October 2014 Badges 101 Badge Alliance Overview

1. Badge Alliance
October 2014

2. Today’s Agenda
• Introductions
• Open Badges 101
• Badge Alliance Overview
• Questions & Answers

3. Badges 101

4. badges = representations of a skill or achievement

5. scouting may be the first example that comes to mind,
but...

6. more and more, we see badges representing
achievements on the web

7. some are just for fun or social status

8. but increasingly the skills are real, based on
real tasks and work

9. reflecting real skills -- which employers and schools
are looking for

10. and willing to pay for, hire for, give credit
for ➔ real results

11. What if we used badges for learning?

13. Open learning: Peer to Peer University & Code School

14. K-12: Corona Norco School District

15. Higher Ed: Purdue University

16. After-school programs: iRemix

17. Museums & Science Centers:
American Museum of Natural History

18. Government Agencies: NASA

19. Community Organizations: 4-H

20. Workforce: RWA Consulting

21. Why badges?

22. Capture complete
learning path.

23. Signal that learning to key
stakeholders like potential
employers.

24. Build and communicate
reputation and identity.

25. Build maps of learning
pathways and opportunities
for more learning.

26. Foster an ecosystem where
learning is connected across
contexts, across lifetimes.

27. badges can offer us a way to get there
(badges + the learning and assessments
behind the badge)

28. How badges?

29. Even better: shared badge ecosystem

41. Examples

42. After-School Programs: PASA

43. After-School Programs: Planet Stewards

44. After-School Programs: Cities of Learning

45. Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, TX
Pittsburgh, PA

46. K-12: Corona-Norco Unified School District

47. Higher-Ed: University of California, Davis

48. Higher-Ed: Purdue University

49. Workforce: Manufacturing Institute

50. The Badge Alliance

52. The Badge Alliance
A network of organizations and individuals
building and enhancing an open badges
ecosystem with shared values including
openness, learner agency and innovation.

53. The Badge Alliance
The Badge Alliance leverages the
Constellation Model for Social Change to
seat work within working groups.

54. The Constellation Model
A way to bring together multiple groups or
sectors to work towards a joint outcome
and to serve social change.
‣ Joint fundraising
‣ Joint and coordinated projects
‣ Shared voice
‣ Campaigns
‣ Coordination of policy positions
‣ Coordinated strategy
‣ Service delivery
‣ Health promotion
‣ Research

55. Shared Badges Vision

56. The Badge Alliance
Soft launched in February 2014 at
Summit to Reconnect Learning.

57. The Badge Alliance
With launch, announced first 10 working groups.

58. The Badge Alliance
Over 650 organizations have signed up.

59. Summary

60. Open Badges are digital
credentials for the modern age.

61. Evidence-based and verified.

62. Recognition of skills
and achievements.

63. Collected across lifetimes
as portfolio of what you know
and can do.

64. Digital ‘currency’ to
carry with you and
share across the Web.

65. Get Connected
Join a Working Group Based on Expertise / Interest
http://www.badgealliance.org
Join our weekly Community Project Call on
Wednesdays at 9am PST / 12pm EST
http://bit.ly/OBCommCalls
Connect on Twitter for updates
@BadgeAlliance
Reach out to us for information
badges@badgealliance.org

66. Questions