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Presentation, case study, and knowledge cafe on Open Badges using Moodle and Totara. Maurice Moore and Yuliya Bozhko 2 Oct 2014TRANSCRIPT
What can (or should) we do with
Open Badges?
MoodleMootNZ 2014, NMIT
Maurice Moore, Qual IT, and
Yuliya Bozhko Totara Learning Solutions
Our presentation
1. What are Open Badges – technical overview
(Yuliya)
2. Case Study – How Qual IT use Badges
(Maurice)
3. Knowledge café (all)
Open Badges in Moodle
Totara Learning Solutions, 2014
Yuliya Bozhko
Mozilla
Open Badges
http://openbadges.org
● Open framework
● Federated backpack
● Verification service
● Badges as evidence
of competencies,
skills, achievements,
and informal learning
Mozilla Open Badges
What is a badge File type: PNG or SVG(*) image file
Recommended size: 256kb
Recommended dimensions: 90px X 90px
Badge Assertion
Mozilla Backpack
What you can do with badges in Moodle
● Badge creation and management in Moodle
● Block to display badges earned from Moodle
site (internal badges)
● Support of direct "pushing" of earned badges
to Mozilla backpack service
● Display of all badges in Moodle
How we award badges
● Badges are awarded based on criteria
● All criteria use a plugin architecture
● Can be issued manually (based on roles)
● Or automatically (calculated based on user
activity) o Completing an activity or a set of activities
o Completing a course
o Completing a set of courses
o Minimum grade requirements
o Completion date requirements
o Filling in personal user profile
● Criteria can be combined using simple rules
Roadmap
● Signed assertions
● Revoking badges (MDL-43230)
● SVG badges and badge certificates (MDL-
44112)
● Levels of badges
● Badges directory
● Any others?
More information
Mozilla Badges - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
Mozilla repositories: https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges
https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-directory
Moodle User Docs -
https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Badges
Case study:
Maurice Moore
Qual IT provides independent IT testing and
assurance services
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For the company
What skills do
our employees
have?
What skills do
we need to
recruit? Does our team
skill-profile fit
our needs?
Do we have an
expert in ...…?
What training
should we
invest in?
How can
staff use
‘downtime’
effectively?
For the individual
What skills
do I have?
What skills will
help me achieve
my career
objectives?
How can I use
my experience
effectively?
Who can I talk
to about ...…?
What training
would benefit
me the most?
How can I
use
‘downtime’
effectively?
The Task
Design an aspirational
development
framework for staff
Meet the needs of
management
• What skills we have
• What skills we need
Software Testing Skills
Run tests
Design Tests
Record Defects
Review Documents
Plan Testing
Assess Risks
Test Analyst
Reporting
x 57
Version 1
• Badge concept developed in 2011-2012
• Custom design and build using MS Sharepoint early 2013
• 5 Badge Categories
• 57 Badges with up to 3 levels
Version 2:
Why version 2?
• Need to develop clearer badge definitions, assessment
criteria and processes
• Alignment to an external framework:- SFIA Levels 3-6
• Achieve multi-tenancy (of sorts)
Why Totara?
• To provide an end to end solution
• Make use of the:
• Organisation and Position hierarchies
• Appraisal functionality
Badge Levels – Colour Coded
3 4 5 6
SFIA levels
Badges & SFIA Alignment
Version 2: Totara LMS
What’s been built?
• A Badge system that:
– has clearly defined assessment criteria
– has a repeatable and auditable assessment process
– can be shared with multiple clients
– aligns with a published skills framework
– recognises practical skills
– has support resources for assessors
Progress
Knowledge
cafe
Process:
Multiple groups
No individual group facilitator
Discuss the question(s) in groups for 20 minutes
Share thoughts with the whole group
Its all about the conversation
There is no ‘one-way’
each situation has it’s own features and benefits
The question(s)
Your manager (or a client) is excited about
adopting Badges. You’ve been asked to
develop a proposal for Badges@YourOrg.
1. What opportunities are there to use
Badges in YourOrg?
2. What barriers are there and how
can they be overcome?
Feedback
1. What opportunities are there to use
Badges in YourOrg?
2. What barriers are there and how
can they be overcome?
Thank you!
Yuliya Bozhko
Maurice Moore