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Open Badges Sandbox Introduction - Ryerson
The document discusses the evolving nature of skills required in the workforce due to technological changes, highlighting the importance of soft skills over narrow technical skills. It explores the use of open badges and micro-credentials as a means to recognize diverse learning experiences and assess competencies in a flexible manner. The content emphasizes the need for a skills ecosystem that values different types of learning and promotes lifelong learning opportunities through innovative credentialing methods.
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- 1. Ryerson University November 17,2017 Open Badges Trusted currency for a skills ecosystem
- 2. The future ofjobs 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. 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
- 4. Exploring other methodsof 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
- 5. Co-Curricular Records -Typical Scope Academic Transcript Co-Curricular Record Approved Co-Curricular. Activities Life Experience -past -currentWork Experience -past -current Accredited Experiential Learning Unapproved Co-Curricular, Extracurricular Activities Courses Thesis / Capstone Project PLAR/RPL Experienced Learning Formal Learning
- 6. Ontario’s call toaction rethinking … learning resources credentials the learning experience David Porter, BC Open Badges Forum
- 7. How do wemore 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
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- 11. 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
- 12. Immediate transparency, instantvalidation Interactive digital credentials
- 13. Share on socialmedia LinkedIn for “résumé worthy” badges also
- 14. Some uses ofbadges (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
- 15. Open Badges: Amosaic 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
- 16. Badges: transparent lensesfor your vision of learning Quality
- 17. Badges: transparent lensesfor your vision of learning
- 18. www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/ VISION: a skillsnetwork Open Badges, micro-portfolios in social networks Going digital helps… searchingdeconstructingvalidating aligning sharingcombiningassessing “valorizing”
- 19. Badge taxonomy fromPenn State Chris Long
- 20. Employability soft skillsshared on social media Deakin University Hallmarks t.co/ior8y5pbqe
- 21. “If you addup all the time undergraduate students spend in their four years at college, only about 8 percent of their time is on the curricular, and 92 percent is on everything else. ....the light really went on when we saw how well the service learning students picked up on this opportunity to earn badges and showcase them in their eportfolios, at the same time truly highlighting, as never before, their co- curricular experiences.” G. Alex Ambrose Professor of Practice, Associate Ass. Director of ePortfolio Assessment Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning University of Notre Dame ePortfolios & Open Badges at Notre Dame Showcasing the Co-Curricular campustechnology.com
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- 23. University of Michigan- Engineering mblem.umich.edu
- 24. Action Research -EU Grading Soft Skills (GRASS) Formal, non-formal & informal learning settings Complement traditional recognition mechanisms Programs support development of soft skills Students target badges Generate evidence Submit for assessment Feedback/Award bit.ly/OBHE_GRASS
- 25. Extracurricular Learning –UK bit.ly/addvantage bit.ly/DMLL_CoventryU
- 26. Professionalizing Student Services- UK bit.ly/OBCC_YSJ
- 27. Pilot: “Catalyst” Credential Actiongrounded in Contemplation eddesignlab.org/badgingchallenge
- 28. D2L/OrgSync (?...Blackboard forexperiences) Student Transformative Learning Record bit.ly/TLR_UCO bit.ly/STLRrubric bit.ly/STLRintegration
- 29. STLR Process –Student Services bit.ly/STLRpreso
- 30. Open Badges &ePortfolios: Tracy Penny Light, Tom Carey bit.ly/BC2017-Notes
- 31. Academic Transcript Co-Curricular Record Experienced Learning Formal Learning Open Badges ePortfolio Degree courses Thesis / CapstoneProject Unapproved co-curricular activities Work experience -past -current Open courses, PD Approved co-curricular activities Personal life experience -past -current PLAR/RPL Why not the whole story ... online? Accredited experiential learning
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- 35. LMS – ePortfolio- eCoP Issuing Plugin Displayer Plugin Geek view ATS, HRIS, TalentMS Issuing Plugin Displayer Plugin CanCred Factory creating issuing managing Issuer API eCampusOntario Passport Displayer API GET BADGES GET BADGES BADGES ISSUED
- 36. Career Pathways Talent Pipeline Recruitment Induction Formative Assessment Gap Training TeamBuilding Performance Management Talent Management Experience Achievements Professional Development Career Development Leadership Development SME Specialization Career Change Outplacement Coaching and Mentoring Other External Learning MOOCs, Open Ed Resources, Personal Learning Network, Communities of Practice New Career? Academic recognition? Skills Marketplace Demand Supply Badge Passport / ePortfolio Open Badge eCredentials External Recognition Other Assessments & Achievements New Role in Community? New Job? Organization LMS Courses Partner LMS Courses Volunteer Service Personal Learning Environments Extended Learning
- 37. Effective Practices Bringing OpenBadge 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
- 38. 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
- 39. 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 Issue anywhere Issue in Moodle only Issue anywhere, manage in one place Road Map, future flexibility Modest road map; flexibility is LMS- dependent; Totara / Moodle “fork” Agile road map, highly flexible, LMS- independent
- 40. Ontario Open BadgesForum – Nov 22 openbadgeforum.ecampusontario.ca
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Editor's Notes
- #2 About Learning Agents About Don Presant
- #7 Technology enabled learning Enable learners of the future Most students already know that PSE is not the end of their education: continuous,; what they “know” is permanently beta Premier’s HSWI: “Building the Workforce of Tomorrow” Badging is not a solution is search of a problem. Ontario has a problem and needs to aim badging at it. Minister: every PSE student in Ontario shall have a meaningful experiential learning opportunity before graduation. How do we do that? Rethinking: -the learning experience -learning resources (OER) -credentials (recognition).. makes Provosts gasp, but getting butts kicked by players like: RED Academy (small pieces of learning that enable you to DO stuff – not that you took a course in swimming – can you swim?) Rethinking Learning: Address experiential learning desires of students Provide real world experiences Allow employers to audition students Provide self-managed environments to support learning WIL, co-op, practicums,… but mostly self-directed T-shaped student: deep domain knowledge, but broad practical experience – how does that translate into a 3D CV? If LinkedIn is where you put this stuff, how can institutions interoperate with that? eCO is working to put in the infrastructure for a provincial badging system prototype. Also working with LinkedIn Learning, Riipen, other kinds of people working with interesting technology-enabled ideas Final Q: what does the common infrastructure for experiential learning and validation of that learning look like in Canada and who needs to be involved?
- #17 What is the Learning Experience: A course or work integrated learning? A learning contract or a challenge of a competency? By yourself or with others? Criteria: Learning objectives? Outcomes? Competencies? Domain-specific or transversal? Endorsed, or accredited? Assessment: Psychometric exam? Portfolio of evidence? Skill Demonstration? Evaluation by rubric? Recognition: Pathway marker only? Milestone? Certification? Endorsed? Does the evidence travel with it? Transferability: Inside the organisation only? Bilateral agreements between organisations? Sectoral standards? Global frameworks? Impact: “Learning outcomes analytics” Evidence for accreditation? Feedback? Social life and after-market value of the badge? Quality: all the above
- #18 Experience: Course? Work experience? Learning contract? By yourself or with others? Criteria: Learning objectives? Outcomes? Competencies? Domain-specific or transversal? Endorsement? Assessment: Psychometric exam? Portfolio of evidence? Skill Demonstration? Evaluation by rubric? Recognition: Pathway marker only? Milestone? Certification? Endorsement? Does the evidence travel with it? Transferability: Internal only? Bilateral agreements? Sectoral standards? Impact: Learning outcomes analytics, evidence for accreditation? Endorsement? Social life and after-market value of the badge? Quality: all the above