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Badges in workforce education: The case of certification in humanitarian logistics in Oxfam
Jeroen BremanLisa Giacumo
AECT06 November 2014
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DIGITAL BADGES IN OXFAM
• What are digital badges?• Why use badges?• Badges in Oxfam
• Implementation• Results
PILOT
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Background
• Learning happens everywhere • Difficult to recognise skills and achievements
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Image credit: By Douglas Muth from Ardmore, PA, USA (My old Boy Scout merit badges) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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• Issuer• Criteria• Evidence
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Open Badges in Oxfam
SUPPLY & LOGISTICS
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WHAT WE DO?
• Ensure that supply and logistics in Oxfam GB’s programmes worldwide is: • Effective• Professional• Compliant
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SOME FIGURES• Supply and Logistics accounts for over
£100,000,000 of International Division’s programme expenditure
• A recent survey of a number of Supply & Logistics creative cost saving initiatives recorded savings for
Oxfam of at least £1.4m
• By December 2013, introduction of SCM software in
programs had made £3.5m in financial savings
• Fleet Management has saved Oxfam £30k but could
save up to £200k per year when used globally
Implementation
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Certification in Humanitarian Logistics
• Individual• Distance learning• 1 ½ - 3 years• Low completion rate
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CERTIFICATION IN HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS
Results
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Unit progression analysis
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Survey results – 6 of 36 respondents
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Survey results
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Survey results
• “I tried to collect my badges but could not even save one badge. I do not know how the badges look like. I was very much interested into getting my badges, but to no avail (unfortunately)”
• “The badges used to encourage someone to feel recognized on the course s/he was undertaking especially if you are a first time student doing a course online”
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Next steps
• Interview participants to find out what is preventing them from completion.
• Track time-to-completion rates.
• Standardize prompts for completion.
• Improve technology.
