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Open Badge Factory A Badging Platform for Canada June 15, 2015 Don Presant PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE: bit.ly/badges-getting-started

Open Badge Factory: A Badging Platform for Canada

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Describes the features and benefits of Open Badge Factory and its companion platform, the Badge Passport. This innovative solution from Finland is coming to Canadian servers in early 2015.

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Open Badge Factory

A Badging Platform for Canada

June 15, 2015Don Presant

PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:bit.ly/badges-getting-started

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Badge Solution: Open Badge Factory Cloud-based badge platform

openbadgefactory.com

Link to more detail

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Features and Benefitsopenbadgefactory.com

• Innovative service from Finland– Centralized cloud service

• Manage badges in one place, issue in many (LMS, HRIS, face to face etc.)

• Current plug-ins: Moodle, Totara, Mahara, Optima ... others coming• Build your own plug-ins with the Open API

– Controlled access for organizations, roles within organizations

• Creator, Issuer, Administrator

– Detailed reports (how successful are your badges?)– Badge applications (assessment forms)– Milestone badges (“meta-badges”)

• Coming soon:– Multi-lingual badges– Delegated badge issuing (“badge sharing”)

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Moodle plug-in vs. OBF plug-inAdvantages of centralized badge managementFeature/Aspect Internal Moodle plug-in External OBF plug-in

System Control Teachers can create/issue badges on the fly, then abandon them. No global picture of institution badges.

Centralized badge creation by designated badge creators; distributed badge issuing via API. Centralized tracking of all badges.

Access to badges Difficult to copy badges, access same badges from different courses

Same badges accessible from different courses

Reports No comprehensive reports – must examine each badge

Detailed global reports

Record management Badge records are vulnerable to course deletion, system upgrades

Centralized, secure badge records

Badge Criteria Moodle statement only Complete editing control

Adding Evidence No way to add evidence Option to add evidence

Badge applications By assignment completion only Fully customizable assessment form

Badge claiming Inside Moodle only Inside or outside Moodle

Milestone badges No Yes – stack small badges into bigger ones

Mahoodle Issue in Moodle only Issue in Moodle and/or Mahara

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New: Open Badge PassportExpanding the Open Badge ecosystem

Flexible alternative to Mozilla Backpack

Micro-portfolios: pages with badges & other evidence

Connected to Open Badge Factory and

Mozilla Backpack

Much easier

for new users

Exciting road map: Badge

communities

Share, discover, search, match &

cluster badges

Collaborate with: CompaniesEducatorsTrainers Professional bodiesSectorsAssociations Regions

Build skills maps for

organizations and communities

Seek:Badge earners Badges to earnBadges wanted Badges endorsed

Map personalized badge pathways,learning plans

2 models:-cloud service–open source

Free for badge earners

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Open Badge Ecosystem Road MapOpen skills exchange – modular, flexible, interoperable

Mozilla BackpackStore, Share, Display Open

Badges

Open Badge Factory

Create, Issue, Manage Open

Badges

Open Badge Passport

skills passports“micro-portfolios”

badge communitiesstore, share, connect

Open API

Open

API

Global Badge CommunityIssuers, earners, consumers

Open

APIIssuerGroups

EarnerPassports

Open

APIs

eLearningPlatforms

ePortfolioPlatforms

CommunityPlatforms

WordPress(CMS)

Possible plug-ins to:

LTI

SCORM

Open Learning(OER, etc.)

ePortfolios

Personal Websites

Communities of Practice

ERP/HRIS

Open

API

Other display alternatives

Job portals

xAPI

OpenAPILMS

Man

ual

SAP, Oracle(ERP/HRIS)

LinkedIn, Facebook

Talent Managemen

t

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Open Badge FactoryGetting Started

Request account at openbadgefactory.comMore info at

Getting Started: Open Badge Factory

• First 2 months free• Sep 2015: cloud subscriptions

– Free • 1 badge only

– Basic: € 120 per year (c. $170 CAD)• Maximum 10 badges, other limitations

– Premium: € 600 per year (c. $840 CAD)– Optional custom installations

• Option: Badge Passport– Paid subscriptions for issuers (earners free)– Open Source / custom installations

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[email protected]: @donpresant

ePortfolio: donpresant.ca

PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:bit.ly/badges-getting-started

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Additional Slides

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Open Badge FactoryDETAIL: Centralized Detailed Reports

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Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Badge Applications (request forms)

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Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Adding Evidence

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Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Milestone Badges (metabadges)

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