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Open Badges: what, why, when and how?

Open Badges: what, why, when and how?. Julie Adams, Staffordshire University 16 January 2014. Badges…. Visual representations of : Skills Learning Competencies Q ualities A chievements Interests. People like badges….

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Open Badges: what, why, when and how?

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  1. Open Badges: what, why, when and how? Julie Adams, Staffordshire University16 January 2014

  2. Badges… Visual representations of : • Skills • Learning • Competencies • Qualities • Achievements • Interests

  3. People like badges… But does owning a badge prove you have the skills it represents? Some of my badges… All now available on e-bay!

  4. Digital badges: “ an online representation of a skill you’ve earned” Open Badges take the idea further: • skills are verified through a credible organisation.

  5. Open Badges • Led by Mozilla Organisation • Open, online standard for verifying skills, learning, interests and achievements • Imageswith Metadatahard-coded into them • Recognise formalor informal learning • Collect badges from multiple sourcesinto a single backpack • Share through social networks

  6. “if a CV is a bunch of claims, Open Badges are a bunch of evidence”

  7. How it works….

  8. Some uses… Extra-curricular activity Skills learnt within courses MOOCs Conferences Workshops Webinars Volunteering Within taught modules CPD

  9. What we are doing at Staffs • InfoZone: Library and IT induction • Add on to Digital Skills workshops for students • Lecturer (Law) interested • Staff CPD events/activities - planned • Attendance at TeachMeets

  10. How? Plug-ins for existing systems e.g. WordPress, Moodle, Blackboard Badges in Moodle: http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Badges Badge creation and issuing badg.us (http://badg.us) All-in-one system Credly (http://credly.com) Cloudworks: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/badge/badge_list

  11. Images • Image must be a PNG • Square and not exceed 256kb • Dimensions not smaller that 90 x 90 • Image creation • OpenBadges.me (http://openbadges.me) • Online Badge Maker (http://www.onlinebadgemaker.com/)

  12. How we do it… • Award badge via WordPress • Email sent to participants • Click on link to go to Mozilla site • Add the badge to your backpack (or create a new one) • Show off your achievements! http://blogs.staffs.ac.uk/isbadges

  13. http://backpack.openbadges.org/

  14. Things to consider • Define clear criteria/definition of achievement to earn a badge • Be clear on what you want to achieve • Try a small scale pilot to confirm processes • Get departmental/institutional support • Publicise!

  15. Some useful links Earn a badge: http://openbadges.org/ More about Open Badges: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges Badge the UK: http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk/ Open Badges blog: http://openbadges.tumblr.com/ JISC RSCs: Scotland: http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223 Northern: http://www.jiscrscopenbadges.org.uk/northern/ Doug Belshaw:Blog: http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/tag/open-badges/

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