A presentation at the Learning & Skills Group conference in London on 18th June 2013.
Learning & Skills Group Conference / 18 June 2013
Who are you?
Dr. Doug BelshawBadges & Skills LeadMozilla Foundation
@[email protected]
Who?What? When?
Where?Why? How?
Mozilla!(global non-profit)
Some of the organisationsinvolved in the ecosystem
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/Issuers
http://workforce.io/
http://www.kenteq.nl/smartsite.net?id=KT_HOME_EN
http://sweetwaterfoundation.com
http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-projects.php?id=2246
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/special/DigitalBadges.html
http://www.proexam.org/index.php/technology/digital-micro-credentials
http://www.digitalme.co.uk/student-digital-leaders-badgeathon/
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/passport/
Who?
What?When?Where?
Why? How?
Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them
CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen
Visual representations ofachievements, learning, skills,
interests, competencies
They can accommodateformal & informallearning pathways
BADGE DISPLAY SITES
SUCCESS
after-school program free online course government agency
DISPLAY SITES
personal web site
social networking profiles
WordPress / Tumblr
job sites
RESULTS
new learning
unlock opportunities
jobs
Mozilla has built (and will maintain) the plumbing
They can represent hard & softskills, peer assessment, and stackable lifelong learning
Open Badges can capture learning wherever & however itoccurs—allowing for innovation
http://tincanapi.com/overview/
Open Badges?(What about degrees, certificates, diplomas?)
Not simply either/or—both/and!
Who?
What?When?
Where?Why?
How?
Silo 1
Silo 2
Silo 3
Degree
PRINCE2etc.
CPDcertificate
Silo 1
Silo 2
Silo 3
What skills/attributes are missing here?
(how can we best present them in a holistic way?)
Degree
PRINCE2etc.
CPDcertificate
OpenBadgesInfrastructure(OBI)
I love badges for motivating me in
my learning!
We use metadata-infused credentials
aligned with the OBI
I’m using micro-accreditation to
make achievements more granular
Who?
What? When?
Where?Why?
How?
http://openbadges.org
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
3 main ways to issue badges...
Roll your own solution(using onboarding documentation)
Use plugin for an existing system (plugins available for most major platforms/systems)
Third-party issuing platform(URLs in metadata point to their servers)
3 main ways to issue badges:
Use plugin for an existing system (plugins available for most major platforms/systems)
Who?
What?
When?Where?
Why?
How?
NOW!(we launched v1.0 in March)
~100,000 Open Badges issued
>26,000 earners
>700 issuers
to
by
(May 2013 stats)
Federation of badge backpacks
Coming soon...
Image CC BY IsaacMao
Endorsement (3rd-party signing of badges)
Federation of badge backpacks
Coming soon...
Images CC BY IsaacMao & SeattleClouds.com
SOME IDEASto get you started
• Play! Experiment! Earn your first badge at openbadges.org to see how they work.
• Think up some criteria and issue a badge to someone using badg.us
• Join the Open Badges community. Ask questions!
• Launch a pilot. What behaviours/skills/understanding are you trying to promote?
Conclusion
• Open Badges = metadata-infused credentials
• We’re now at v1.0 of the OBI
• Lots of organisations are already using badges
• You can get started right now!
Now!
On Twitter: @dajbelshaw
Via email: [email protected]
Ask me hard questions!
http://openbadges.org
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openbadges
Useful links: