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OPEN BADGES Gavin Henrick
Learning Technology Services
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.
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
HOW THEY WORK
“Badges do the same thing as credentials
with one critical difference: they are
transparent, meaning that the criteria,
learning artifacts, and assessments are
directly linked to the badge earner and
issuing organization.”
Grant, Sheryl L. 2014. What Counts As Learning: Open Digital Badges
for New Opportunities. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research
Hub.
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
Badges.hsalearning.ie
http://edcetera.rafter.com/using-badges-to-quantify-learning-outcomes-at-uc-davis/
Border College
• http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2454
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
SO WHAT NOW?
Some Issues To Consider
•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?
Platform options
Technical options
•Automated from completion of a
course / task
•Manual from offline completion
•Manual from wider assessment
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?
Some Platforms that can issue
• Blackboard
• Moodle
• Canvas
• Wordpress
• Drupal
• Others..
Designing Badges
•Shapes
•Colours
•Themes
• Icons
•Pathways / Groups
•Branding
STUDENT SKILLS Consider skills that students really need when they
graduate
theguardian.com
The ten skills students really need when they graduate
• Business sense
• global mindset
• A language
• A squeaky clean digital footprint
• Office etiquette
• How to make a good cuppa
• Good with computers
• Teamwork
• Talking to people
• Positive attitude From: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/04/skills-graduates-need-students-employability
TCD
• Drive/Energy
• Motivation
• Communication skills
• Determination
• Confidence
• Reliability
• Analytical ability
• Honesty/Integrity
• Pride in a job well done
• Dedication
• Listening skills
• Business awareness See http://www.tcd.ie/Careers/students/jobsearch/what_employers_want.php#qualities
Targetjobs.co.uk
• Commercial awareness
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Negotiation and persuasion
• Problem solving
• Leadership
• Organisation
• Perseverance and motivation
• Ability to work under pressure
• Confidence From http://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/career-planning/273051-the-top-10-skills-thatll-get-you-a-job-when-you-graduate
Flux Report by Right Management
most important skills to develop in employees to drive company growth
• Leadership skills 62%
• Management skills 62%
• Interpersonal skills 53%
• Innovation and creativity 45%
• Resilience 43%
• Technical/specialist skills 40%
• IT skills 40%
• Sales/marketing skills 32%
• Client management skills 24%
• Other/none of the above 4% http://www.rightmanagement.co.uk/thought-leadership/research/the-flux-report-building-a-resilient-workforce-in-the-face-of-flux.pdf
Some questions
• How do you decide what skills to track?
• How do you assess those skills?
• How do you accredit those skills?
• How do you get the employers on board?
• How do you get the students motivated?
JISC OPEN BADGE TOOLKIT www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/421718/jiscopenbadgesdesigntoolkit-print_1.pdf
http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/support-for/assessment/resources.aspx
Toolkit Details
• Who?
• Why?
• What?
• Systems
• Tags
• Resources /
Sustainability
What covers:
• Skills
• Behaviours
• Criteria
• Evidence
• Types of Assessment
• Channels
http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/421718/jiscopenbadgesdesigntoolkit-print_1.pdf
OPEN BADGE BACKPACK
REFERENCES
References
[1] http://www.openbadges.org/
[2] http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2013/10/10/gamification-what-is-
it-and-what-it-is-in-moodle/
[3] http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/421718/jiscopenbadgesdesigntoolkit-
print_1.pdf
[4] http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/04/skills-graduates-need-
students-employability
[5] http://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/career-planning/273051-the-top-10-
skills-thatll-get-you-a-job-when-you-graduate
[6]
http://www.ucd.ie/careers/students/resources/guidesbycdcstaff/skillsemployerss
eek/
[7] Grant, Sheryl L. 2014. What Counts As Learning: Open Digital Badges for
New Opportunities. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub.
[8] http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/support-for/assessment/resources.aspx
Contact
Gavin Henrick
T: @ghenrick
B: http://www.somerandomthoughts.com
S: http://www.slideshare.net/ghenrick/
L: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick