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OPEN BADGES FOR RECOGNITION OF LEARNING AND ONLINE REPUTATIONProf. Dr. Ilona Buchem

Professor in Residence for Digital Media and Diversity

Dept. Economics and Social Sciences

Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin

eMadrid: Badges for the Recognition of Learning in the Digital Age

27th January 2015-01-27

Tuesday, January 27, 15

BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BERLIN

12.500 students * 285 professors * 72 study programs * 8 departments

15 minutes from airport Tegel in north-east part of Berlin called Wedding


BEUTH BADGES

12.500 students * 285 professors * 72 study programs * 8 departments BeuthBadges: http://beuthbadges.wordpress.com/

Issuer

Backpack

Displayer


http://beuthbadges.wordpress.com/


UNIFIED 3D BADGE DESIGN

1. Logo (program)

3. Skill (type)

2. Title (skill)

• Description/document• Issuer’s details• Link to e-portfolio• Metadata, e.g. time stamp

4. Color (module)

ILONA BUCHEM / eMadrid Seminar on "Badges for the Recognition of Learning in the Digital Age" (2015-01-27), CC BY-NC-SA


OPEN BADGE INFRASTRUCTURE (OBI)

OPEN BADGES METADATA


OPEN BADGES AS A CREDENTIALING SYSTEM

THE RATIONALE

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DIFFERENT ROUTES TO LEARNINGPoster by Jay Cross

“ The most prominent forms of recognition arise through certification of

formal learning programmes (...). While this approach is prominent in

terms of formal recognition of learning, it is possibly not as significant when it comes to the proportion of learning

that it recognises.”



OPENEDUCATION

OPEN COURSES,

e.g. MOOCS

OPEN RESOURCES,

e.g. OER

OPEN ACCESS, e.g. CC

OPEN CREDENTIALS,

e.g. OBI

OPEN EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM


MEASURING MORE THAN SEAT TIME


“Badges can help speed the shift from credentials that simply measure seat time, to ones that more accurately

measure competency. (...) badges can help account for formal and informal learning in a variety of settings.” (Duncan, 2011)


COURSE-CENTERED APPROACH


“(ECTS) is a tool that helps to design, describe, and deliver study programmes and award higher education qualifications. (...) Course descriptions contain ‘learning outcomes’ (i.e. what

students are expected to know, understand and be able to do) and workload (i.e. the time students typically need to achieve

these outcomes).” ec.europa.eu


SOCIOLOGY OF CREDENTIALISM

“Credentials are (a) monopolized by competing occupational status groups as exclusionary status, cultural entry barriers to

positions and (b) used by hiring parties as measure of candidates’ trustworthiness in positions that embody discretionary powers.”

Brown (2001)



CREDENTIAL INFLATION


Number of degrees

social and occupational value

“As educational attainment has expanded, the social distinctiveness of that degree and its value on the

occupational marketplace has declined; this in turn has expanded

demand for still higher levels of education.” (Collins, 2011)


RETHINKING CREDENTIALS


“ Mozilla Open Badges is an initiative exploring alternative ways for learners to receive recognition for skills and achievements

gained outside of the school environment, such as open credentialing and accreditation for all types of learning, including

informal and interest driven.” Knight & Casilli (2012).


OPEN BADGES FOR ONLINE REPUTATION

VALUE ADDED



LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH

“(Badges) have the potential for greater, extended use for individuals in multiple learning environments to create skill and knowledge portraits more comprehensive than a single letter grade or certificate can capture. Digital badges can represent

very finely-grained skills (...) to more comprehensive knowledge domains (...).” Sullivan (2013)



OCCUPATIONAL MARKETPLACE

“In addition to the assessment of concrete content knowledge, post-industrial societies are increasingly demanding that their

members demonstrate their abilities in abstract and soft skills areas such as teamwork, critical thinking and analysis,

communication, and personal management of time and resources” (Sullivan, 2013)



THE FUTURE OF PAPER-BASED JOB APPLICATION?

Paper-based job application Digital job applicationResearch study “Recruiting Trends 2014”: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/uni/fakultaeten/wiai_lehrstuehle/isdl/RecruitingTrends_2014.pdf


https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/uni/fakultaeten/wiai_lehrstuehle/isdl/RecruitingTrends_2014.pdf

https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/uni/fakultaeten/wiai_lehrstuehle/isdl/RecruitingTrends_2014.pdf

DISPLAYING BADGES



BADGE-DRIVEN REPUTATION


skillsmemberships

lifestyle knowledge

endorsements

Open Badges can help piece together formal and informal learning, work-skills, individual knowledge and experience, allowing to document and display competencies and accomplishments in a more holistic manner.

achievements


BADGE-DRIVEN EVIDENCE

digital products

peer-generated

testimonials

data


Open Badges help to demonstrate skills to a wider audience, beyond the limits of a context in which they were originally earned.


EXAMPLES


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• Approach 1 “Mastery”Identify learning goals to be mastered and describe criteria for getting a badge prior to learning.

>>> pre-defined, predictable

• Approach 2 “Exploratory”Observe the process and ask stakeholders (teachers, learners, peers) to identify unique achievements of an individual.

>>> emergent, potential

APPROACHES TO ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING (1)


• Approach A “Formative”Aim at providing feedback to the learning process or learning path.

>>> during the learning process

• Approach B “Summative”Aim at recognition and formalisation of learning outcomes.

>>> at the end of a learning process

APPROACHES TO VALIDATION OF LEARNING (2)


OPEN BADGES FOR RECOGNITION OF LEARNING

ASSESSMENT VALIDATION FOCUS

mastery formative individual

exploratory summative standardised



In an online course “E-Business Management” badges are part of the formative assessment and are used as markers of learning to signal the learning pathway.

EXAMPLE 1

MASTERY - FORMATIVE - STANDARDISED APPROACH


• Recognise unique skills and achievements of migrant academics beyond formal course description and tests.

• Enable learners to communicate skills and achievements across digital contexts.

• Help learners exploit their digital credentials for occupational purposes.

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

CareerEducation

Identity

Engineering

Research

Language


In the qualification program “Credit Points” Open Badges were used to:

EXAMPLE 2

EXPLORATORY - SUMMATIVE - INDIVIDUAL APPROACH


Media literacy:• Social media in use• Online identity• Online reputation

Digital research skills:• Digital media in research• Research in teams and networks• Open science and publishing

Career-building skills:• Job application skills• Strengths and resources• Application preparation

FOCUSING ON 21ST CENTURY SKILLS



ONLINE REPUTATION


CREDIT POINTS:(1) ECTS for completed modules (2) Badges representing micro-skills(3) Achievement records in ePortfolios

E-PORTFOLIO AS DIGITAL CV


PROJECT PARTICIPANTS


PARTICIPANTS MIGRANT GRADUATES WITH TECHNICAL DEGREES

Number of participants n = 25 (12 female, 13 male)

Academic background 20 different technical degrees

Age 75% 30 - 49 years old

Country 25% Russia, 16% Poland, 16% Spain


PROJECT OUTCOMES


BEFORE AFTER

Employment 8% 72%

Digital CV 0% 72%

Online profile 8% 40%

Social network small and narrow larger and broader

Self-esteem lower higher


NEXT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS


http://www.badgealliance.org/open-badges-research/




POTENTIALS AND CHALLENGES


New and Alternative Assessments, Digital Badges, and Civics:An Overview of Emerging Themes and Promising DirectionsBy Felicia M. Sullivan, CIRCLES.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

AIM 1: Research on positive / negative effects of open badges as credentials


COMMUNITY APPROACH


“A “digital badge” is an online record of achievements, tracking the recipient’s communities of interaction that issued the badge and the work completed to get it.” (Badge Alliance)

AIM 2: Designing Open Badges as community-enhanced credentials


BADGE EUROPE - STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP


Creation of a European Open Badges professional networkOpen Badges initiatives to support learning regions and cities

Development of the Open Badges InfrastructureIntegration of Open Badges at policy level, e.g. Europass

JOIN US as Associate Partner!PARTICIPATE IN Open Badges MOOC in 2015!

AIM 3: Initiating common activities and initiatives in Europe


Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem

Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @mediendidaktik

Thank you!

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