ostp - badge slides - may 2011

Badges. Skills. Learning. A high level overview of emerging badge use cases and technology.

OSTP Presentation - May 12, 2011Mark Surman - Mozilla

badges:

1. examples

2. opportunity

3. experiment

badges:

visual representations of a skill or achievement

badges:

1. examples

2. opportunity

3. experiment

example: scouting may be the first example that comes to mind

more and more, we see badges representing achievements on the web example:

sometimes these badges are just for fun or social status example:

but increasingly the skills are real, based on online tasks and work example:

example: but increasingly the skills are real, based on real online tasks and work

example: but increasingly the skills are real, based on real online tasks and work

example: can combine technical and social, both of which employers are looking for

example: ... and sometimes willing to pay for > jobs

example: mozilla also experimenting with badges, which got us thinking about ...

badges:

1. examples

2. opportunity

3. experiment

badges:

if many orgs issued and recognized badges

badges:

learners could show skills gained in many places

badges:

educators could engage learners in innovative ways

badges:

employers could easily find people with web era skills

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what’s needed for people to take badges seriously?

how do you validate and prove that badges are legit?

what does success look like in 3-5 years?

badges:

1. examples

2. opportunity

3. experiment

open badges:

open approach to testing badge concepts in the wild

open badges idea:

many players test badges,benefits flow to learners

dml competition:

bring in more people + ideas, chance to learn

Badges. Skills. Learning.

A high level overview of emerging badge use cases and technology.

OSTP Presentation - May 12, 2011Mark Surman - Mozilla