New Currency for professional credentials, identification of the existing ecosystem

1. New Currency for
Professional
Credentials: MOOC
Challenge Assignment 1:Define a current Ecosystem
Kulari Lokuge

2. Institute Background
• A leading University, delivering under graduate, post graduate
courses. Professional courses and skilled based Vocational
Education courses are also delivered
• Multiple campuses
• Central Capability and Capacity building unit for the
organisation
• Short accredited courses offer certificates and non accredited
courses offer participation certificate
• Professional development courses – do not offer or record
participation/certificates
• With more learning technology, the organisation encourages
staff to be Technology ready, innovative course deliverers

3. Offer Training
• Technology
• Course
Development
• Course delivery
Staff attend
training
Use Knowledge
and Skills in
course delivery
with students
The Current Ecosystem in operation…
Employer -
University

4. Over view of the current
Ecosystem’s operation
• Professional Development unit offers training:
• Technology for innovative learning and teaching- Use of:
• LMS functionalities
• Virtual Classroom
• Plagiarism detect tools
• ePortfolio
• Learning analytics
• Online course delivery (e.g. eModerating)
• Online Course Development(e.g. Carpe Diems)
• Staff attend training
• Staff gain Certificate of Completion Certificate for some
training
• Staff use the knowledge and skills in their course delivery

5. Professional Development Unit
• The PD units trainers identify:
• New technology and lead the institute to gain
access them
• Support staff through training to:
• Use new technology
• Use new features of existing technology
• Provide ideas and implementation assistance
• Provide learning resources and guides as well
as examples
• Challenges:
• Staff not attending sessions
• Staff with drawing from courses
• Poor participation in the course
Let me train staff so that
they be 21st century
innovative teachers

6. Staff attending training
• Staff who are enthusiastic take up PD
• Staff who need to use new technology
participate in PD
• Staff who have been assigned to use new
technology participate in PD sessions
• Challenges:
• Less recognition from the institute
• Does not support career aspirations
• Does not take into account the current workload
I hardly have time to
learn and use these
new things, since my
students need them I
will give it a try!

7. Employer- University
HR and Faculty Dean(s)
• Staff are encouraged to take up Teaching and
Learning PD
• Staff who need to use new technology are
welcome to participate in PD
• Some staff are assigned to use new technology
and participate in PD sessions
• Challenges:
• HR system does not recognise Teaching and
Learning PD
• Deans academic coordinators do not have to
approve some of these training
• Has less impact on promotions or current
workload
Teaching and
Learning PD is part
of academics job!

8. Planning for a better Ecosystem for
Capability Building
• Create a strategy
• Gain support from the management
• Pilot the idea
• Gather feedback
• Either re-iterate or proceed
• Communicate and present at forums and committee
• Use the badging system to motivate staff and to build an
ecosystem

9. An Ecosystem for Capability
Building through a
Badge Backpack!

10. Openbadges MOOC
Kulari Lokuge: klokuge@gmail.com
More information:
http://openbadges.tumblr.com/post/61591982284/openbadgesmooc-session-2-
badge-fundamentals