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Open Badges:Visual Pathways to the

Future

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY VERSION

November 7, 2014

Don Presant

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Re-imagining the ePortfolioMulti-institution ePortfolio community

University

College

Adult Learning Centre

Professional Body Workplace Trainer

Employability Agency

Employer Industry Sector Body

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Workforce Skills and

Credentialing in a Digital World

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Is there a “Skills Gap”?Old ways aren’t working

www.ere.net/2012/07/16/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-with-using-resumes-for-hiring-pretty-much-everything/

www.huffingtonpost.com/julian-l-alssid/a-new-gallup-survey-says-_b_4862669.html

higheredstrategy.com

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“Paper Silos”Issues with certification today

• Transparency issues– “Dumb” paper often needs

other documents, e.g. syllabus– Proxy only – not the “whole

story”– Easy to forge

• Recognition issues– Lack of granularity– Lack of context

• links to supporting evidence

– Experiential learning not valued– Lack of alignment, transfer,

articulation (“stackability”)

• Physical issues– Difficult to share, easy to lose

freedesignfile.com/92259

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New methods neededClinton Global Initiative

Reconnect Learning

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Your “Accidental ePortfolio”Tracking your digital footprints – recent study

Use Google or other search engines to research candidates

Research the candidate on Facebook

Monitor the candidate’s activity on Twitter

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Employers who would…

n = 2,775 US/Canada July 2013 cb.com/18xbgez

Some of the search activity happens before candidates are even called for a job interview

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eSourcing is SocialEmployers want to find you

techvibes.com

Oct 2014

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Is LinkedIn enough?Who has control over your data?

• 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/outcomes• 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

With ideas from: Does LinkedIn work as an ePortfolio?

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Classroom gamificationEven in Canada…

classcraft.com

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Enterprise Gamification For engagement and recognition

www.redcritterconnecter.com

Rewards programs, performance management, employee onboarding, health and wellness, learning and development

keas.com/

Deloitte Leadership Academy online.wsj.com

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What are Open Badges?

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What are Open Badges?Brief introduction

bit.ly/openbadges4tpd

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Origins of Badges

• Since pre-Roman times

• Heraldry, Military, Blue Light, Boy Scouts

• Public recognition:achievement, affiliation, authority

• Online engagement: gamification

www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7253

metronews.ca/Badge Tracking Android App earnyourwings.aircanada.com

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Leveling up at Khan AcademyBadges for learning (non-transferable)

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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.

• Clear progress markers– Motivating learners, supporting

advisors

• Flexible learning pathways– Granular, incremental, multi-source,

laddered, remixable

• Visual branding– Issuers and learners

• Online trust system– Demonstrate skills & capabilities– Proof of performance– Backed by issuer

What is an Open Badge?Micro credentials - modular record of learning

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Open Badges & Social Media

Curated in ePortfolio…Interactive criteria…

LinkedIn Profile…

Facebook timeline…

Pulled from Backpack…

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www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/

A modular skills ecosystemOpen Badges and “Micro-portfolios”

“Going Digital” helps:• Sharing, searching• Validating, “valorizing”

– Assessing, aligning, combining, separating

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What is an Open Badge?Different perspectives…

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION• A portable graphic with embedded information• Awarded manually or automatically, face to face or online

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT• A micro-credential• A discrete record in a modular transcript

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT• A reward for positive (prescribed) behaviour• A marker on a development path

…a simple digital standard for recognizing and sharing achievements, skills and performance

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How are Open Badges being used?

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MATUREADULT

YOUTH

Open Badges: Lifelong, Lifewide Learning

LOWSTAKES

HIGHSTAKES

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

Promotion

Communitiesof

Practice

Memberships,Affiliations

Awards,Achievements

TeamBuilding “Hard”

Credentials

“Soft”Credentials

Red Cross, Cadets, Scouts,

etc.

E-learningCourses

FormativeFeedback

Awards,Achievements

ContinuingEducation

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Some uses of badgesCan be combined...

• Assess, recognize learning– Formal, non-formal, informal– Fill recognition gaps not currently well-served

• Motivate learning– “Game mechanics”:

• Set goals, evaluate, track progress

• Provide learning pathways• Recognize status, reputation, group

affiliation• Keep souvenir of experiencetransformingassessment.com/TA_webinar_5_mar_2014_Simon_Cross.pdf

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Badges at the school levelOverview

http://badges.concordiashanghai.org/use-cases/

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School levelDetail: community service

http://badges.concordiashanghai.org/issue-a-badge/sample-badges/

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School levelOther applications

• Physical Education

• Academic stretch goals

• Intramural affiliation

http://badges.concordiashanghai.org/issue-a-badge/sample-badges/

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Corona-Norco School District (CA)>300K badges for 54K students (Apr 2014)

bit.ly/BA_CC_20140423

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Community levelChicago Summer of Learning

bit.ly/CSOLplaylist

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Open Badges Chicago Summer of Learning

• City of Chicago, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla– 2013: 125 organizations, > 210,000 young

people– ~150,000 badges awarded

• 3% participation, 92% skill, 5% achievement

• STEAM-based programming– Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts &

Mathematics– Driven by the interests of the youth participants

• Has become “Chicago City of Learning”:

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Community cluster in CanadaAfter School Program and Community College

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Community: Health promotion Upbete (diabetes)

http://www.upbete.co.uk/

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National level4-H

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Emerging public policy: USSecretary of Education

Badges can help speed the shift from credentials that simply measure seat time, to ones that more accurately measure competency. We must accelerate that transition. And badges can help account for formal and informal learning in a variety of settings.

Today's technology-enabled, information-rich, deeply interconnected world means learning not only can – but should – happen anywhere, anytime. We need to recognize these experiences, whether the environments are physical or online, and whether learning takes place in schools, colleges or adult education centers, or in afterschool, workplace, military or community settings.

Arne DuncanSep 2011

www.ed.gov/news/speeches/digital-badges-learning

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Emerging public policy: UK Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise

“In broad terms, the conferring of an Open Badge on a learner is similar to the award of a qualification certificate, and the same quality standards must be ensured.

The emerging opportunities offered by Open Badges in the areas of peer assessment, employer partnership, learning analytics and the engagement of learners means that it should be considered in learning technology at various levels.

We will encourage Awarding Organisations, Ofqual and Ofsted to be aware of the potential of this technology.”

Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (FELTAG) recommendations: government response

Matthew Hancock, June 2014

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Emerging in CanadaEarly Adopters

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How can Open Badges

Support Employability?

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Career-enhancing credentialsUS Department of Labor (+ ASTD, CAEL)

• Desired features:– Industry-recognized– Labour market value– Stackable– Portable– Accredited– Credit for Prior Learning– Return on Investment

• Early examples:– Manufacturing Skills Certification System– Get Into Energy– Getting America Back to Work (ITC sector)

Stackable Credentials Slideshare

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Emerging employer policy: USThe Manufacturing Institute

"User-friendly digital badges allow students and workers to translate their skills and experience into a manufacturing career.

Manufacturing badges have ensured the success of three levels of skills: fundamental skills, including team work and problem solving; knowledge acquisition, including basic manufacturing skill sets; and industry-based certifications and credentials."Jennifer McNellyPresident, The Manufacturing InstituteSep 2013

bit.ly/McNelly_MI

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What manufacturers wantThe Manufacturing Institute

youtu.be/VEgwJwrK3qQ

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Open Badges & workforce entryMissouri Customer Service Badges

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City and GuildsTechBac: Open Badges, online CV’s

bit.ly/1uBCju4

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Employability down underDeakin University

t.co/ior8y5pbqe

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Badge PathwaysMozilla “Discover” (Gates funding)

http://discover.openbadges.org/

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Open Badges & workplace learningMeeting the skills needs of employers

• Filtering new hires• Tracking internal training• Brokering external training

– Functional skills, Essential Skills, Leadership

• Recognizing informal learning– Social learning (communities of practice)– Experiential learning

(e.g. Work Integrated Learning, projects, temporary assignments)

– Self-directed learning (e.g. reading, reflection, goal-oriented “missions”)

• Building skills passports, micro-portfolios• Assembling teams, building organizational

portfolios• Managing performance, developing careers,

grooming emerging talent

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A new skills currencyOpen Badges, ePortfolios &“Badge Passports”

• Visually efficient and appealing– Engages, builds confidence, provides continuing feedback

• Individual pathways, multiple sources of learning– Formal <---> non-formal <---> informal learning – Modular, stackable, diverse, remixable, portable, shareable

• Programs not completed can be partially recognized and recombined• Add evidence, reflection as appropriate• Drill down to specifics, or roll up into larger outcomes• Combined in badge passports & ePortfolios• Common standard for skills exchange

• Trustable, easy to understand– Transparent criteria, evidence, issue/expiry date– Flexible alignment to frameworks, requirements, training

plans– Issuing organization is validated and branded by the badges

it issues; maintains ongoing connection to earners– Learner centred, employer friendly

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Workforce vision: Open BadgesCity & Guilds (UK vocational qualifications body)

bit.ly/pipeline-CandG

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Getting started

• Explore by earning a badge– e.g. “Badges 101”

• Push your badge to the Mozilla backpack– Set up an account

• Display your badge– Facebook? LinkedIn? ePortfolio?

• Design a “pilot” badge– Use visual AND pedagogical design tools

• Create and issue the pilot badge– Choose a platform, post the challenge, issue the badge

• Design a multiple badge program...

Details: bit.ly/badges-getting-started

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Badge Solution: Open Badge Factory Cloud-based badge management & exchange

openbadgefactory.com

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Badge Challenge!

http://bit.ly/challenge_dl_badges

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[email protected]: learningagents.ca

Twitter: donpresantePortfolio: donpresant.ca

Deck & resources:bit.ly/openbadges4youth

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Additional Slides

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Badge Solution: Open Badge Factory Cloud-based badge management & exchange

openbadgefactory.com

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Features and Benefitsopenbadgefactory.com

• Currently:– Centralized cloud service with Open API: manage badges

in one place, issue in many (LMS, HR, etc.)– Controlled access for organizations– Controlled roles within organizations

• Creator, Issuer, Administrator

– Detailed reports– Badge applications (requests)– Milestone badges (meta-badges)

• Coming soon:– Multi-lingual badges– Badge Passport (c. November)

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Nov 2014: Badge PassportCompanion to Open Badge Factory

• Flexible alternative to Mozilla Backpack– Connected to Open Badge Factory & Mozilla Backpack– Micro-portfolios: profile, badges, supporting information

• Badge communities hosted by issuers/aggregators– Companies, educators/trainers, associations, sectors,

professional bodies, funders, regions– Join, share, discover, match and aggregate badges

• Badge earners, badges to earn, badges sought• Search and report based on badge data

• Tiered subscription model– Free for badge earners– Subscriptions for organizations– Custom installations for private/complex solutions

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• 2014: Free• 2015: Tiered subscriptions

– Free • 1 badge only

– Basic $200 per year• Maximum 10 badges, other limitations

– Premium $900 per year

• Option: Badge Passport– Paid subscriptions for issuers (costing TBA - soon)

Open Badge FactoryGetting Started

Request account at openbadgefactory.comMore info at

Getting Started: Open Badge Factory

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A cloud-powered Skills Exchange “Small pieces, loosely joined”

Mozilla BackpackStore, Share badges

Open Badge FactoryCreate, Issue, Manage

badges

Badge PassportStore, Share, Connect

badges

Open API

OpenAPI

Moodle Plug-in

Issue badges

Mahara ePPlug-in

Issue badges

Global Badge CommunityIssuers, earners

OpenAPI

IssuerGroups

EarnerPassports

Open APIs

Modular.Flexible.

Interoperable.

eLearningPlatforms

ePortfolioPlatforms

SAP, Oracle(ERP/HRIS)

CommunityPlatforms

WordPress,Drupal (CMS)

Other possible plug-ins

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Open Badge FactoryDETAIL: Centralized Detailed Reports

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Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Badge Applications (request forms)

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Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Milestone Badges (metabadges)

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Open Badges Assessment and display

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw