Open Badges Belgium, a new Open Knowledge Working Group to give value to badges you receive

Open Badges BelgiumA NEW OPEN KNOWLEDGE WORKING GROUP TO GIVE VALUE TO BADGES YOU RECEIVE

Agenda

1. Introduction to Open Badges by Bert Jehoul (@jeborsel)

2. Use case of Badges at the City of Ghent by Vincent Van Malderen (@vincentvm)

3. Hands-on session : How to create and issue an Open Badge4. Q&A + Discussion: Future of Open Badges

What is an Open Badge ? ?

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What is an Open Badge ?

An Open Badge is ...

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What is an Open Badge ?

… a pretty (or ugly) picture ...

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What is an Open Badge ?

… with data embedded …

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(by Kyle Bowen, licensed CC-BY-SA)

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What is an Open Badge ?

… following an Open Standard expressed in JSON-LD .

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(by BIll Schwappacher & W3C, licensed CC0)

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What is an Open Badge ?

What are they for ?

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What is an Open Badge ?

An OPEN BADGE is an online representation of a skill, interest or achievement which can give RECOGNITION for the things you do or learn.

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What is an Open Badge ?

An OPEN BADGE is a tool to achieve OPEN RECOGNITION.

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Open Recognition - Open Badges

Open Recognition - Open Badges

Towards an Open Architecture for the recognition of lifelong and lifewide (learning) achievements. (Bologna Open Recognition Declaration, 2016)

Open Recognition - Open Badges - Why ?

Formal education is only a small fraction of the learning that takes place across an individual’s lifespan. (Bologna Open Recognition Declaration, 2016)

Open Recognition - Open Badges - Why ?

Promotion of social inclusion, employability and mobility. (Bologna Open Recognition Declaration, 2016)

Open Recognition - Examples

Open Recognition - Examples

Refugees have high expectations in terms of jobs, as they are often qualified – but their qualifications are not necessarily recognised when they arrive to Europe. It is also often very difficult for them to show proofs of their certificates, after their long journey to Europe. (European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), 2015)

Open Recognition - Examples

(https://www.lrng.org/)

Open Recognition - Examples

The core idea is that a city mobilises behind a culture of learning supported by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, workplaces, and youth/community/civic organisations. The aim of Cities of Learning is to engage all in learning, most particularly those for whom traditional forms of learning are proving to be disengaging. (Anthony Painter, https://www.thersa.org)

Open Recognition - Examples

(https://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/lo/en/low14298usen/LOW14298USEN.PDF)

Where can I get recognition (and an Open Badge) for ?

● Hard skills● Soft skills● Participation● Official certification● Authorization● Achievement● Community Involvement● Informal learning● ...

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The Open Badges Ecosystem

(by Erik Knutson, Concentric Sky, licensed CC-BY)

The Open Badges Ecosystem

The Open Badges Ecosystem

Digital badgesvs

Open Badges

● Free to use ● an Open technical Standard● Portable (transferable)

● Stackable (showing learning pathways)

● Earner-centric (in control of sharing his data)

● Evidence-based (information-rich with metadata)

● Granular Digital credentials (W3C

Credentials Community Group )

● Verifiable (W3C Verifiable Claims Task Force )

Open Badges are ...

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Open Badges Work Like the Web

(by Doug Belshaw, @dajbelshaw, http://dmlcentral.net/3-ways-open-badges-work-like-web)

● Open Badges are Open Like the Web ● Open Badges are Decentralised Like the Web● Open Badges use Hyperlinks Like the Web

Where does this Open Badges standard come from?

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A brief history …

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A brief history on Open Badges (<2011)

A brief history on Open Badges (2011)https://openbadges.org

A brief history on Open Badges (2012)https://openbadges.org

A brief history on Open Badges (2013)https://openbadges.org

A brief history on Open Badges (2014)https://openbadges.org

A brief history on Open Badges (2015)https://openbadges.org

A brief history on Open Badges (2016 - 2017)https://openbadges.org

A brief history on Open Badges (2016 - 2017)http://www.openrecognition.org

And in Belgium ? (2015)

Open Badges Belgium: the birth of BE BADGES (2016)

Open Badges Belgium: http://www.bebadges.be

Open Badges Belgium: Moment of Recognition ;-)

Selor as an issuer

Open Badges BelgiumUse Case

Agenda

1. Introduction to Open Badges by Bert Jehoul (@jeborsel)

2. Use case of Badges at the City of Ghent by Vincent Van Malderen (@vincentvm)

3. Hands-on session : How to create and issue an Open Badge4. Q&A + Discussion: Future of Open Badges

Hands-on session : How to create and issue an Open Badge

Badge System

1. Set some general goals for your badge system: what would you like to accomplish ?

2. Badge design template3. Design the badge and define the badge metadata4. Publish the badge and start assessing and issuing5. Earners receive the badge (via email or claim code)6. Earners can collect, store, display & share their badges7. Displayers & Consumers can verify and query badges that are public

Design your badge

● Images should be PNGs (or SVGs)● Images should be square and not exceed

256kb for maximum compatibility. They should have dimensions not smaller than 90 x 90px. View badge images at small sizes to ensure that the content remains legible when scaled.

Designer tool: https://www.openbadges.me/

Core badge elements

JSON metadatahttps://openbadgespec.org/

JSON metadatahttps://openbadgespec.org/

Things you can verify and explore in a badge:

● Details about the organization issuing the badge● What the individual has done to earn the badge● The criteria that the badge has been assessed against● That the badge was issued to the expected recipient● The badge earner’s unique evidence (optionally included)● When the badge was issued and whether it has expired● Possible framework or classification it is linked to (e.g.

ESCO)● ...

“Bake your Badge”

● Insert iTXt chunk with keyword openbadges into the PNG

● Add an xmlns:openbadges attribute to the SVG

Badge Baking is the process of taking an Assertion and embedding it into the badge image.

This allows Open Badges to be portable so that when a user displays a badge on a page, software that is OpenBadges-aware can automatically extract Assertion data and perform the checks necessary to see if a person legitimately earned the badge.

Or use an existing issuing service

https://www.youracclaim.com/

http://badgeos.org/https://www.badgecraft.eu/en

http://badgr.io/https://bestr.it/

https://factory.cancred.ca/

https://credly.com/

https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Badges

https://openbadgefactory.com/

https://www.makewav.es/

https://www.openbadgeacademy.com/

Existing Backpack Services

http://badgr.io/

https://backpack.openbadges.org/

https://openbadgepassport.com/

https://passport.cancred.ca/

Belgian Open Badges Platform

http://www.bebadges.be

Discussion: Future of Open Badges

What brings 2017 ?

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Birth of a new Open Knowledge Working Group

Open Badges Belgium - Be Badges

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Birth of a new Open Knowledge Working Group

Mission

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● Spread the use of Open Badges in Belgium, build a bigger ecosystem !

● Support Open Recognition initiatives (take away technical complexity, promote organisations & individuals)

● Help build an international Open Recognition Community (25 October 2017: Open Recognition Day !)

● Think international, implement local !● Earner focused

● As an issuer, earner, displayer, consumer or just supporter to help with a widespread promotion & adoption of this Open Standard

● Or with your technical expertise as a designer, developer, Linked Data enthusiast to help us create tools and applications that take away technical difficulties for others to start using Open Badges

Feel Free to Join our community !

Contact us via :

● twitter @be_badges,● mail info@bebadges.be ● or community@bebadges.be (mailinglist) and introduce yourself to

the community.

Feel Free to Join our community !

Via :

● http://www.bebadges.be● Twitter @be_badges● Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bebadges● Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/bebadges● Meetup https://www.meetup.com/Belgian-Open-Badges-Meetup

Or start following us !

Discussion: Some Questions for the Audience

What gives a badge value ?

Can anyone issue a badge for anything ?

What is the difference between Open Badge endorsements and Linkedin endorsements?

Q&A

Thanks!

Bert Jehoul @jeborsel

Vincent Van Malderen @vincentvm