This document summarizes a webinar about designing, using, and displaying open digital badges in higher education. It discusses how badges work, how they can link to criteria and evidence, and how they can be stored and shared. Examples are given of badge programs at Swansea University for various conferences. Next steps discussed include connecting badges to achievement reports, developing digital literacy and research methods badges, and further research on using badges at Swansea. Useful links are also provided.

1. Open digital badges
Joint mahara / alt webinar 25 july 2017
Debbie Baff Senior Academic Developer
Swansea University
Designing, Using and Displaying Open Badges in HE

2. PHD Student in E-Research and
Technology Enhanced Learning
#deblovesbadges Debbie Baff
Senior Academic Developer
Swansea University
@debbaff
deborah.baff@swansea.ac.uk

3. Badge Earner,issuer & Advocate...

4. How badges work ...

5. THe T shaped Student
http://bryanmmathers.com/

6. Baked in data
http://bryanmmathers.com/
http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/05/0
8/answering-your-questions-about-
open-badges/

7. Linking to badge criteria (oer14)

8. Linking to blog post as evidence ... (Badge Advocate)

9. Displaying and Sharing badges

10. Storing badges #deblovesbadges

11. Issuing badges...

12. Oer wales cymru project badges

13. OER15 Conference badges

14. #openbadgesHE Conference 2016

15. #susalt16 SALT Learning and teaching conference badges
Digital Me Badge Canvas and built in badge maker in OBA
http://www.digitalme.co.uk/assets/pdf/digitalme-
badge-design-canvas.pdf

16. #SUSALT16 Presenter badge and evidence example

17. #susalt17 SALT Learning and teaching conference

18. Badge advocaCY and next
steps...

19. Next steps #deblovesbadges
Next steps include :
➔ Possible connection to Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)
➔ Further bite size CPD modules including digital literacy at Swansea
➔ Possible research methods badge development
➔ Further research at swansea following proof of concept

20. Useful Links
Link to my Various Backpacks
https://padlet.com/Debbaff/backpacks
Link to #SUSALT17 Badge Padlet
https://padlet.com/Debbaff/SALTOpendigitalbadges
Link to #SUSALT16 Badge Padlet
https://padlet.com/Debbaff/SUSALT16
Link to #OpenBadgesHE Poster Padlet
https://padlet.com/profteresamac/openbadgesHE
#OpenbadgesHE Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00p5qwriQI
#OpenbadgesHE Website
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/iliad/education-
innov/open-badges-in-higher-education.page?
Open Badge Network
http://www.openbadgenetwork.com/
Open Badges Blog
https://medium.com/openbadges
Badge News
http://badge.news/
Badge Canvas from Digital Me
http://www.digitalme.co.uk/assets/pdf/digitalme-badge-design-
canvas.pdf

21. Debbie Baff
Senior Academic
Developer
https://about.me/debbaff
@debbaff
deborah.baff@swansea.ac.uk #deblovesbadges