Open Badges In The Wild/ PLE13 Berlin / 5 July 2013

Tim Riches! @triches!

In the UK…!

Badge the UKHelp Us

Badge The UK Creators!

http://openbadges.org

Who else is using Open Badges?

Some of the organisations involved in the ecosystem

Size of Open Badges ecosystem

( ) Data correct as of 4 July 2013

800+

issuers - such as NASA,

Purdue University, Disney, etc.

http://workforce.io/

Badge Issuers!

Vital stats4,000 Schools75,000 Students10,000 Teachers

Badge Issuers

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/special/DigitalBadges.html

http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/passport/

What are Open Badges?

Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them

CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

What’s the problem?

Silo 1

Silo 2

Silo 3

GCSEs, eBacc, etc.

After school club certificates

Online learning

Silo 1

Silo 2

Silo 3

What skills/attributes are missing here?

(how can we best present them in a holistic way?)

GCSEs, eBacc, etc.

Online learning

After school club certificates

How are Open Badges a solution?

Visual representations of achievements, learning, skills,

interests, competencies

They can accommodate formal & informal learning pathways

Mozilla has built (and will maintain) the plumbing���

Open Badges can capture learning wherever & however it occurs—allowing for innovation

They can represent hard & soft skills, peer assessment, and stackable lifelong learning

Open Badges? (What about degrees, certificates, diplomas?)

Not simply either/or —both/and!

Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI)

Problem 2: how can we use the power of the web to raise value of 21

century learning?!

Distributed Recognition

Bridging: formal-informal, primary-secondary, secondary-further education, education-employment, job progression!

Badge Creators!

Download  canvases  at  www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk  

Badge design process!

Design Tools!

Badge Endorsers!

Badge Displayers!

Badge Consumers!

Badge ‘App Store’!

Tim Riches!Tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk!

@triches!www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk!

Badge  design  canvas  guide  Download  canvases  at  www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk  

A  strong  wind  blows…  

1.  Audience  

Primary  &  secondary  age  (Open  Badges  for  

13+)  Teachers  

Teachers

Other  pupils  Technology  companies    Colleges  /  UniversiBes  

Stand  out  digital  CV    Access  to  soFware  &  

hardware  Days  out  of  school  

presenBng  

Recognise genuine learning

Industry recognition

IdenBfy  talent  Staff  engagement  

Technology  sector  companies  

UniversiBes  /  college  

ExisBng  db  Conferences  Makewaves  

Endorser  channels    

Teacher  &  peer    Monitored  by  DigitalMe  

2.  Components  Digital  Leader  Explorer  Badge  

•   Learn  to  use  soFware    /  hardware  

•   Knowledge  of  main  funcBons  •   Ideas  of  how  it  could  be  applied  to  solve  a  problem  

•  Working independently •  Resilience

•  Self Confidence

•   Create  and  deliver  a  presentaBon  on  technology  

discovered  •   Field  quesBons  from  group  

•   Share  presentaBon  online  

•   Teacher  /  snr  peer  confirms  

presentaBon  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 time: develop endorser relationships, presentations, training, create support materials, fund raising

-  Badge issuing platform / plugin (www.makewav.es in this case)

-  Displayer: Wordpress, Moodle, Linkedin, Thimble CV? -  Expenses

5.  Design  

Tweet your badge next action to #openbadges!

@triches!www.digitalme.co.uk/!