A forward look at how Open Badges could be implemented within the ReallyManaging Assessment solution from MyKnowledgeMap Ltd. As presented at the Open Badges in Medical Education event hosted by the University of Leeds on 26th November 2012.

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Open Badges:
A practical example of a
product implementation
Dave Waller
ReallyManaging Assessment Product &
Design Manager
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ReallyManaging Assessment?
• A powerful, award winning toolset based on long term experience in
healthcare and medical schools, including the University of Leeds
• Built to support a range of reflective practice techniques including
blogging and self-assessment forms
• Student functionality centres around their personal e-folio where content
is collated, mapped to competency frameworks and shared with tutors
• Native mobile apps enable offline, workplace-based assessment and
reflection with or without connectivity
• Integrated authoring tools allow customisation of exercise templates and
the creation of new assessments (including knowledge tests)
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An Open Badges workflow
1. An academic lead creates & defines badges
2. Students meet badge criteria through their course activities
3. Badges are issued by the system
4. Students store their badges in their personal Backpacks
5. Students showcase their achievements in their portfolio
Torokiki Wireframes by Timothy Greig
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/5010759941/
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Defining badges
• We add an admin function for creating new Open
Badges
• Badge creation features are only available to
specific user roles or even specific users. A wide
range of system rules and criteria available to
define the badge
• Image upload plus cropping tools for artwork
import. Automatic generation of publicly available
criteria pages
Badge Collection by Drew McLellan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewm/468436732/in/photostream/
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No Photoshop?
• Don’t worry. HTML5, jQuery and server-side
image processing means online image creation
tools could be provided.
• Combine a library of graphical elements to
create a unique badge design. Add text and
change colours.
• Publish your custom Open Badge graphic in
PNG format
Art Supplies 2 by Andrew Forgrave
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aforgrave/6108281552/in/photostream/
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Issuing badges
• Automatic issue when criteria and rules are
met
• Visual, Xbox-style achievement alerts
• Dynamic build of assertions
• Quick links to personal Backpacks
• Badges automatically stored in the RMA
online system
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The Badge Backpack
• The RMA ethos: a Badge Backpack is a personal
space - personal spaces are owned by the individual
• RMA should allow users to specify their own Backpack
system as part of their user profile, being Backpack-
agnostic
• RMA should allow pushing of badges to Backpacks
while keeping a copy of all issued badges, just in-case
Backpacking by Chantal Forster
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fixwriter/2824113642/
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Displaying badges
• The MyShowcase extension within RMA isn’t a
Badge Backpack but is still an ideal space to
display and showcase badges.
• RMA issued badges can be easily shown and
shared.
• A simple, low-cost badge display widget can
provide showcasing of a whole Backpack within
the RMA environment (https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges/
wiki/Displayer-API)
Manchester United Trophy Cabinet by Steve Montgomery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scuba04/2528693153/
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Wrap up & conclusions?
• There are 3 key aspects of Open Badge implementation: creating
badges, issuing badges and displaying badges
• Supporting Open Badges doesn’t feel like a large investment, but
has potentially big impact
• A badge “display widget” could offer a low-cost way to leverage
open badges (we’d approach this by creating a general purpose display
plugin that could be shared across systems)
• MyKnowledgeMap are open to invitations for pilots of Open
Badges as part of ReallyManaging Assessment
Photo by Matt Hobbs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultrahi/2209625078/
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Find out more
dave.waller@myknowledgemap.com
http://ob-awareness.myknowledgemap.com
@d13design
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