Open Badges:Visual Pathways to the
FutureTRAINING &
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VERSION
August 29, 2014
Don Presant
Presentation at:bit.ly/openbadges4tpd
Is there a “Skills Gap”?
www.macleans.ca/work/jobs/entry-level-jobs-are-getting-harder-to-find/
www.benefitscanada.com/news/employers-cant-find-qualified-workers-54761
Is there a “Skills Gap”?Statistics show a mismatch...
www.conferenceboard.ca/infographics/skills-gap-info.aspx
td.com/economics 2012 bit.ly/UvjEoM
Is there a “Skills Gap”?Old ways aren’t working
www.ere.net/2012/07/16/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-with-using-resumes-for-hiring-pretty-much-everything/
www.huffingtonpost.com/julian-l-alssid/a-new-gallup-survey-says-_b_4862669.html
Is there a “Skills Gap”?Change is needed…
www.accenture.com/ca-en/Pages/insight-solving-canada-skills-gap-infographic.aspx
Emerging solutionsCompetency-Based Credentialing Processes
Making a Market for Competency-Based Credentials
Stackable Workplace Skills e.g. Health Care, Manufacturing (US)
Career One Stop - US Dept of Labor
In Canada…Workplace Essential Skills
www.trlegeralepp.ca/Essential-Skills.page
skillstest.edu.gov.on.ca/OSPWeb/jsp/en/faq.jsp
Training and CertificationBadges of excellence, but not digital…yet
What are Open Badges?Brief introduction
http://www.savvyfolio.net/user/don/overview-open-badges
Origins of Badges
• Badges, medals, ribbons since pre-Roman times
• Heraldry, Military, Boy Scouts, logos…
• Public recognition rewarding positive (desired) behaviour
• More recently: video games – “leveling up”
www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7253
A digital representation of an accomplishment, interest or affiliation that is visual, available online, and contains metadata including trusted links that help explain the context, meaning, process and result of an activity. As an open artefact, the earner can present the badge in different contexts from which it was earned.
• Clear progress markers– Motivating learners, supporting
advisors
• Flexible learning pathways– Granular, incremental, multi-source,
laddered, remixable
• Visual branding– Issuers and learners
• Online trust system– Demonstrate skills & capabilities– Proof of performance– Backed by issuer
What is an Open Badge?Micro credentials - modular record of learning
Open Badges & Social Media
Curated in ePortfolio…Interactive criteria…
LinkedIn Profile…
Facebook timeline…
Pulled from Backpack…
What is an Open Badge?Different perspectives…
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION• A portable graphic with an embedded description and links
to supporting information
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT• A micro-credential• A discrete record in a modular transcript
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT• A reward for positive (prescribed) behaviour• A marker on a development path
…a simple digital standard for recognizing and sharing achievements, skills and performance
Badge PathwaysMozilla “Discover” (Gates funding)
http://discover.openbadges.org/
Examples of Open BadgesWorkforce entry skills
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw
Workforce entry skillsWorkforce.io
Workforce.ioIntegrated skills workflow
Evaluate skills…match to employer needs…coach/teach to fill gaps …flow to hire
Open Badges and MOOCsMassive Open Online Courses
engineering.edx.org/author/bporter/
www.slideshare.net/sproutfund/serial-announcement
Career & Technical Education (CTE)National Occupational Competency Testing Inst. (NOCTI)
www.nocti.org/pdf/badges/Digital%20Badges-Are%20You%20Ready.pdf
High stakes credentialingProfessional Examination Service
http://bit.ly/ProExam_M-C
Continuing EducationCredentialing non-credited PD
“There are 120 badges to be rolled out this summer (2014), encompassing multiple assessments within 25-30 new classes not currently part of the system.”
madisoncollege.edu/badges
Strategic Objective:Creation and promotion of innovative, market-based credentials in credit, non-credit and customized programming (i.e. Badges).
E-Learning R&D in Canada (NRC)(Emerging) Learning and Performance Support Systems
http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca/2013/12/learning-and-performance-support-systems.htmlhttp://www.slideshare.net/Downes/2014-04-11-philadelphia
Badging Health Professionals Continuing Professional Development
http://www.paincommunitycentre.org/cpd/badges
Technology-based Badge SystemChemical Plant Technologists
pipingdesignu.com/
Continuing Competence - UKFinancial Services – Online Self Directed
www.slideshare.net/tomwoodrwa/open-badges-presentation
Badges and employersTransparent credibility
https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/welcome-digital-badges-discussion-q1-how-are-badges-different-credentialing-methods-used-
Pearson Acclaim (VUE)If Pearson is getting into badges.… Acclaim’s unique approach…is to work with academic institutions and high-stakes credentialing organizations to offer diplomas, certificates and other professional credentials as Open Badges.blog.youracclaim.com/
Endorsed by Security
CommunityInformation Systems Audit & Control Assoc.
www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/37591/isaca-launches-digital-badges-for-credential-verification/
Future VisionPerformance Management/Professional Development
http://rwagroup.co.uk/open-badges-are-here/
Badge the Organization? Recognizing Positive / Productive Behaviours
Source
Source
www.manitobalotteries.com/career/
Source
mbplar.ca
MATUREADULT
YOUTH
Open Badges: Lifelong, Lifewide Learning
LOWSTAKES
HIGHSTAKES
VolunteerExperience
WorkPlacements
AfterSchool
Programs
ClassroomEngagement
WorkplaceEngagement
PersonalLearning
MOOCs
Co-CurricularRecord
Workshops
P/T & Summer Jobs
Admission toHigher Ed
Admission toPost GradSchools
Hiring
Conferences
Recognitionof Prior
Learning
EmployabilityPortfolio
CareerTransition
Promotion
Communitiesof
Practice
Memberships,Affiliations
Awards,Achievements
TeamBuilding “Hard”
Credentials
“Soft”Credentials
Red Cross, Cadets, Scouts,
etc.
E-learningCourses
FormativeFeedback
Awards,Achievements
ContinuingEducation
A Kirkpatrick View of Open BadgesFor workplace learning (work in progress)
Kirkpatrick Level Affordances & Indicators5: ROI (Phillips) • Badge reports comparing different programs, different
departments against bottom line measures• Badges, advancement and retention – comparing different badges
to different outcomes
4: Results • Badges for talent management and team building in departments, functions, regions
• Individual badges aggregated in teams/organizations: Lean, Green, ISO, Top Employer, Safe Workplace, etc.
• Badges to demonstrate regulatory compliance (Health & Safety)
3: Transfer • Badge collections: sequencing, stacking/laddering, clustering• Badges from multiple sources curated in badge passports &
channeled to recognition goals• Badges in eportfolios enhanced with commentary, reflection
2: Learning • Badges with transparent embedded skills outcomes
1: Reaction • Visual appeal, engagement, activity completion
Benefits of Open Badgesfor Training and Professional Development
• Visually efficient and appealing– Fun, confidence building, motivating to earn
• Individual pathways, multiple sources/types of learning– Modular, stackable, flexible, diverse, portable, shareable– Personal goal setting, achievement for self-directed learning– Blendable: multiple sources can be combined through individual
badge passports & ePortfolios– Progress in incomplete programs can still be recognized and
recombined
• Transparent, “trustable”, meaningful– Alignment to frameworks, requirements– Criteria, evidence, issue/expiry date– Ongoing connection to issuer– Issuer is validated and branded by the badges it issues
Open Badges & Sector OrganizationsMeeting the skills needs of employers
• Accredit internal training and education– Leadership, front line
• Recognize/broker external training & ed• Promote & recognize informal learning
– Knowledge transfer, performance support– Social learning (communities of practice)– Experiential learning (e.g. placements, exchanges)– Self-directed learning (e.g. reading, reflection,
“missions”)
• Provide skills passports for career mobility• Brand the sector organization as a skills
channel– Direct delivery, brokering, synthesis
Badge Solution: Open Badge Factory Cloud-based badge management & interoperability
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Rousselle
Features and Benefitsopenbadgefactory.com
• Currently:– Centralized cloud service with Open API: manage badges
in one place, issue in many (LMS, HR, etc.)– Controlled access for organizations– Controlled roles within organizations
• Creator, Issuer, Administrator
– Detailed reports– Badge applications (requests)– Milestone badges (meta-badges)
• Coming soon:– Multi-lingual badges– Badge Passport (c. October)
• Private/public badges, badge collections, mobile display
Open Badge FactoryCentralized Detailed Reports
Open Badge FactoryBadge Applications (request forms)
Open Badge FactoryMilestone Badges (metabadges)
Open Badge FactoryGetting Started
• Free in 2014• Subscription model starting
in 2015– Basic 250€, Premium 600€,
Enterprise 1500€– Badge Passport as additional
option
• Request account at openbadgefactory.com• More info at
Getting Started: Open Badge Factory
Badges curated in ePortfolioswith other evidence & reflection…
FOR Learning OF Learning
focused on process focused on product
supports learning demonstrates learning
private workshop public shop window
a learning environment a showcase of learning achievements
learning activities learning outcomes
formative assessment summative assessment
lower stakes higher stakes
Badge showcase: savvyfolio.netAffordable multi-institution ePortfolio
University
College
Adult Learning Centre
Professional Body Workplace Trainer
Employability Agency
Employer Industry Sector Body
Open Badges: filling the “Skills Gap”Hard currency in a new skills economy
www.accenture.com/ca-en/Pages/insight-solving-canada-skills-gap-infographic.aspx
[email protected]: learningagents.ca
Twitter: donpresantePortfolio: donpresant.ca
Presentation and support material at:openbadges4tpd
