-12
"...or in some other way that
showcases the work they’ve
done.”
Sarah Flowers, YALSA President 2011-12
What are some benefits of using badges?
How do they relate to workforce competencies?
Badges let you recognize skills learned outside of your formal schooling.
Badges let you recognize micro-level skills and achievements.
Badges let learners show off each achievement in the right context.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
Badges to recognize skills for manufacturing
[M-badges] will recognize the critical
skills that are learned in settings
other than educational institutions but
are highly sought by manufacturers.
National Association of Manufacturers
Employers post job opportunities and connect with badge earners.
We work for manufacturers.
Brent Weil, The Manufacturing Institute
Working with high school students who may be involved in STEM, but don’t think manufacturing is very glamorous.
Assessing soft skills needed by employers
Protecting Validity
• Didn’t want to give out 100k badges without much meaning behind them.
• Balance the need to protect the badges’ validity with a desire for a good pace of adoption.
Where and how do badges fit in the workplace?
(cc-by-sa Hugo Chisholm)
Badges let you recognize skills learned outside of your formal schooling.
Badges let you recognize micro-level skills and achievements.
Badges let learners show off each achievement in the right context.
Some discussion questions…
What important skills do workers learn on the job at your workplace or institution?
YALSA: Library SkillsWhat could you claim about the librarian who put together this display?
Newton Free Library (cc-by-nc-nd)
Manufacturing:Where can young people learn skills specific to an industry or sector?
Newton Free Library (cc-by-nc-nd)(cc-by-nd BISGOVUK)
Can you represent employees as a collection of their competencies?
RESOURCES
Hungry for more?
Weekly conference calls
Active discussion community
Technical Documentation
Visual design tools
Lightweight issuing platforms
Someone to ask questions
Someone to ask questions
Design Principles Documentation Project
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http://iudpd.indiana.edu/JanuaryReport
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http://iudpd.indiana.edu/CardDeck
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New: DPD Project Website
http://dpdproject.info
Any more questions?
Thomas Hawk (cc-by-nc)
Thank you for coming!
Nate OttoProject Coordinator
Design Principles Documentation ProjectIndiana University
@ottonomy