What can (or should) we do with Open badges - MoodleMootNZ 14

What can (or should) we do with

Open Badges?

MoodleMootNZ 2014, NMIT

Maurice Moore, Qual IT, and

Yuliya Bozhko Totara Learning Solutions

Our presentation

1. What are Open Badges – technical overview

(Yuliya)

2. Case Study – How Qual IT use Badges

(Maurice)

3. Knowledge café (all)

Open Badges in Moodle

Totara Learning Solutions, 2014

Yuliya Bozhko

Mozilla

Open Badges

http://openbadges.org

● Open framework

● Federated backpack

● Verification service

● Badges as evidence

of competencies,

skills, achievements,

and informal learning

Mozilla Open Badges

What is a badge File type: PNG or SVG(*) image file

Recommended size: 256kb

Recommended dimensions: 90px X 90px

Badge Assertion

Mozilla Backpack

What you can do with badges in Moodle

● Badge creation and management in Moodle

● Block to display badges earned from Moodle

site (internal badges)

● Support of direct "pushing" of earned badges

to Mozilla backpack service

● Display of all badges in Moodle

How we award badges

● Badges are awarded based on criteria

● All criteria use a plugin architecture

● Can be issued manually (based on roles)

● Or automatically (calculated based on user

activity) o Completing an activity or a set of activities

o Completing a course

o Completing a set of courses

o Minimum grade requirements

o Completion date requirements

o Filling in personal user profile

● Criteria can be combined using simple rules

Roadmap

● Signed assertions

● Revoking badges (MDL-43230)

● SVG badges and badge certificates (MDL-

44112)

● Levels of badges

● Badges directory

● Any others?

More information

Mozilla Badges - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges

Mozilla repositories: https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges

https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-directory

Moodle User Docs -

https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Badges

Case study:

Maurice Moore

Qual IT provides independent IT testing and

assurance services

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For the company

What skills do

our employees

have?

What skills do

we need to

recruit? Does our team

skill-profile fit

our needs?

Do we have an

expert in ...…?

What training

should we

invest in?

How can

staff use

‘downtime’

effectively?

For the individual

What skills

do I have?

What skills will

help me achieve

my career

objectives?

How can I use

my experience

effectively?

Who can I talk

to about ...…?

What training

would benefit

me the most?

How can I

use

‘downtime’

effectively?

The Task

Design an aspirational

development

framework for staff

Meet the needs of

management

• What skills we have

• What skills we need

Software Testing Skills

Run tests

Design Tests

Record Defects

Review Documents

Plan Testing

Assess Risks

Test Analyst

Reporting

x 57

Version 1

• Badge concept developed in 2011-2012

• Custom design and build using MS Sharepoint early 2013

• 5 Badge Categories

• 57 Badges with up to 3 levels

Version 2:

Why version 2?

• Need to develop clearer badge definitions, assessment

criteria and processes

• Alignment to an external framework:- SFIA Levels 3-6

• Achieve multi-tenancy (of sorts)

Why Totara?

• To provide an end to end solution

• Make use of the:

• Organisation and Position hierarchies

• Appraisal functionality

Badge Levels – Colour Coded

3 4 5 6

SFIA levels

Badges & SFIA Alignment

Version 2: Totara LMS

What’s been built?

• A Badge system that:

– has clearly defined assessment criteria

– has a repeatable and auditable assessment process

– can be shared with multiple clients

– aligns with a published skills framework

– recognises practical skills

– has support resources for assessors

Progress

Knowledge

cafe

Process:

Multiple groups

No individual group facilitator

Discuss the question(s) in groups for 20 minutes

Share thoughts with the whole group

Its all about the conversation

There is no ‘one-way’

each situation has it’s own features and benefits

The question(s)

Your manager (or a client) is excited about

adopting Badges. You’ve been asked to

develop a proposal for Badges@YourOrg.

1. What opportunities are there to use

Badges in YourOrg?

2. What barriers are there and how

can they be overcome?

Feedback

1. What opportunities are there to use

Badges in YourOrg?

2. What barriers are there and how

can they be overcome?

Thank you!

Yuliya Bozhko

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Maurice Moore

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