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1. Mohawk College
November 13, 2017
Open Badges
Trusted currency for a skills ecosystem

2. The future of jobs
World Economic Forum: Future Of Jobs 2016
Across nearly all industries, the
impact of technological and other
changes is shortening the shelf-life
of employees’ existing skill sets.
Overall, social skills—such as
persuasion, emotional intelligence
and teaching others—will be in
higher demand across industries
than narrow technical skills
Top 10 Skills in 2020
1. Complex problem solving
2. Critical thinking
3. Creativity
4. People management
5. Coordinating with others
6. Emotional intelligence
7. Judgment & decision making
8. Service orientation
9. Negotiation
10.Cognitive flexibility

3. Escaping from “seat time”
Competency Based Learning
hbr.org
“… high-quality learning pathways
that are affordable, scalable, and
tailored to a wide variety of current
and emergent industries, based on
competencies, not courses.”
ingegno.in

4. Opening up Education
bit.ly/OpeningUpEd
a) issuing a certificate, diploma or
title
b) acknowledging & accepting
credentials, such as a badge, a
certificate, a diploma or title
issued by a third-party

5. Exploring other methods of assessment & recognition
“… all kinds of learning and training outcomes deserve
to be valued and validated, regardless of where and
how they were obtained”unesco.org

6. Competition & Co-opetition…
Other
Institutions
Employers
Internet
Competitors
Associations,
Prof. Bodies
Private
Sector
Educators
Other
Departments
Your
Department

7. Ontario’s call to action
rethinking …
learning
resources credentials
the learning
experience
David Porter, BC Open Badges Forum

8. How do we more
broadly address the
experiential learning
desires of students?
Driving growth and innovation through technology-enabled learning
eCampus Ontario
How do we provide
students with relevant
real-world projects as
practical experiences?
How to we allow employers
to audition student talent
while the students are still
in school?
How can we provide self-managed environments
for supporting experiential learning?
David Porter, BC Open Badges Forum

9. Common language for competencies

10. Related initiatives
connectingcredentials.org
credentialengine.org
ceds.ed.gov

12. Clear progress markers
 motivating learners, supporting advisors
Flexible learning pathways
 granular, incremental, multi-source, laddered,
remixable
Visual branding
 issuers and earners
Online trust system
 demonstrate skills & capabilities
 proof of performance
 backed by issuer
A digital representation of an accomplishment, interest or affiliation that is visual, available online and
contains metadata including trusted links that help explain the context, meaning, process and result of an
activity.
As an open artefact, the earner can present the badge in different contexts from which it was earned.
Micro-credential – portable record of learning
Enter Open Badges

13. Immediate transparency, instant validation
Interactive digital credentials

14. Share on social media
LinkedIn for “résumé worthy” badges
also

15. Some uses of badges (can be combined)
transformingassessment.com/TA_webinar_5_mar_2014_Simon_Cross.pdf
Recognize status
Reputation
Group affiliation
Keep artefacts
Souvenirs of
experience
Motivate
learning
“Game mechanics”
Set goals,
track progress
Personal learning
pathways
Assess &
recognize learning
Formal, non-formal,
informal
Fill recognition gaps

16. Open Badges: A mosaic of lifelong, lifewide learning
LOW
STAKES
HIGH
STAKES
Volunteer
Experience
Talent
Pipeline
MOOCs
Co-Curricular
Record
Workshops
Admission
to
Post Grad
Schools
Job Hire
Conferences
Formal
Recognition
of Prior
Learning
Career
Transition
Communities
of
Practice
Memberships,
Affiliations
CPD
Certification
“Light
Touch”
Credentials
E-learning
Courses
Awards,
Achievements
Continuing
Education
Employee
Development
… diverse signals of capability and potential

17. www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/
VISION: a skills network
Open Badges, micro-portfolios in social networks
Going digital helps…
searchingdeconstructingvalidating aligning
sharingcombiningassessing “valorizing”

18. Badge taxonomy from Penn State
Chris Long

19. Open University Scotland
Access to PSE
open.edu/openlearn/education

20. Granular learning pathways
Colorado State University
Community focused
Industry driven
Learner centric
Ecosystem friendly
slideshare.net/secret/xBjQY3Ipdsc06l bit.ly/1E0TqAM
“...an opportunity to
facilitate large
numbers of learners
from across the world
with just-in-time
education from a
multitude of
educational providers.”

21. Professional & Continuing Education, Contract Training
madisoncollege.edu/badges

22. Program accreditation, NOS and professional recognition
ITAC – Business technology management
SFIA – 3
BTM Pgm
$50
SFIA = Skills Framework
for the Information Age
SFIA – 5
BTM Pgm
Board Assessment
$350
SFIA – 7
BTM Pgm
Board Assessment
$350
btm-forum.org

23. PACE/CT with micro-credentialing, backed by institution
Innovative Australian model
deakinco.com
“Purpose-built learning,
development and
measurement solutions
to help organizations
prepare their workforce
for the future.”

24. Graduate Learning Outcomes ~ RPP credits
Recognition of Professional Practice
RPP Credentials applied toward Professional Practice Qualifications (FutureLearn “Cloud Campus” – 1st 2 wk block free!):
Master of Professional Practice (Financial Planning) $5K (10 RPPs) + $14.6K (courses)
Graduate Certificate Professional Practice (Financial Planning)
Master of Professional Practice (Information Technology) $5K (10? RPPs) + $13.1K (courses)
Graduate Certificate Professional Practice (Information Technology)

25. Deakin’s Framework Alignment Model
DeakinDigital/DeakinCo

26. Aligned to the AQF…

27. One company mapping talent globally
bit.ly/IBM_HeatMap

28. Badges: transparent lenses for your vision of learning
Quality

29. Badges: transparent lenses for your vision of learning

31. Displayer API
badges.ecampusontario.ca
REST API / LTI

32. Displayer API
badges.ecampusontario.ca
REST API / LTI

33. ConEd, CPD
Contract Training
Professional
Education
High
Schools
Community
Colleges
Educational
Consortia
Employers,
Employer
Bodies
Apprenticeship
Authorities
Student
Services
Universities
Faculties,
Departments
PACE
Depts.
Governments
Professional
Bodies
Undergraduate
Studies
Post-Graduate
Studies
Post-Secondary
Preparation
Nonprofits,
NGOs
AssociationsPrivate
Educators &
Trainers
Student Bodies
Sector
Organizations
Standards,
Accreditation
Bodies
Learning Continuum
Recognition, Curation and Transfer: Admission, Transfer, Graduation, Licensure, Continuing Competence, Career Transition,
Credit Transfer, Credit Bank, PLAR, Digital Badges – Open Badges – Skills Passports – ePortfolios
Experiential Learners: Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), Co-Curricular, Extra-Curricular, Lifewide Learning
Diverse Learners: young/old, serial/working/ transition/at risk, domestic/international/refugee, full-time/part-time ...
Open Educational Practices: LMS – ePortfolio – Social Media – “Domain of Your Own”, Open Content: OER, Open Textbook,
Wide Open Internet, Open Learning: “Open Boundary”, xMOOC, Cmooc, Open Assessment, Open Recognition

34. Effective Practices
Bringing Open Badge eCredentials in
based on: MichaelBoll.me
Begin with “why”?
(Lead with the need)
Engagement, retention, behaviour
change, branding, etc.
Engage learners &
employers early
Insist on
excellent visual design
Find the low hanging
fruit, the early adopters
MAKE IT EASY
for both issuers & learners
Get appropriate
technical resources
Consider building
a logic model
Start small, low risk
Get it working
Improve over time
Market!
Presentations, elevator
pitches, gentle nagging
Track results
Adjust strategies

35. Exploring other methods of assessment & recognition
“… all kinds of learning and training outcomes deserve
to be valued and validated, regardless of where and
how they were obtained”unesco.org

36. UNESCO
Guidelines for Recognition, Validation and Assessment (RVA)
Equity and inclusiveness
The right to access and engage in any form of learning and have learning outcomes made visible and valued.
Equal value of formal, non-formal and informal learning
Competences from non-formal and informal learning on par with those obtained formally
Centrality of individuals
Respect and reflect individuals´ needs, and their participation should be voluntary
Improve the flexibility and openness of formal education and training
Diverse forms of learning, taking learners’ needs and experiences into account
Quality assurance
Relevant, reliable, fair and transparent
Stakeholder partnerships
Shared responsibility from design through implementation and evaluation
Image: UN Women (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

37. Assessment methods for RPL/APEL
Linked to the purpose
– Self assessment
– Oral interview
– Written exam
– Demonstration
- Workplace Simulation (e.g. OSCE)
– Portfolio of evidence
slideshare.net/ASPECTConference/prior-learning Image: UN Women (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

38. Prior Learning in Canada
Quality AND Inclusiveness
ACCESSIBLE
CONSISTENT
FAIR
RESPECTFUL
VALID
FLEXIBLE
RIGOROUS
TRANSPARENT
PROFESSIONALLY
SUPPORTED
capla.ca/rpl-qa-manual

39. LMS? (beware of “badge rot”)
Make/adapt your own with FOSS
License & install proprietary SW
Cloud Service
DIY versus Supported
Getting started
Badge Canvas
Design Principles Card Deck
Do It Yourself
Workshops: awareness, train the trainer
Design & implementation support
Technology support
Supported
Technology choices
Explore: earn a badge, display it
Immerse: research, join badge community
Experiment: design a badge, design a small badge system
Pilot: build internal support, implement, maintain and improve

40. Using Moodle / Totara LMS as an example
Benefits of centralized management
Feature/Aspect Internal LMS Tool External plug-in
System Control
Ad hoc badge creation, abandonment at
the course level. No global system.
Centralized, role-based badge system
design, issuing, tracking.
Access to badges Hard to copy/access between courses Create once, access system-wide
Reports No comprehensive reports Detailed global reports
Records management
(“badge rot”)
Badge records are vulnerable to course
deletion, system upgrades
Centralized, secure badge records stored
outside of LMS
Badge Criteria Moodle / Totara statement only Complete editing control
Adding Evidence No way to add evidence Option to add evidence
Badge applications By assignment completion only Fully customizable assessment form
Badge claiming Inside Moodle / Totara only Inside or outside Moodle
Milestone badges No Yes – stack small badges into big ones
Mahoodle Issue in Moodle only Issue in Moodle and/or Mahara
Road Map, future flexibility
Modest road map; flexibility is LMS-
dependent; Totara / Moodle “fork”
Agile road map, highly flexible, LMS-
independent

41. Ontario Open Badges Forum – Nov 22
openbadgeforum.ecampusontario.ca

42. Don Presant
don@learningagents.ca
@donpresant