Legitimizing Interest Based Learning With Mozilla Open Badges Chris McAvoy Tara Tiger Brown

1. Legitimizing Interest Based Learning With Mozilla Open Badges Chris McAvoy Tara Tiger Brown Presented to: OSCON

2. Interest-DrivenLearning Tara Tiger Brown UC Irvine HRI @tara teachmestuff.net

3. The Problem It’s hard to find a mentor, particularly in specialized, non-institutionalized and newly emergent areas of interest.

4. Also… It’s hard to find a mentee that is a good fit based on skill level, commitment and availability.

6. Existing Platform Gaps -Support evolving interests -Expose adjacent interests/expertise -Convert Learners to Mentors -Online Platforms for Kids/Teens -Hybrid model; on/offline -Community for Mentors -Group Coaching -Real-world recognition

7. The Solution A cross-network platform that matches mentors and learners with compatible interests, goals, temperaments, schedules and incentives.

8. Experiment (Concierge MVP) Goal: Provide the best experience possible to determine: • If the coaches saw it as valuable and would sign up again • If the coaches would recommend the service to a friend (growth).

9. StarCraft II

10. StarCraft II Phase 1 Community Outreach Application / Background Checks Coach Meet & Greet Manual Matching Personal Intros Check-in/ Midway Survey Adjustments Exit Interviews Recruit for Phase 2

11. StarCraft II Phase 1 Results Value: • 6 coaches are returning for Phase 2 • Some coaches are continuing with student • Many students got promoted to next ladder Growth: • Over 50 coaches signed up for Phase 2, some referred by Phase 1 coaches

12. StarCraft Phase II -Students Apply to Coaches -Goal Setting -Cancel matches when lack of activity - Student vs Student matches -Nurture Coach Community -Recognize Coaches for Phase 1 participation -Recognize Coaches & Students for reaching goals

13. Battle.net Achievements

14. OpenBadges Chris McAvoy Mozilla Foundation @chmcavoy http://openbadges.org

16. Visual representations of learning,skills,and competencies

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bike/3449284794

22. http://beta.openbadge.org

24. What is a badge - technically? • A picture (PNG, Square) – make it look cool • A criteria url – describes what someone needs to do to earn the badge, LRMI will be awesome here • An evidence url – optional • An assertion url (per badge) – ties it all together

25. Assertion { "recipient": "chris.mcavoy@gmail.com", # not valid as of beta release "badge": { "version": "0.0.1", "name": "Badges 101", "image": "https://github.com/toolness//img/index/101badge.png", "description": "You really get badges!", "criteria": "http://openbadges.org/en-US/", "issuer": { "origin": "http://badges-101.openbadges.org/", "name": "Open Badges", "org": "Experimental Badge Authority", "contact": "hai2u@openbadges.org" } } }

26. Users Pull the Badge

27. Bake the Badge • Optional • Embed the assertion in the PNG • Provides portability • https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges/wiki/Badge-Baking

28. Display • Use the API – • https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges/wiki/ • Make some fancy widgets

29. THE FUTURE! • Federated Backpacks • Signed issuers • Super Crypto Action • Display Widgets • OPENBADGER • Everyone’s favorite way to issue badges • Like wordpress for badges

30. Get Involved • Put badges on your site • Contribute to the project • https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges • Contribute to the new project – • https://github.com/mozilla/openbadger • New Node Stuff • Express Router • MySQL ORM

31. The End @chmcavoy @OpenBadges / openbadges.org @tara teachmestuff.net