re-imagining credentials with mozilla open badges - an open badges design workshop
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Education and the workforce are changing. In most industries the internet has transformed the way we work but in the field of assessment and accreditation there has been little innovation. Mozilla Open Badges (developed by the people behind the Firefox browser) is a new open source, world-wide standard which aims to change this. It allows all skills to be recognised digitally and shared online, efficiently connecting those with the right skills to opportunities for employment. In this session you will: Find out what Open Badges are Design a badge yourself Earn a badge for the knowledge you have gained in the session Tim Riches is CEO of DigitalMe, a nonprofit creating a new skills currency using digital badges. DigitalMe’s ‘Badge The UK’ project is helping teachers, business’ and community organisations create digital badges which recognise all of young peopleís learning – in and out of school. As well as working at DigitalMe, Tim supports the Mozilla Open Badges team to develop new international partnerships and projects. Before working at DigitalMe Tim co-founded the multi-award winning open learning platform Makewaves.TRANSCRIPT
Developing Mobile Learning Solutions for Social Services in Scotland Scottish Social Services Council
Tim Riches 9 Jan 2013 Dundee #openbadges
Tim Riches CEO DigitalMe @triches / [email protected] Partnerships, Open Badges, Mozilla Foundation
About digitalme
Today’s Goals: 1. Open Badges Qs answered 2. Move your badge idea one step forward 3. Issue you with Badge Canvas 101 Open
Badge 4. Clear next action 5. Badge partner pledge
1. What are open badges?
Mozilla Open Badges: a web standard which captures & communicates learning
How do they work?
CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen
Mozilla’s Open Badge Infrastructure
www.backpack.openbadges.org
What makes Open Badges different? 1. Open & free skills communication
standard 2. Anyone can create open badges 3. Data is owned by users
Who is using Open Badges?
Some of the organisations involved in the ecosystem
235,000 badges issued
1900 issuers
52,395 Backpacks
1400% Growth since Nov 2012
240 orgs Clinton Global Initiative
120 partners
Mozfest 2013
Badge The World 1M Badges Pledged
What tools are available?
Moodle, Blackboard, Makebadg.es, Openbadges.me, Badgemaker, Mahara, Achievery, Badgekit, Makewaves…
What problems could badges solve? • Recognise learning traditional qualifications fail to do • Student & teachers create a fuller picture of learning • Learner led pathways & feedback • Monitoring learning ecosystems • Become discoverable by your talents & achievements • Career development
Recap - today’s Goals: 1. Open Badges Qs answered 2. Move your badge idea one step forward 3. Issue you with Badge Canvas 101 Open
Badge 4. Clear next action 5. Badge partner pledge
Case Study 1: S2R Medals Case study pages online
Learner User Journey (270) Student recruited by school for program
Student works through 20 hour program at
centre
Student receives badges online
Student s share achievements at celebraAon event
Student becomes mentor or conAnues with
program back at school
3 sets Journalist, Coach & Producer
3 levels in each set: Bronze, Silver & Gold
Each badge has specific skills, criteria and evidence aHached to it
QualitaAve assessment of skills by peers/leaders who issue the badges
S2R Medals
Aren’t badges just for kids?
Case Study 2: Badge The UK
“…qualifications are worthless as a criteria for hiring”!Google 2013!
Capturing all learning – creating new skills currency !
Badge ‘App Store’!
Badge Displayers!
Badge Audience!
Today’s Goals: 1. Open Badges Qs answered 2. Move your badge idea one step forward 3. Issue you with Badge Canvas 101 Open
Badge 4. Clear next action 5. Badge partner pledge
Download canvases at www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk
Designing Open Badges
The Open Badge Design Canvas Download canvases at www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk
1. Audience
Primary & secondary age (Open Badges for 13+) Teachers
Teachers
Other pupils Technology companies Colleges / UniversiAes
Stand out digital CV Access to soUware & hardware Days out of school presenAng
Recognise genuine learning Industry recogniAon
IdenAfy talent Staff engagement
Technology sector companies UniversiAes / college
ExisAng db Conferences Endorser channels
Teacher & peer Monitored by DigitalMe
2. Components Digital Leader Explorer Badge
• Learn to use soUware / hardware • Knowledge of main funcAons • Ideas of how it could be applied to solve a problem
• Working independently • Resilience • Self Confidence
• Create and deliver a presentaAon on technology discovered • Field quesAons from group
• Share presentaAon online • Teacher / snr peer confirms presentaAon by awarding the badge
3. Badge pathways
Explorer: Independently explore & share Reactor: Responds to a brief, applies tech to solve a problem Project: Works as part of a team on extended project Sub badges e.g. presenter, coder, help desk, ambassador (three earned for each badge)
4. Resources
-‐ Staff Ame: develop endorser relaAonships, presentaAons, training, create support materials, fund raising -‐ Badge issuing plaaorm / plugin (e.g. Makewaves, Badge us, Blackboard, wordress plugin etc… -‐ Displayer: Wordpress, Moodle, Linkedin, Thimble CV? -‐ Expenses
Free badge designer
www.makebadg.es
5. Design
Tell us about your project here
Tim Riches [email protected]
@triches www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk