Open Badges overview and advances for 2015, including announcement of the forthcoming Learning Pathways initiative at the Badge Alliance.

1. New Learning Pathways
Transformar 2015
Nate Otto
Director, Badge Alliance

2. Nate Otto
Director, Badge Alliance
Director of Open Badges,
Concentric Sky
Software developer, researcher, and lifelong
learner
@ottonomynate@badgealliance.org

3. Open Badges

4. Digital badges are symbolic
representations of skills and
achievements.

5. Open Badges are verifiable
representations of skills and
achievements.

6. Open Badges link to a rich, explorable world of metadata.

7. Open Badges are awarded for experiences
across the full range of lifelong learning.

8. Formal education for children and youth:
Corona Norco School District

9. After School
& Expanded
Learning:
Afterschool
Alliance

10. After School & Summer:
Cities of Learning

11. Dallas, TX
Los Angeles, CAChicago, IL
Pittsburgh, PA

12. Higher Education:
Purdue University & Indiana University

13. Open learning:
Peer 2 Peer University & Code School

14. Workforce:
RWA Consulting

15. Learning
Management
Systems:
Canvas + Badgr

16. Anyone can issue Open
Badges.
Anyone can earn them.

17. after-school program free online course government agency
Combine badges
from many
organizations.
Tell a story of lifelong
learning.

18. DISPLAY
SITES
personal web
site
social networking
profiles
WordPress / Tumblr
job sites

19. The potential of Open Badges:
Understanding the learning
pathways of others

20. But,
how can you tell a badge
should mean something to
you?

21. • Issued by an organization
you don’t recognize
• Corresponds to definitions
of skills different than your
own

22. Issuers
Earners Consumers
Everyone has a perspective on a badge’s value

23. Publish learning pathways.

28. Issuers
Earners Consumers
Anyone can publish learning pathways

29. Here is my learning journeyEarners
Anyone can publish learning pathways

30. Issuers
Anyone can publish learning pathways
Here are the learning
opportunities we offer.

31. Planet Stewards learning pathways

32. Consumers
Anyone can publish learning pathways
We’re looking for an employee
who has completed this
pathway.

33. Each step on a pathway aligns with educational
objectives

34. Example: A robotics pathway
Safety
The Robotics Industry
General Knowledge
Design, Build, Program, Test Boy Scouts
Robotics
Merit BadgeDemonstrate, Compete
Robotics Careers

35. Earn badges from one issuer, or build a pathway
from multiple providers
Safety
The Robotics Industry
General Knowledge
Design, Build, Program, Test
Demonstrate, Compete
Robotics Careers

36. Coming Soon from the Badge
Alliance:
Learning Pathways

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

39. Pragmatic idealist
developers
Educators
Academics
Policymakers
Foundations

40. The Badge Alliance
Over 650 organizations signed up in the first year.

41. Get Connected
Join the conversation
badgealliance.org
Join our weekly Community Call on
Wednesdays at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 1pm BRT*
http://bit.ly/OBCommCalls
Connect on Twitter for updates
@BadgeAlliance
Reach out to us for information
nate@badgealliance.org
*Adjusts for US Daylight Time

42. Build Local Networks

43. Thank you, Transformar!