Open Badges - Ideas for European Youth Work Portfolio

Open Badgesdigital tool for

recognition

By Laimonas Ragauskas

#OpenBadges

@Badgecraft

Traditional Credentials

Institutional and hierarchical control of

credentials

Quantitative assessments (grades, letters)

Lack of access to evidence

Excluding diverse learning settings and pathways

The world of work today

Skill is the evidence

(not a diploma)

Demand for “soft skills” and attitudes

(how to show it?)

Personal profile consists of various

data (not only CV)

Personal identity is

represented through

dynamic and diverse

digital networks

How can we respond to

challenges of today and

realities of tomorrow?

Introducing

Introduced in 2011 by Mozilla

Foundation

First practices and researches in 2011-

2012

Gaining speed across continents

www.openabdges.org

By May 2014 there were...

• 14 000 issuers, who...

• issued more than 1 million badges and...

• 4 million expected to be issued by the end of 2014

and…

•10 million by the end of 2016, out of those…

•1 million expected to be issued in Europe

Open source

Portable

across

platforms

Information ric

h

Linked to

standards/

frameworks

Connecting

diverse

learning

Recognise even the smallest

achievement

“I experienced few games and

reflected on game elements”

“I exchanged my views with peer

learners”

Show learning

process and

progress

Create the entire badge system

Show the big picture

Show the big picture

Can I make it myself?

At least 2 ways

Code

yourself

{ "recipient": "[email protected]", "evi

dence": "http://google.com", "issued_on": "20

12-05-21", "badge": { "version": "1.0.0", "nam

e": "Explorer", "image": "http://urlofyourbadge.

com/testbadgeimage.png", "description": "Ha

s displayed expertise in hand-made badge cre

ation.", "criteria": "http://etec.hawaii.edu", "iss

uer": { "origin": "http://openeducation.us/", "na

me": "Course Lecturer", "org": "Not a Real Ba

dge, 2012", "contact": "issuer_email@hawaii.

edu" } } }

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Use badge

making and

issuing

platforms

Badge crafting platform for Europe

www.badgecraft.eu

How the European youth work

portofolio could work with Open

badges?

1.6 How competent are you in conducting projects,

which reflect needs of young people?

Decided to go for self-assessment?

Good choice!

Wish you all the best on your way.

Show the world who you are and

what you can do!

Not at all 1------2------3-----4-----5 Very competent

Great!

First step is completed!

Now show some evidence

what are you really good at!

1.6 How competent are you in conducting projects,

which reflect needs of young people?

1.6 How competent are you in conducting projects,

which reflect needs of young people?

Upload the evidence – e.g. video with young people

giving and interview about the project you organised

Well done! Here is your badge

recognising your competence level in

conducting projects based on youth needs!

1.6 How competent are you in conducting projects,

which reflect needs of young people?

Share

Get feedback from your colleagues

Build a visual representation of your skills and progress of

self-assessment

Use it as an evidence for your national

competence frameworks and

validation processes

Display it at any digital spaces

Print it and put on your pin baord ;)

Make assessment again and get

higher level competence badge!

Curious about badges?

Claim your badge at

http://use.badgecraft.eu/

use claim code “Badge-Curious”