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Context – Openness
Micro-credentials
What is a digital badge?
System Elements
Badges in Moodle
Pilot – Facilitating Online Learning course
Tools and Projects
The ‘Openness’ Movement
Open Education Open Learning Open Online Courses – MOOCs - OpenupEd Open Educational Resources – OER Africa Open Licencing – Creative Commons Open Access Journals - DOAJ Open Source Software – OSS / FOSS
The Concept of Micro-credentials Competency-based education Recognize smaller achievements
Can add up to something more
Non-traditional / informal Gamification:
reward/incentive
strategy
transparency
formal potential?
Visual symbol used to: set goals motivate behaviours represent achievement communicate success
Online representation within and across networks & communities
• Free & open• Transferable• Stackable• Evidence-based
Digital Badges Open Badges
What information is embedded in a badge?
http://wiki.Mozilla.org/Badges
Elements:• Issuing organisation• Badge Design• Award Criteria• Issuing System• Earner• Display system
System ElementsIssuer• Organisation; Employer; Assessment; Awards badge
Digital Badges• Badge Design; Criteria;
Earner• Performs tasks; Display on Profile; Export to storage /
display Storage• In-house; Open storage system; e.g. Mozilla Backpack
Displayer• Internal; External; Social site; Link to storage
Example 1: Course with 4 Modules History of Badges Designing & Issuing Badges Policies & Procedures Storage & Security
*Canvas Network https://www.canvas.net/
Badges in Moodle (v2.5+)
Badges shown in site profile Categories: (https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Badges)
site wide e.g. finishing a set of coursescourse specific – related to course specific activities
Fully compatible with Mozilla Open Badges Export from Moodle to Backpack Link from Backpack to Moodle site YouTube demos:‘How to – Upload your Moodle Badge into your Mozilla Backpack’ (Brenda – 5:07m )
‘Çreate Course Badges’ (Nellie – 19:41min)
Guide – Display your badges on your LinkedIn Profile (Mozilla Open Badges Blog)
Example 2: Badges process in Moodle1. Create your badge (.png image)
2. What does it represent? name, description, issuing organisation, expiry
3. Criteria for award
4. Who can award? (automated/manual)
5. Message
6. Storage Internal to system External - link to Open Backpack
Practical considerations for FOLC
Badge Design to reflect organisational branding: Saide using OpenBadges.me
Award criteria: Facilitating Online Learning course completion Issuing system: Moodle Storage and display system: Mozilla backpack Earners: sub-Saharan Africa academic community
Shared completion criteria & timeframe from course outset Information provided re Open Digital Badges and ‘how to’
View in Moodle; Save to desktoop
Register for Mozilla Backpack; Export Moodle badge to backpack
Outcomes of badge pilot Participant use:
Huge interest shown in digital badges by participants
12 participants earned the badge
Not all managed to export to backpack
Badge Design: Easy to use OpenBadges.me
Moodle Badging system: Upload, embed meta-data, award
Robust – performed exactly as promised
Organisation (Saide) Digital credentialing approved for further use in capacity building programmes
Final ThoughtsThe way in which we use digital technology models particular values for our students and places particular kinds of demands both on them and on their teachers.
Therefore, we need to make conscious choices to use suitable digital technologies in appropriate ways taking cognisance of both our learning purposes and the technology profile of our target learners and teachers.
Principles: Embrace the opportunities afforded by ICTs while preserving pedagogical
integrity
Promote the opening of education using appropriate supporting ICTs
Use ICTs to support (not drive) the teaching and learning process
Be adaptive to change and mindful of context when utilising supporting ICTs
Build capacity to promote sustainability in changing learning environments
Reflection
How does/could this relate to your organisation? With respect to internal achievements Providing services Providing accreditation Capturing skills not usually represented on certificates …
Identify an achievement:for which you could award / have awarded badgesShare with the group in the post-webinar discussion
Useful Tools / Projects Open Badge Designer Tools
OpenBadges.me
OnlineIconMaker
Open Badge Storage: Mozilla Backpack
Digital Credential Curation & Validation service BadgeSafe tied to Canvas
BadgeStack tied to WordPress & Credly
Credly – verify, share, manage micro-credentials
DigitalMe – badge design consultancy, badge technology, support
Projects: BadgeOS (WordPress plugin)
Open Chat about Open Badges Twitter chat at Univ of Sussex TEL
Open Badges South Africa (working group)
Thank You
BRENDA MALLINSON
SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/brenda6
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License.
Bibliography Accreditrust (2014) Website
Bernard Bull (2014) How Will Badges and Micro-Credentialing Change Education? Etale – Life in the Digital World (Blog)
Canvas Network (2014) Badge 101
Credly (2014) Website
News Editor (2013) Professional Examination Service Introduces Digital Micro-Credentials Learning Solutions Magazine
Jonathan Finkelstein (2012) Digital Badges and Meaningful Microcredentials EDUCAUSE Library
Moodle.org (2015) https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Badges
MozillaWiki (2014) Badges
New Media Consortium (2014) Horizon Report - Higher Education Edition
OpenBadges.me (2014) https://www.openbadges.me/