“Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

Phil Vincent (@PhilVincent)

Daniel Mackley (@DanielMackley)

#SEDAconf #OpenBadges

Introduction

• Introduction to the Open Badges eco-system

• What badges would you want to issue? Why would you want to issue them?

• Badge content design

• Planning and designing an Open Badge

• Open Badges at YSJU

• Mapping badges to professional frameworks

• Discussion / Q&A

Jisc Open Badge Design Toolkit

http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/421718/jiscopenbadgesdesigntoolkit-print_1.pdf

“Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

What are Open Badges?

• Open Badges is a digital accreditation infrastructure from Mozilla.

• Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them…

What are Open Badges?

• Open Badges is a digital accreditation infrastructure from Mozilla.

• Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them…

• Visual representations of achievements, learning, skills, competencies etc.

• They can accommodate formal & informallearning pathways…

Open Badges ECO-System

Open Badges ECO-System

Open Badges ECO-System

Open Badges ECO-System

Open Badges Backpack

A backpack is essentially a repository for collecting and displaying badges from a variety of issuers.

http://backpack.openbadges.org/

Open Badges Backpack

Open Badges Backpack

What are Open Badges?

• Open Badges is a digital accreditation infrastructure from Mozilla.

• Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them…

• Visual representations of achievements, learning, skills, competencies etc.

• They can accommodate formal & informallearning pathways.

• Open Badges can capture learning wherever & however it occurs – recognition for this learning can then be shared in places that matter to the learner.

Activity

• Think about the badges you may want to issue.

• Arrange the badges into groups of similar badges - this might be based around a theme, a subject a course or other similar over-arching cluster of related badges

• Draw a representation of your badge cluster / constellation / pathway in the box

Badge Content Design

• Who?– Earners, Issuers, Viewers,

Endorsers?

• Why?– Earn, Issue, View, Endorse?

• Skills / Attributes / Understanding– What does the badge

represent?

• Behaviours– What behaviours does the

badge encourage?

• Criteria– What do you need to do to

earn the badge?

• Evidence– What will it be?

• Assessment– How would you assess?

• Channels– Where would a user find

out about the badge?

• Tags– Keywords

• Resources/Sustainability– Expertise, Money, Time?

Activity - Jisc Open Badge Design Toolkit

Activity - Badge Content Design

We have found that creating badges with your hands is a great way to get people to engage and think about Open Badges…

• Brand • Consistent visual indicators • Shape• Common visual themes • Logo / image • Graphics• Size • Font

Badge Systems

• Issue– Moodle

– http://badg.us/

– https://credly.com/

• Design– https://www.openbadges.me

• Display– Mahara

– Social Media

– Websites / Blogs

Open Badges at YSJU

Mapping Badges

• UKPSF

• SEDA PDF

• VITAE RDF

• Other Frameworks?

What Next?

• Think up some criteria (use the Jisc Open Badge Toolkit).

• Issue a badge to someone using Moodle, http://badg.us/ or https://credly.com/ .

• Play! Experiment! Earn more badges at http://www.openbadges.org/ to see how they work.

• Join the Open Badges community. Ask questions!

• Launch a pilot. What behaviours / skills / understanding are you trying to promote?

Any Questions?

Claim Your Badge

To claim your badge for participating in this session.

1. Go to https://credly.com/

2. Click ‘Claim Credit’

3. Enter the badge code:

3CD-01E5-618