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Open Badges
Making Learning Visible
SFU Version
March 6, 2015
Don PresantLonger presentation support page:
http://bit.ly/openbadges4he
Education à la carte“She’s come undone...”
www.udacity.com/nanodegree
The PhD Employment GapExpectation meets reality
conferenceboard.ca
“The problem is threefold: attitude, employability, and job searching skills.”
academica.ca
BUT...“Knowledge is not enough”
NEW RESOURCES:
PSE: 39.4%
Where are Canada’s PhDs Employed?
Another Burning Platform...Outcomes Based Learning
A knowledge base for engineering
Problem Analysis
Investigation
Design
Use of engineering tools
Individual & team work
Communication skills
Professionalism
Impact of engineering on society & the environment
Ethics & equity
Economics & project management
Life-long learning
CEAB Graduate Attributes: many are soft skills
70:20:10 RuleNot all learning takes place in the classroom
deakinprime.com wikipedia.org
What Problem are We Solving?
Student Engagement ≈ Student Success
Value learning
outside the classroom
Track, measure & authenticate
Leadership
Community service
Athletics
Special interests
Specialized skills and knowledge
Evidence-based support
for further goals:
Academicscholarships, awards, bursaries
transfer to senior college
community college to
university
graduate school
EmploymentWBL/WIL, internships
placements, permanent jobs
What Problem are We Solving?
University Affairs 2010
Employability (Trent University, 2013)“Employer Responses to the Co-Curricular Record”
Problem solving abilities, adaptability/flexibility, enthusiasm/dedication,
communication (written & verbal), personable nature, ability to learn, reliability
bit.ly/TrentU_CCR
Top Skills or Qualities
Types of activities
Interest in CCR as a paper document:
“Students should use the document as a tool for reviewing their co-curricular
experiences and reflecting on what skills/learning achievements were gained from
each.”
“Any relevant co-curricular experiences should be incorporated into the resume,
and potentially referenced in the cover letter.”
Longer-term commitments demonstrate a greater level of student investment;
leadership roles are valued.
minimal
Why not the whole story... online?
AcademicTranscript
Co-CurricularRecord
ExperiencedLearning
FormalLearning
ePortfolio
AccreditedExperiential
Learning
DegreeCourses
Thesis / Capstone Project
UnapprovedCo-Curricular
Activities
WorkExperience
-past-current
OpenCourses,
PD
ApprovedCo-Curricular.
Activities
Personal Life Experience
-past-current
PLAR/RPL
“Paper Silos”Issues with certification today
freedesignfile.com/92259
Transparency issues
“Dumb” paper often needs other
documents, e.g. syllabus
Proxy only – not the “whole story”
Easy to forge
Physical issues
Difficult to share, easy to lose
Recognition issues
Lack of granularity
Lack of context no links to supporting evidence
Experiential learning not valued
Lack of alignment, transfer,
articulation (“stackability”)
>75%5 key learning outcomes:
critical thinking, complex
problem-solving, written and
oral communication and applied
knowledge in real-world settings
“It Takes More than a Major”2013 survey of 318 employers
bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU
Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
93% Candidate’s demonstrated capacity
to think critically, communicate
clearly, and solve complex problems
is more important than their
undergraduate major
>80%An electronic portfolio would
be useful to them in ensuring that job
applicants have the knowledge and
skills they need to succeed in their
company or organization
Your “Accidental ePortfolio”Tracking your digital footprints – study
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Use Google or other search engines toresearch candidates
Research the candidate on Facebook
Monitor the candidate’s activity on Twitter
Employers who would…
n = 2,775 US/Canada July 2013 cb.com/18xbgez
Some of the search activity happensbefore candidates are even calledfor a job interview.
eSourcing is SocialEmployers want to find you
techvibes.com
Oct 2014
Is LinkedIn enough?
With ideas from: Does LinkedIn work as an ePortfolio?
PRO
Awareness
workplace focus (esp. North
America)
Evidence
Slideshare
Infographics
Videos,
Recommendations (?)
Social network
“Friend of a Friend”
Personal Learning Network
LinkedIn Groups
Timelines
CON
Flexibility
customization, segmentation alignment
to requirements/outcome
interoperability - feeding
to/from other sites
Archiving
file storage
Private modes
reflection, formative assessment,
mentoring
Learning frameworks
self-assessment, plans, rubrics, etc.
Audience
beyond white collar
older worker? (79% are 35+)
Ownership
Terms of Use, business model
Benefits of Learner Owned ePortfolios
Personal control and privacy
Not at the mercy
of social media
business models
educ6040fall10.wikispaces.com/ePortfolio
Public and private use
Archive
Reflective chamber
Showcase
Recognition tool
all in one package
Supports Recognition of Prior Learning
More flexible, shareable version of paper portfolios
Reduces wasteful repetition of training and education
www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7253metronews.ca/
Origins of Badges
Authority
Badge Tracking Android App
Since pre-Roman times
Blue Light
Achievement
Affiliation
Skills
Military
Scouting
Heraldry
Digital BadgesGamification, engagement, “recidivism”
earnyourwings.aircanada.com www.redcritterconnecter.com
A digital representation of an accomplishment, interest or affiliation that is visual, available online and
contains metadata including trusted links that help explain the context, meaning, process and result of an
activity.
As an open artefact, the earner can present the badge in different contexts from which it was earned.
What is an Open Badge?Micro-credential - modular record of learning
Clear progress markers
motivating learners, supporting advisors
Flexible learning pathways
granular, incremental, multi-source, laddered, remixable
Visual branding
issuers and earners
Online trust system
demonstrate skills & capabilities
proof of performance
backed by issuer
www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/
A skills ecosystemOpen Badges, micro-portfolios in social networks
Going digital
helps…
separatingcombiningassessing aligning
“valorising”validatingsharing searching
Open Badges & Social Media
Curated in ePortfolio
Interactive criteria
Pulled from Backpack
LinkedIn Profile
Facebook timeline
What is an Open Badge?Different perspectives…
“…a simple digital standard for recognizing and sharing achievements, skills and performance.”
SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
A micro-credential
A discrete record
in a modular
transcript
TECHNICAL
DESCRIPTION
A portable graphic
with an embedded
description and
links to supporting
information
FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
A reward for
positive (prescribed)
behaviour
A marker on a
development path
Some uses of badgescan be combined...
Recognize Status
Reputation
Group affiliation
transformingassessment.com/TA_webinar_5_mar_2014_Simon_Cross.pdf
Keep artefacts
Souvenirs of
experience
Motivate learning
“Game mechanics”
Set goals (missions)
Track progress
Set goals
Learning pathways
Assess &
Recognize Learning
Formal, non-formal,
informal
Fill recognition gaps
not currently well-
served
Simple, versatile, agnostic...Small pieces can build powerful systems
Julian Ridden
ADULT
YOUTH
Open Badges: Lifelong, Lifewide Learning
LOW
STAKESHIGH
STAKES
VolunteerExperience
WorkPlacements
AfterSchool
Programs
ClassroomEngagement
WorkplaceEngagement
PersonalLearning
MOOCs
Co-CurricularRecord
Workshops
P/T & Summer
JobsAdmission to
Higher Ed
Admission toPost GradSchools
Job Hire
Conferences
Recognitionof Prior
Learning
EmployabilityPortfolio
CareerTransition
Communitiesof
Practice
Memberships,Affiliations
Awards,Achievements
TeamBuilding Professional
Credentials
“Soft”Credentials
Red Cross, Cadets, Scouts,
etc.
E-learningCourses
FormativeFeedback
Awards,Achievements
ContinuingEducation
Employee Development
OU’s OpenLearnBadged Open Courses
Starting with 5 open courses
Badges:
“Statements of
Participation”
“does not carry any formal
credit towards a
qualification as it is not
subject to the same rigour as
formal assessment.”
1. Taking
the first
steps into
higher
education 2. Succeed
with
learning
3. Succeed
with maths
– Part 1
4. Succeed
with maths
– Part 2
5. English:
skills for
learning
Not MOOCs –
perpetually open
open.edu/openlearn/
Purdue UniversityBalancing Badges with Grades
Video playlist:
http://www.savvyfolio.net/user/don/open-badges-and-higher-education
Adding value to gradesPurdue University
Open Badges Grades
Learner control over presentation
and “ownership”
A-F grading system focuses on
sorting-based assessment and can
be opaque.
Transparency of learner
attainments and mastery
Not always indicators of actual
capabilities.
(Often) provide specific evidence
for learner attainments from life-
wide contexts
Do not explicitly address informal
learning except via Recognition of
Prior Learning (RPL) processes
Adapted from Bill Watson, PurduePoly 2014 (YouTube )
Leveraging learners’ badge-earning pathways to:
assist issuers in improving their instructional design
scaffold learners’ reflection over the learning process
https://sites.google.com/site/obie2015ws/
“From Learning Evidence to Learning Analytics”
Some suggested topics:
Impact of different badges on learner engagement
e.g. participatory badges vs. assessment-based badges
Combining OBs with other recent initiatives
e.g. xAPI, LRMI
Examining learning ‘pathways’ that emerge in large scale OB initiatives
Using semantic technologies on badge metadata
Badge PathwaysMozilla “Discover” (Gates funding)
http://discover.openbadges.org/
Open Badges and GamificationSome similarities, some differences
Game mechanics Open Badges
Points (xAPI), sub-badges
Levels Milestone badges
Quests Badge pathways
Mastery Competency
Bonuses, “easter eggs” Stealth badges
Leader boards Social networks
Formative Formative & summative
Internal recognition External recognition
How do
Open Badges support
recognition?
PaperBadgerPublish...or perish the thought?
https://github.com/mozillascience/PaperBadger
source
Lipscomb University/PolarisFortune 500 Competency Performance Model
www.lipscomb.edu/professionalstudies/core-for-employers
“CORE measures 15 competencies on a badge system, which is based on a nationally respected andFortune 500-proven competency performance model—the Polaris Assessment System. Companiesalready utilizing this system include Nike, PetSmart, Disney, Mars, Wendy’s among many others.”
Recognizing Co-Curricular LearningUniversity of Michigan
“If you add up all the time undergraduate students spend in their four years at college, only about 8 percent of their time is on the curricular, and 92 percent is on everything else.
....the light really went on when we saw how well the service learning students picked up on this opportunity to earn badges and showcase them in their eportfolios, at the same time truly highlighting, as never before, their co-curricular experiences.”
G. Alex AmbroseProfessor of Practice, Associate Ass. Director of ePortfolio AssessmentKaneb Center for Teaching and LearningUniversity of Notre Dame
Showcasing the Co-CurricularePortfolios & Open Badges at Notre Dame
campustechnology.com
Community Learning for Educators
educause
Community Service Communications
Leadership Development
Awards
Subject Matter
Development
Madison CollegeBadging non-credited Continuing Education
madisoncollege.edu/badges
Strategic Objective:
Creation and promotion of
innovative, market-based
credentials in credit, non-
credit and customized
programming (i.e. Badges)
“There are 120 badges to be rolled out this summer (2014).”
430,000
employees
worldwide
Make it “cool”
Make certification more
engaging
Help business lines &
regions develop & share
expertise
The challenge for this “leading technology multinational”
Talent pipeline
(identifying
candidates
with challenges)
Pre-onboarding
(signing bonus
if they earn the
badges)
Early PD and
achievements
(e.g. 1st client
engagement)
Two badging streams,
one holistic picture:
Formal certification
(with hard endorsements)
Informal, agile, emergent badges
that build credibility over time
The developing solution: Badging the career lifecycle
Developing a Global WorkforceBadging the Career Lifecycle
Cross-fertilization with other systems
Universities, learning providers,
business partners, clients, competitors
Discoverability
Learning opportunities
Expertise within IBM
The vision: a new talent ecosystem
Workforce vision: Open BadgesCity & Guilds (UK vocational qualifications body)
bit.ly/pipeline-CandG
What’s happening in
Canada?
Emerging in CanadaEarly Adopters (#badgeCAN)
George Brown College Research and Innovation (in progress)
Types
of Applied
Research
Components
of Applied
Research
Applied
Research
Methodologies
Integrity
&
Conduct
Literature
Search
Strategies
Accountability
in
Collaboration
Networking
& Knowledge
Transfer
R&D Policy
and
Procedure
Entrepreneurship
APPLIED RESEARCH COMPETENCIES FIELD EXPERIENCE
Open Badges at UBCLow stakes exploration, experimentation
Digital Tattoo
By students for students
Internet identity
Video Game Law
Stealth badges for
online engagement
Master of Ed Tech
Students as course
content authors
Entrepreneurial role play
badges.open.ubc.ca
Exciting new projectHumanitarian PLE across the career lifecycle
Career
Pathways
Humanitarian PLE across the career lifecycle
Talent
Pipeline
Recruitment
Induction
Formative Assessment
Gap Training
Team Building
Performance Management
Talent Management
Experience
Achievements
Professional Development
Career Development
Leadership
Development
SME Specialization
Career Change
Outplacement
External Performance
SupportGoogle, YouTube
External repositories
Coaching and
Mentoring
Other External Learning MOOCs, Open Ed Resources, Personal Learning Network,
Communities ofPractice
Other
Humanitarian
LMSs such
as:
OCBA
OCG
Academic recognition?
New Mission?
New MSF role?
New Career?
O p e nB a d g e s
OCB
Other
MSF LMSs
such as:
HRIS/ERPSystems
PerformanceManagement
System Talent Management
System
Skills
Marketplace
Dem
andSu
pp
lyBadgePassport/ePortfolio
External
Recognition
What does
all this mean?
Open Badge EcosystemOpen skills exchange – modular, flexible, interoperable
Mozilla BackpackStore, Share, Display
Open Badges
Open Badge IssuerCreate, Issue, Manage
badges
Local Backpack
Storage & Display
badge passports
“micro-portfolios”
badge communities
store, share, connect
Open
API
Open
API
Global Badge CommunityIssuers, earners, consumers
Open
APIIssuerGroups
EarnerPassports
Open
APIs
eLearning
Platforms
ePortfolio
Platforms
Community
Platforms
Drupal
(CMS)
Other possible plug-ins
Open Learning(OER, etc.)
ePortfolios
Personal
Websites
Communities
of Practice
ERP/HRIS
Other display alternatives
Job portals
LMS
SAP, Oracle
(ERP/HRIS)
LinkedIn,
Talent
Management
Unizin Consortium for Digital Education Internet2, Canvas, Open Badges, analytics...
Why Unizin?
FOUNDING MEMBERS Colorado State University | Indiana University | University of Florida | University of Michigan
Oregon State University | University of Wisconsin-Madison | University of MinnesotaUniversity of Iowa | Ohio State University | Pennsylvania State University
ECOSYSTEM BUILDER?
“Unizin’s emphasis
on “open” and
“loosely-coupled”
has clearly been
heard, and now the
industry is trending
toward us.”
Pearson VUE: AcclaimIf Pearson is getting into badges.…
bit.ly/1nJFBaY
Acclaim’s unique approach…is to
work with academic institutions
and high-stakes credentialing
organizations to offer diplomas,
certificates and other
professional credentials as Open
Badges.blog.youracclaim.com/
How do I get started?
Wait - Are Open Badges for You?Some questions to ask
Behavioural goals?
Redeemable worth?
Worth the effort? Filling a void? Marketing ROI?
Value add?
Champions?
Sustainability?
What would your badges “buy”? Have you talked to employers?
Internal leadership? Professional bodies? Employers ?
Cost structure? Who will maintain & improve it over time?
Engagement, feedback, recognition, development? Skills frameworks?
Make/adapt your own (FOSS)
License & install proprietary SW
Software as a Service
Getting startedDIY versus Supported
Explore: earn a badge, display it
Immerse: research, LPP (lurking) in badge community
Experiment: design a badge, design a small badge system
Pilot, build internal support, implement, maintain and improve
Badge Canvas
Design Principles Card Deck
Do It Yourself
Workshops: awareness, train the trainer
Design & implementation support
Technology support
Supported
Technology choices
For discussion
Barriers?
Where? What?
How?
Potential fit
with the
institution?
Drivers?
Alternatives?
Early steps?
Open Badges for educationIntersection of open systems & badging
Research in
Learning
Technology
Vol 22 (2014)
Open
productionOpen access
Open
appropriation
(interpretation)
Badges as
motivator
Impact of issuer
identity on learner
motivation?
Impact of badge
visibility on learner
motivation?
Impact of different
audience
interpretations on
learner motivation?
Badges as
pedagogical tool
How can
stakeholders find
& evaluate badges
to earn and
consume in a
diverse ecosystem?
Ways of supporting
learners as they earn
badges in open
environments? Does
openness help or
hinder? (bazaar vs.
church)
Ways of supporting
learner navigation
decisions through
personalized badge
pathways in
heterogenous
environments?
Badges as
credential
Impact of issuer
identity on badge
credibility?
Impact of badge
visibility on credibility?
Adaptability of
interpretation
across audiences?
Impact of audience
on badge
credibility?
Adapted from: www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/23563
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Savvyfolio.net
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