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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
Badges are
Content
•Why Badges?
•What are Badges?
•How do they work?
•Who is using them?
WHY BADGES?
Learning
Learning today happens everywhere.
But it’s often difficult to get recognition
for skills and achievements that happen
online or out of school.
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.
SOME RECENT RESEARCH
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
City University London Project
•Aim to identify perception and possible
value
•Semi-structured interviews with staff
•Focus groups with students
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
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
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
WHAT ARE BADGES?
CV
I claim that
• I can …
• I learned
• I am able to
• I am competent in
• I took part in …
Badges
Badge is a digital proof that
• I can …
• I learned …
• I am able to …
• I am competent in …
• I took part in …
Badges
Visual representations of
•Achievements
•Skills
•Learning
• Interests
•Competencies
CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen
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
HOW THEY WORK
WHO IS USING THEM?
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.
LEARN.MOODLE.NET
http://edcetera.rafter.com/using-badges-to-quantify-learning-outcomes-at-uc-davis/
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/
workforce.io
Border College
• http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2454 http://www.bolt.ac.uk/
Border College – Student vote
ENOUGH ALREADY!
WE GOT IT.
BADGES ARE DIGITAL
PROOFS
WHAT NOW?
WE NEED A PLAN!
We need a plan!
•What to Badge?
•Who will issue Badges?
•Design the Badges
• Issuing platform
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?
Who issues Badges
•Central Department
•Teachers
•Students
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?
Designing Badges
•Shapes
•Colours
•Themes
• Icons
•Pathways / Groups
•Branding
See - The Digitalme BadgeCanvas
Platform options
Technical options
•Automated from completion of a
course / task
•Manual from offline completion
•Manual from wider assessment
BADGE CANVAS -
DIGITALME http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badgecanvas/
Evidence
•What artefact will show the criteria has
been met
Skills + Knowledge
•What skills does the badge represent?
Behaviours
•What behaviours does the badge
encourage?
Criteria
•What do you need to do to earn the
badge?
•Does it expire?
Value Proposition
•Why bother earning the badge?
•What opportunities does it unlock?
•What benefits for:
• Earner
• Issuer
• Consumer
Endorsers
•Who supports and recognises your
badge?
Channels
•Where does a user find out about your
badge?
Awarded
•Who awards the badge and how?
Users
•Who is the badge for?
•Earner
• Issuer
•Consumer
Badge Pathways
•What other badges exist in your eco
system?
•Are there different levels?
Resources & Sustainability
•What resources are needed for the
badge to work?
• Technology?
• Expertise?
• Money?
Template
EXAMPLE
STUDENT VIEW
Block: My latest badges
Profile: My badges
TEACHER SIDE
Manage Badges
Add Badge
Badge Criteria
Selecting Criteria
Enabling a Badge
Enabled and Active
Badge Recipients
Contact
Gavin Henrick
T: @ghenrick
B: http://www.somerandomthoughts.com
S: http://www.slideshare.net/ghenrick/
L: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick