introduction to open badges

Learning, Teaching and Research Conference, University of Bradford, June 9th 2016

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Introduction to

Open Badges

Technology Enhanced Learning AdvisorYork St John University

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@Roisin_Cassidy

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If you already know, sit back and bask in your smugness for a few minutes…

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What are Open Badges?

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…are not controlled by any one organisation, so they’re transferrable

…are evidence-based

…are stackable…put the user in control

Open Badges…

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Hopefully it’s starting to make sense by now, but let’s hammer it home…

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So, how does that relate to what you do?

Industry and Educational Issuers

https://www.digitaldrivinglicence.barclays.co.uk/

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York St John University

SEDA Supporting Learning with Technology Award

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Level 2 Occupational TherapyProfessional Skills module

Level 1 Biomedical SciencesProfessional Skills module

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Badges embedded within student modules ENDOR

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Level 3 Business Communicationsmodule

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Residential Leadership Award York St John University

Milestone badges from central University services

Careers and Aspirations online module

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Contributorship BadgesBioMed Central, Mozilla, Digital

Science, Wellcome Trust etc.

Open Research BadgesOpen Practice Badges

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http://openresearchbadges.org/

UKPSF / SEDA

Map to existing competency frameworks

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Graduate Learning Outcomes DEAKIN HALLMARKS

Map to existing competency frameworks

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Graduate Attributes University of Bradford?

Map to existing competency frameworks

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How could you use Open Badges at Bradford?

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Discuss with the person(s) next to you: Where, in your context, might you issue Open Badges?

Can you arrange the badges into groups of similar badges - this might be based around a theme, a subject a course or other similar over-arching

cluster of related badges?

Draw a representation of your badge cluster / constellation / pathway in the box

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Great, you’re still interested! Here’s how to get started…

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How do you develop a badge?

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Issuing Process

Storing/Displaying

• Who will are the earners, issuers, viewers, endorsers?• Why would they want to earn/issue/view/endorse it?• What skills/attributes/understanding does the badge

represent?• What criteria do you need to meet to earn the badge?• What evidence will be required?

• Badge images should square, no smaller than 90x90px, PNG or SVG files and a maximum of 256kb.

• Consistent colouring/shapes/icons for milestone badges or badge programmes?

• Image editing software, Google free vector images online, Openbadges.me designer

• How will the badges be assessed? Automated or intervention required?

• What issuing system will you use? VLE (Blackboard), Credly, Open Badge Factory , Open Badge Academy etc.

• Where will your earners store their badges?Within the issuing system; Open Badge Backpack (Mozilla), Open Badge Passport etc.

• How will you support your earners to share their badges?

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Have a go at designing a badge!

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1. Choose one of your badge ideas from your earlier discussion2. Use the JISC Badge Content Design sheet to develop that badge further

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Digital Skills Champion

I’m glad you asked…

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Any research on all of this?

ResearchLandscape

Emerging Case study / personal reflections

Basis in Psychology / Learning Sciences Motivations (intrinsic/extrinsic), lifelong learning, curriculum design, reflective practice, gamification etc.

Annotated Bibliographies: HASTAC RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY (Good for theoretical perspectives)

OPEN BADGES IN HE WORKING GROUP LIBRARY (Good for case studies, project reports, emerging research articles etc.)

https://sites.google.com/site/openbadgesinhighereducation/library-1Good

https://www.hastac.org/digital-badges-bibliography

Open Badge Design Principles Documentation

(DPD) Project

EDUCAUSE / Indiana University project (2012-2014), published June 2015

Tracked the development and outcome of 29 badge programs

Analysing how badges were used forrecognising, assessing, motivating and studying learning,and the intended, enacted and formalised practices within each of the projects.

https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/elib1503.pdf

Open Badge Design Principles Documentation

(DPD) Project2012-2014

Open Badge Design Principles Documentation

(DPD) Project2012-2014

BADGES WORK BETTER IN SOME PLACES THAN OTHERS

BADGES WORK BETTER WHERE CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY ALREADY EXISTS

BADGES WORK BETTER AS INFORMAL CREDENTIALS

BADGES WORK BETTER WHEN INTERNALLY VALUED

BADGES WORK BETTER WHEN THEY OFFER UNIQUE CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

BADGES WORK BETTER WHERE THE LEARNING IS SOCIAL AND NETWORKED

Set of design principles: http://dpdproject.info/reports/

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• Mozilla Open Badges: http://openbadges.org/

• Badge Alliance: http://www.badgealliance.org/ (including a collaboratively drafted campus policy framework for open badges)

• Open Badges in Higher Education Project website: https://sites.google.com/site/openbadgesinhighereducation/home

• Think Out Loud Club’s Open Badges #OB101 course: http://badges.thinkoutloudclub.com/ (including great FAQ page)

• 2016 Open Badges in Higher Education Conference, University of Southampton: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/iliad/education-innov/resources.page

• Blogs: Carli Cassilli and Doug Belshaw

• Mailing list: Digitalbadges@listserv.Educause.Edu

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