about open badges & badge the uk
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Badge the UK is a new programme lead by DigitalMe which uses Open Badges to capture skills and create work, training and enterprise opportunities for young people. We are working with schools, learning organisations and employers to support them to create and issue badges. Get involved www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheukTRANSCRIPT
Badge The UK
Help us
Lucy Neale, Projects Director@LucyDMe
What are badges?
Badges & the web
What are Open Badges?
http://openbadges.org
Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them
CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen
What’s theproblem?
Silo 1 Silo 2
Silo 4
Formal qualifications
After schoolclub certificates
Onlinelearning
Silo 3
Professional development
How does it work?
Mozilla has built (and will maintain) the plumbing
Who’s using Open Badges?
Some of the organisations
involved in the ecosystem
Size of Open Badges
ecosystem
( )Data correct as of 4 July 2013
800+
issuers
- such as NASA, Purdue University, Disney, etc.
Value• Informal / formal accreditation• Local / national• Endorsers• Web driven
S2R Medals
Badge The UK
Help us
Connecting badge earners with learning,
enterprise & employment opportunities
• Help teachers / employers/ orgs create badges
• Space to discover, earn & display badges
• Bridge gap between young people and
employers
• Inspire learners, improve confidence
• Improve young people’s life chances
Badge The UK Will:
Platforms
Badge Platform Options
Badge The UK Partners
http://sweetwaterfoundation.com
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/passport/
• Work with us to create your own Badges• Recognise or endorse a badge• Help badges become more widely displayed across the web• Provide a real world industry brief for schools• Help us understand how badges could work for you and your networks
Help Badge the UK
Questions?
Lucy [email protected]