mkm open badges presentation - steve sidaway

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OpenBadges.meMyKnowledgeMap’s adventures in badge land

Steve Sidaway - @sidaway_steve Business Development Manager,

MyKnowledgeMap Ltd



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www.OpenBadges.me



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1 year of supporting Open Badgesand over 11,000 awesome designs created!

1 year of supporting Open Badgesand over 11,000 awesome designs created!



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Project components



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Product components



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A great community, and some awesome implementations

A great community, and some awesome implementations

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So where are we now?• www.openbadges.me

‣ HTML5 design widget to create Open Badge graphics‣ All client side and in-browser‣ Open API - plug it into your own badge system‣ Emerging plugins to make integration even easier -

http://wordpress.org/plugins/openbadgesme-open-badges-designer/

• We’re adding Open Badges to the UpBete diabetes support system across 3 UK regions

• Open Badges JISC bid with 15 colleges – A simple platform for the easy creation and issuing of Open Badges



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Everyone we talk to is super-excited about Open Badges and

digital rewards...

...but there are some practical considerations



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I don’t have technical skills or a technical team - what can I do?

I don’t have technical skills or a technical team - what can I do?

What happens if my server gets

changed and files are moved?

What happens if my server gets

changed and files are moved?

How long do I need to host things for?

How long do I need to host things for?

How do I prove a badge on a third party service was

issued by us?

How do I prove a badge on a third party service was

issued by us?

How can I stop people “faking”

our badges?

How can I stop people “faking”

our badges?

I have thousands of students - can

I automate things?

I have thousands of students - can

I automate things?

We use (have to use) lots of different systems - which ones work with

badges?

We use (have to use) lots of different systems - which ones work with

badges?

Should I invest in

the Mozilla standard or wait to see who else comes along?

Should I invest in

the Mozilla standard or wait to see who else comes along?

How do I work out what to badge

and what not to badge?

How do I work out what to badge

and what not to badge?



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• What features would a college need to be able to validate learning?

• How can an outside user place appropriate value on a badge? How can they place it within it’s context?

• Can you support levels of badges inside an overall badge structure?

• Can you trace pathways from badge to badge to provide contextual information on the journey the holder took?

• Can you build mega badges out of combinations of smaller badges?

• Could a “tipping point” of badge acceptance be reached by targeting a chosen subject, industry or area?

• Could badges be tied to frameworks or framework elements/competencies to support analysis of badge contents and also framework coverage analysis?

Some other questions



What are your concerns or requirements?

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MKM Open Badges Platform Overview• The project is to build a platform for the creation and issuing of

Open Badges that is easy to use by anyone, without assuming any technical knowledge.

• The platform will include a badge design and creation tool, and allow awards to be manually made to a single individual or a group, and will also include some automation through an activity manager.

• Both Recipient and Issuer will have a dedicated space after log-in where records will be kept – with functionality dependent on type of account.

• The system will run as a standalone platform, as well as feature an open integration capability, with a number of such integrations being planned as part of this initial project for LMS interoperability.

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Open Badges JISC bid package -

•Premium-level access to the MyKnowledgeMap Open Badges Platform for the period of the project

•Development of open source plugins for common FE learning management systems, with an opportunity to influence their development in order to support the needs of their own planned pilot projects

•Educational / pedagogical design session to help plan a successful pilot project and ongoing educational support throughout the project

•Technical implementation support for both the premium badge platform and the open source plugins

•On-going technical support throughout the project to ensure success

•Opportunity to present project results as part of a number of dissemination events to a wider group of FE, HE and industry members

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Interested in being involved?

To register your interest and join this group of colleges as part of the JISC innovation bid contact today:

Joel Mills, Learning Resources Manager at Darlington College, [email protected]

You will receive a response and a letter of commitment to sign and return if you wish to be involved.

But please hurry – this is Limited to just 15 colleges and the deadline for the bid is 6th December 2013

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