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Open Badge Passport - reinventing the ePortfolio with Open Badges
Eric RousselleDiscendum Oy
AAEEBL Aug. 2nd 2016
About Discendum
• Finnish eLearning service developer and provider• 6 years of experience as an e-Portfolio service
provider (developed on Mahara)• Developer of Open Badges platforms (Open
Badge Factory and Open Badge Passport)• Open Badge Passport is a winner of 2015 DML (
Digital Media and Learning Competition) contest.• Salava.org: open source community edition of
Open Badge Passport
The main idea behind Open Badges standard
openbadges.org/about
openbadgepassport.com
What is an Open Badge?
What kind of information is contained in an Open Badge?
What kind of information does an Open Badge contain?
Definition of the Open Badges concept from different perspectives• An open standard to recognize and make visible
badge earners’ competences, skills and achievements
• A portable and searchable digital credential with criteria aligning with competence frameworks
• A validated proof of learning• A way to monitor, motivate and engage learners• A learner centric and ”democratic” concept• Open Badges are connectors supporting social
interaction and communities of practices
What can I do with my badges?
Two different approaches
• Using Open Badges in e-Portfolios• Building e-Portfolios from badges
Badges in portfolios?
openbadgepassport.com
Building “micro-portfolios” with Open Badges?
openbadgepassport.com
openbadgepassport.com
Potential benefits of portfolios built from Open Badges?
• Searchable, structured / standardized, dynamic portfolios easily adaptable to different purposes (widely recognized badges, competence frameworks)
• Setting goals and matching requirements can be easily done with badges (applying for badges designed by employers, matching portfolios)
• Easy to set up and easy to read!• Versatile interaction between earners (community of
practices – endorsement – networking – collaborative learning)
• Learner centric approach
Conclusion
“We believe that Open Badges can really motivate and engage citizens to set up meaningful and valuable portfolios supporting life long learning.”
openbadgefactory.com
If you want to know more!
• http://openbadges.org• http://www.badgealliance.org• https://openbadgefactory.com• https://openbadgepassport.com• Salava.org (Open Badge Passport community
edition / DML –project)
