Slides from open badges workshop delivered at University of Bradford's 2016 Learning, Teaching and Research Conference, 9 June 2016.

1. Learning, Teaching and Research Conference,
University of Bradford, June 9th 2016
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Introduction to
Open Badges

2. Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor
York St John University
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@Roisin_Cassidy

3. Hey, you! At the back!
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4. If you already know, sit back and bask in your smugness
for a few minutes…
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What are Open Badges?

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10. https://www.khanacademy.org/badges
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11. Image: CC-BY-ND / @bryanMMathers

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13. …are not controlled
by any one
organisation, so
they’re transferrable
…are evidence-
based
…are stackable
…put the user
in control
OpenBadges…
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14. Hopefully it’s starting to make sense by now, but let’s
hammer it home…
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So, how does that relate
to what you do?

17. Industry and Educational
Issuers
https://www.digitaldrivinglicence.barclays.co.uk/
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18. York St John University
SEDA Supporting Learning
with Technology Award
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19. Level 2 Occupational Therapy
Professional Skills module
Level 1 Biomedical Sciences
Professional Skills module
York St John University
Badges embedded within
student modules
Level 3 Business Communications
module
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20. Residential Leadership Award
York St John University
Milestone badges from
central University services
Careers and Aspirations online module
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21. Contributorship Badges
BioMed Central, Mozilla, Digital
Science, Wellcome Trust etc.
Open Research Badges
Open Practice Badges
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http://openresearchbadges.org/

22. UKPSF / SEDA
Map to existing competency
frameworks
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23. Graduate Learning Outcomes
DEAKIN HALLMARKS
Map to existing competency
frameworks
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24. Graduate Attributes
University of Bradford?
Map to existing competency
frameworks
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25. How could you use Open Badges at
Bradford?
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Discuss with the person(s) next to you:
 Where, in your context, might you issue Open Badges?
 Can you arrange the badges into groups of similar badges - this might be
based around a theme, a subject a course or other similar over-arching
cluster of related badges?
Draw a representation of your badge cluster / constellation / pathway in the box
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26. Great, you’re still interested! Here’s how to get started…
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How do you develop a
badge?

27. DevelopingBadges Content
Design
Image
Design
Issuing
Process
Storing/
Displaying
• Who will are the earners, issuers, viewers, endorsers?
• Why would they want to earn/issue/view/endorse it?
• What skills/attributes/understanding does the badge
represent?
• What criteria do you need to meet to earn the badge?
• What evidence will be required?
• Badge images should square, no smaller than
90x90px, PNG or SVG files and a maximum of 256kb.
• Consistent colouring/shapes/icons for milestone
badges or badge programmes?
• Image editing software, Google free vector images
online, Openbadges.me designer
• How will the badges be assessed? Automated or
intervention required?
• What issuing system will you use?
VLE (Blackboard), Credly, Open Badge Factory , Open
Badge Academy etc.
• Where will your earners store their badges?
Within the issuing system; Open Badge Backpack (Mozilla),
Open Badge Passport etc.
• How will you support your earners to share their badges?

28. DevelopingBadges
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29. Have a go at designing a badge!
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1. Choose one of your badge ideas from your earlier discussion
2. Use the JISC Badge Content Design sheet to develop that badge further
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30. DevelopingBadges
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Digital Skills Champion

31. I’m glad you asked…
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Any research on all of
this?

32. Research
Landscape
Emerging
Case study / personal reflections
Basis in Psychology / Learning Sciences
Motivations (intrinsic/extrinsic), lifelong learning, curriculum design,
reflective practice, gamification etc.
Annotated Bibliographies:
HASTAC RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY (Good for theoretical perspectives)
OPEN BADGES IN HE WORKING GROUP LIBRARY (Good for case studies,
project reports, emerging research articles etc.)
https://sites.google.com/site/openbadgesinhighereducation/library-1Good
https://www.hastac.org/digital-badges-bibliography

33. Open Badge Design
Principles Documentation
(DPD) Project
EDUCAUSE / Indiana University project (2012-2014),
published June 2015
Tracked the development and outcome of 29 badge
programs
Analysing how badges were used for
recognising, assessing, motivating and studying learning,
and the intended, enacted and formalised practices
within each of the projects.
https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/elib1503.pdf
Open Badge Design
Principles Documentation
(DPD) Project
2012-2014

34. Open Badge Design
Principles Documentation
(DPD) Project
2012-2014
BADGES WORK BETTER IN SOME PLACES THAN OTHERS
BADGES WORK BETTER WHERE CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY ALREADY
EXISTS
BADGES WORK BETTER AS INFORMAL CREDENTIALS
BADGES WORK BETTER WHEN INTERNALLY VALUED
BADGES WORK BETTER WHEN THEY OFFER UNIQUE CLAIMS AND
EVIDENCE
BADGES WORK BETTER WHERE THE LEARNING IS SOCIAL AND
NETWORKED
Set of design principles: http://dpdproject.info/reports/

35. FurtherReading
• Mozilla Open Badges: http://openbadges.org/
• Badge Alliance: http://www.badgealliance.org/ (including a
collaboratively drafted campus policy framework for open
badges)
• Open Badges in Higher Education Project website:
https://sites.google.com/site/openbadgesinhighereducation/
home
• Think Out Loud Club’s Open Badges #OB101 course:
http://badges.thinkoutloudclub.com/ (including great FAQ
page)
• 2016 Open Badges in Higher Education Conference, University
of Southampton:
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/iliad/education-
innov/resources.page
• Blogs: Carli Cassilli and Doug Belshaw
• Mailing list: Digitalbadges@listserv.Educause.Edu

36. Questions?
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No? None? Really?
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37. Use the code to claim your badge!
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