Open Badges, an open standard to recognize, verify and celebrate learning

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WHY OPEN BADGES?

openbadges.org/about


SOME EXAMPLES OF OPEN BADGES

Membership

Statement / attitude

Open credential

Certification


An Open Badge is more than a digital badge;

it’s verified proof of learning build on an

open standard


What is the value of a badge?


The value of an Open Badge is a chain of values!


WHO IS USING OPEN BADGES?

• Associations• Schools and universities

Early adopters:

Second wave:• Training companies / continuing education centers• Corporate sector


ADOPTION OF THE OPEN BADGES CONCEPT

2012• 98 issuers• Approx. a thousand issued badges

2013 • 1915 issuers• Approx. 235 000 issued badges

2014• 13 000 issuers• Approx. 1,1 million issued badges


GLOBAL STANDARD



• Finnish project 2013 - 2015• Open Badges issuing platform designed for organizations

• Strong management tools• Open API for distributed issuing of badges• Used by 433 organizations from 56 countries, 27 300 badges issued


OBF’S KEY FEATURES

• Centralized creation and management but distributed issuing of badges (open API, plugins)

• Badge applications (request badges)• Milestone badges supporting learning pathways• Badge sharing features making it possible for

organizations to share and issue common badges (badge ecosystem)


WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY BADGES?












OBP - LEARNING FROM EARNERS

• Exploring the impact of the community / social interaction in the ”organic”value of badges

• Reinventing the ePortfolio with Open Badges• Open innovation / Open source / Open API• Global cloud service, scalability• Technology: Clojure, React, Bootstrap


WELCOME TO THE SALAVA OPEN SOURCE PROJECT!

• Open Badge Passport community edition• Code released by Discendum under Apache 2.0 license

• Tehcnology: Clojure, React, Bootstrap• Financial support: DML5 Open Badge Passport project and Discendum Inc.


LINKS

• https://openbadgefactory.com• https://openbadgepassport.com• www.salava.org (opens soon)• http://dmlcompetition.net/proposals/open-badge-passport/• http://openbadges.org• https://badgealliance.org• https://chicagocityoflearning.org/about


https://openbadgefactory.com/

https://openbadgepassport.com/

http://www.salava.org/

http://dmlcompetition.net/proposals

http://openbadges.org/

https://badgealliance.org/

https://chicagocityoflearning.org/about

THANK YOU!

@eric_rousselle@OBFactory_@OBPassport@Discendum Oy


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