are open badges the future for accrediting skills?
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A presentation for the e-Assessment conference 2012 on 31 August 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Are Open Badges the Future for
Accrediting Skills?
e-Assessment Scotland Conference 2012 / @dajbelshaw / [email protected]
Doug Belshaw
YEP
Who are you?
Dr. Doug BelshawBadges & Skills LeadMozilla Foundation
Mozilla!
Silo 1
Silo 2
Silo 3
What if we usedbadges for learning?
Not just digital badges but Open Badges
Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them
Visual representations ofachievements, learning, skills,
interests, competencies
Open Badges can complementtraditional
education practices
They can accommodateformal & informallearning pathways
They can represent hard & softskills, peer assessment, and stackable lifelong learning
Open Badges can capture learning wherever & however itoccurs—allowing for innovation
StealthAssessment
Open Badges?(What about degrees, certificates, diplomas?)
Not simply either/or—both/and!
How do we get there?
Through a shared badge ecosystem & infrastructure:
a universal standard.
OpenBadgeInfrastructure(OBI)
BADGE DISPLAY SITES
SUCCESS
after-school program free online course government agency
DISPLAY SITES
personal web site
social networking profiles
WordPress / Tumblr
job sites
RESULTS
new learning
unlock opportunities
jobs
Issuers & EndorsersEarners
Displayers
Who’s involved?
BADGE DISPLAY SITES
SUCCESS
Any questions for me yet?
What’s next?
Open Badges
Q1: public betaQ3: Improved UxQ3: Open BadgerQ3: Improved Displayer APIQ3: Endorsement APIQ4: OBI v1.0
The future.
In person!
On Twitter: @dajbelshaw
Via email: [email protected]
Ask me hard questions!
http://openbadges.org
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openbadges
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