volunteer centre bwf mozilla open badges initial information sessions

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The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and FyldeOpen Badges Training

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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

Duncan Hodgson – Open Badge Presenter

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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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Introducing Open Badges

So what are Mozilla 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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What is a Open Badge?

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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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So who is using badges?

The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde!

The first officially recognised Volunteer Centreof both issue and design

of Mozilla Open Badges by OpenBadges.orghttp://openbadges.org/participating-issuers/

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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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Badge the UK

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• http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk/ - video

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Unique Learning Badges

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmJJOgQX_Fk

• - video

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Questions?

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The value of badges?

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Badges allow a person to share their skills and competencies with the world... in

context.

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What do we mean by context?

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The metadata contained within each badge tells us about the issuer, criteria and

evidence allowing us to see the value.

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Questions?

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Gamification

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Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics to engage users in solving problems or completing tasks.

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Gamification

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• Ted talks - video

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Discussions &

Questions?

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Break15 mins

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Focusing on Skills

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Within all the learning that we do whether formal or informal we gain skills and competencies.

With badges we try to break down each piece of learning into smaller achievements to motivate continued participation.

Lets look at an example...

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Breaking down skills

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Customer Service

ListeningSkills

Clear Communicator

Product Professional

Mega Mediator

True Time Keeper

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Badging your organisation

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Now its time to think about your organisation and the possibilities for badges in your work with volunteers...

Break into groups

Think about what training you offer to your volunteers What badges could you issue them to recognise their learning? Is there any commonality between organisations?

You have 10 minutes!

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Feedback

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Next Steps

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Confirmed Dates & Locations

Initial Info Sessions4th October 9.30am - Central Library, Blackpool10th October 9.30am - Solaris Centre, Blackpool12th October 9.30am - Central Library, Blackpool

VIO Training17th October 9.30am - Central Library, Blackpool

31st October 9.30am - City Learning Centre, Blackpool14th 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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Places to find resources & support

From Mozilla…openbadges.org

Open Badges Google Group

Elsewhere on the web…Badge the UK

Unique Learning BadgesOpen Badges Manchester

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End

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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