mozilla open badges and digital inclusion

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The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and FyldeOpen Badges Training

Author: Patrick McGee ©The Volunteer centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde

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Overview of the Do a Bit Project

The Do a bit project has been developed to create entry-level or bite-sized volunteering opportunities in the Blackpool area.Open badges has been chosen as an invaluable tool that allows the Volunteer Centre and Volunteer Involving Organisation (VIO’s) to recognise and reward their Volunteers.The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde was selected to receive financial support from the £10m Innovation in Giving fund, run by NESTA and funded by the Cabinet Office.

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The Open Badges Team

Patrick McGee – Do a Bit Project Officer

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The Mozilla Foundation

Mission:

“To promote openness, innovation & opportunity on the Web.”

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Products include:

Firefox web browser

Persona sign in

Thunderbird email client

Much more... including Open Badges

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Key concepts of Open Badges

Open Badges are...• An open technical standard – meaning any organisation

can create, issue and verify them, and any individual can earn, manage and display them across the web.

• A way of building a picture of your learning throughout life.

• Full of information – who issued them, what for and when.

• Totally sharable – users can take them anywhere on the web, showing them off to prospective employers and celebrating achievements with friends.

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Visual description of a Open Badge

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Organisationsissue badges

Badges unlock new

opportunities

People earn badges and share

them

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The Problem!

But Mozilla Open Badges are a digital

tool!

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Digital Inclusion

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What is digital inclusion?

Digital inclusion is the practise to show the benefits of being part of a digital world.

In the Uk around 18% of adults not online and a large proportion do not have basic digital skills.

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The solution

The solution the Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde is using to encourage digital

participation with Mozilla Open Badges is to also provide printed versions

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The Process

Step 1: Issue the Digital Open Badge online

Step 2: Transfer the information into the Open Badges area of the Volunteer Passport

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The Benefits

Encourages participation

Demonstrates digital inclusion

Provides offline and online records of awards

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The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Mozilla

Open Badges System

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How we badged the Volunteer Centre

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Mandy Russell designed our badges and created them within a few days!

The Open Badges the Volunteer centre currently have are:

Photographer Time-keepingData input Volunteer Co-ordinatorWord (junior, expert & specialist) FundraisingExcel (junior, expert & specialist) CleaningV-base (junior, expert & specialist) Customer careWorst coffee buyer Telephone skillsWith more being developed daily……..

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The exciting thing about Open Badges are the

possibilities!

The possibilities

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Confirmed Dates & Locations

Next EventsVIO Training

17th October 9.30am - Central Library, Blackpool31st October 9.30am - City Learning Centre, Blackpool

14th November 9.30am - City Learning Centre, Blackpool

Volunteer Sessions5th November - Solaris Centre, Blackpool

27th November - City Learning Centre, Blackpool30th November - Solaris Centre, Blackpool

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Thanks for reading to our presentationOpen invitation to attend the sessions.

So please visit and you may receive your own Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde

Open Badge

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