Exploring how Open Badges can work in schools and communities. Moved from a duplicate account (http://www.slideshare.net/donpresant9)

1. for Youth and Community
April 13, 2016
Don Presant Presentation support page:
bit.ly/openbadges4youth

2. 21C College and Work Readiness
“Sail the 7 Cs”
1. Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2. Critical Thinking
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Character
6. Culture and Ethical Citizenship
7. Computer and Digital Technologies
c21canada.org document

3. 70:20:10 Rule
Not all learning takes place in the classroom
deakinprime.com wikipedia.org
Estimated time spent in school and
informal learning environments.
Best available statistics for a whole year basis on
how much time people at different points across the
lifespan spend in formal instructional environments.
(Reproduced with permission of The LIFE Center.)
Continuing Education
learning delivery model at
DeakinPrime (Australia)
“Balances the need for you to
practise and learn in the workplace
while providing you with the
foundational understanding
required to reposition your mind.”

4. Gaps in preparation, perception
Need for applied learning; soft skills disconnects
Hart Research Associates for the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) January 2015
Applied Learning Soft Skills

5. What employers (manufacturers) want
The Manufacturing Institute
youtu.be/VEgwJwrK3qQ

6. “Paper Silos”
freedesignfile.com/92259
Transparency issues
 “Dumb” paper often needs other
documents, e.g. syllabus
 Proxy only – not the “whole story”
 Easy to forge
Physical issues
 Difficult to share, easy to lose
Recognition issues
 Lack of granularity
 Lack of context
 no links to supporting evidence
 Experiential learning not valued
 Lack of alignment, transfer,
articulation (“stackability”)

7. What are
Open Badges?

8. What are Open Badges?
A brief introduction
bit.ly/openbadges4tpd

9. Badge Tracking Android App
Achievement
Scouting
www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7253
metronews.ca/
Origins of Badges
Authority
Since pre-Roman times
Blue Light
Affiliation
Skills
Military
Heraldry

10. Digital Badges
Gamification, engagement, progress tracking
earnyourwings.aircanada.com www.redcritterconnecter.com

11. 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.
What is an Open Badge?
Micro-credential - modular record of learning
Clear progress markers
 motivating learners, supporting
advisors
Flexible learning pathways
 granular, incremental, multi-source,
laddered, re-mixable
Visual branding
 issuers and earners
Online trust system
 demonstrate skills and capabilities
 proof of performance
 backed by issuer

12. www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/
A skills ecosystem
Open Badges, micro-portfolios in social networks
Going digital
helps…
separatingcombiningassessing aligning
“valorising”validatingsharing searching

13. Open Badges and Social Media
Curated in ePortfolio
Interactive criteria
Pulled from Backpack
LinkedIn Profile
Facebook timeline

14. What is an Open Badge?
Different perspectives…
“…a simple digital standard for recognizing and
sharing achievements, skills and performance.”
SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
A micro-credential
A discrete record
in a modular
transcript
TECHNICAL
DESCRIPTION
A portable graphic
with an embedded
description and
links to supporting
information
FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
A reward for
positive (prescribed)
behaviour
A marker on a
development path

15. How are
Open Badges
being used?

16. ADULT
YOUTH
Open Badges: Lifelong, Lifewide Learning
LOW
STAKES
HIGH
STAKES
Volunteer
Experience
Work
Placements
After
School
Programs
Classroom
Engagement
Workplace
Engagement
Membership
MOOCs
Co-Curricular
Record
Workshops
P/T &
Summer
Jobs
Admission to
Higher Ed
Admission to
Post Grad
Schools
Job Hire
Conferences
Recognition
of Prior
Learning
Employability
Portfolio
Career
Transition
Communities
of
Practice
Memberships,
Affiliations
Awards,
Achievements
PD
Professional
Credentials
“Soft”
Credentials
Red Cross,
Cadets,
Scouts,
etc.
E-learning
Courses
Formative
Feedback
Awards,
Achievements
Continuing
Education
Employee
Development

17. Some uses of badges
can be combined...
transformingassessment.com/TA_webinar_5_mar_2014_Simon_Cross.pdf
Motivate learning
“Game mechanics”
Set goals (missions)
Track progress
Recognize Status
Reputation
Group affiliation
Assess and
Recognize Learning
Formal, non-formal,
informal
Fill recognition gaps
not currently well-
served
Keep artefacts
Souvenirs of
experience
Set goals
Learning pathways

18. Community: Health promotion
Upbete (diabetes)
http://www.upbete.co.uk/

19. Supporter to Reporter (S2R-UK)
Transforming interests into skills
www.digitalme.co.uk/s2r
Project based learning programme that develops skills
and confidence through sports reporting.

20. somewhereto_ (UK)
Project-based learning
somewhereto.com
Linking at-risk youth to free event and urban spaces, for creative
or work ideas

21. Digital Enterprise Award (UK)
Industry-endorsed skills
www.onemillionyoungideas.org.uk
Improving the digital and enterprise skills of one million young people
in the next five years.

22. Providence After School Alliance (RI)
Pathways to link after school learning to career and college readiness
Mozilla/HASTAC: Open Badges Case Study

23. Providence After School Alliance
Lessons Learned
 Understand badge concepts
 Tie badges to quality learning experiences:
 Badges are more than just “trophies”
 Stakeholder buy-in:
 Familiarize stakeholders with badges early on
 Provide continued support and info
 Pull industry leaders into conversation early
 Build badge relevance and demand early - employers and higher ed
 Challenges:
 Integrating badges with existing technological platforms and systems
Open Badges: Lessons Learned in the Developing Ecosystem

24. At risk populations
Newport City Homes, UK
http://huxleypiguk.blogspot.ca/2014/11/open-badges-launch.html
Awarded to all trainees who have completed the initial six months of
experience with Newport City Homes and who have moved onto
further training or work as a result of the programme
Awarded for completing the mandatory
induction process for academy trainees
Awarded for the completion of training
relevant to health and safety within
Newport City Homes
Awarded for completing essential online
training relevant to academy trainees
“The main aim of
the programme is to
help trainees gain
the experience and
credentials to move
on (to employment).

25. Hive Toronto
...a maker space
hivetoronto.org/
Connected learning for web literacy
Data Trail
Timeline
IP Address
Tracer
Mobile
why-connected-learning
Privacy
Coach

26. Badging CTE: City and Guilds
TechBac: Open Badges, online CV’s
bit.ly/1uBCju4

27. Corona-Norco School District (CA)
>300K badges for 54K students (Apr 2014)
bit.ly/BA_CC_20140423

28. Aurora Public Schools (CO)
High School Diploma “Endorsement”
Endorsed by
Educators
“... priority
consideration for
admission into Colorado’s
institutions.”
APS presentation
Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness - 21C Skills
Colorado PWR High School Diploma Endorsement Criteria

29. Aurora Public Schools (CO)
High School Diploma “Endorsement”
Endorsed by
Employers,
clustered by sector
Sponsor Employers:
“We value these badges.”
Endorser Employers:
“We unlock opportunities for
earners of these badges.”
“Colorado Career Clusters” of Employers
College
& Career
Readiness
Agricultural &
Natural Resources
Health Sciences &
Public Safety
STEM, Arts, Design &
Information
Technology
Skilled Trades &
Technical Sciences
Hospitality, Human
Services & Education
Business & Public
Administration
DPS presentation

30. Community -> Region
Chicago Summer of Learning
bit.ly/CSOLplaylist

31. Summer -> Cities of Learning
Year round, spreading to other cities
Other cities: Pittsburgh, Dallas, D.C. (visit )
~150,000 badges awarded
3% Participation
92% Skill
5% Achievement
>210,000
young people125 organizations
Driven by the interests of
the youth participants
citiesoflearning.org
City of Chicago, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla - 2013
Driven by the interests of
the youth participants
Now
known as
Chicago City of Learning
STEAM-based programming (add Arts)

32. Cities of Learning -> LRNG
$25m seed funding to go to the next level
www.lrng.org/cities

33. Emerging employer policy: US
The Manufacturing Institute
"User-friendly digital badges allow
students and workers to translate their
skills and experience into a manufacturing
career.
Manufacturing Badges have ensured
the success of three levels of skills:
• fundamental skills, including team work
and problem solving,
• knowledge acquisition, including basic
manufacturing skill sets and
• industry-based certifications and
credentials."
Jennifer McNelly
President,
The Manufacturing Institute
Sep 2013
bit.ly/McNelly_MI

34. Project-based
STEM learning
Learning programs
and competitions
Breaking the log-jam
US Manufacturers Now Credentialing Educators
• The ‘M’ list for educators
 Industry standards defined by manufacturers,
certified by 3rd party bodies
 Academic institutions apply to be recognized
 Certifies students, instructors, programs
 Certified by both institution and industry
youtu.be/VEgwJwrK3qQ NAM Endorsed Certifications
High school structured programs
Skills USA Project
Lead the Way

35. Badge Pathways
Mozilla “Discover” (Gates funding)
http://discover.openbadges.org/

36. Exploring Badges for Apprentices
Modular ePortfolio - portable “skills passport”
Formative or summative?Useful or bullet-proof?
Assertion with evidence
NOA - Blocks, Tasks, Sub-tasks
Open Badge application
Evidence travels with the badge
Assertion validated by expert Issue Open Badge
Logbook (in theory…) Badge Passport
Learning Plan Badge Pathway
Independent Authentication
Third party endorsement
(Coming addition to OB standard

37. What does
all this mean?

38. A new skills currency
Open Badges, ePortfolios and“Badge Passports”
Trustable, easy to understand
Transparent criteria, evidence,
issue/expiry date
Flexible alignment to frameworks,
requirements, training plans
Issuing organization is validated and
branded by the badges it issues;
maintains ongoing connection to
earners
Learner centred, employer friendly
Visually efficient and appealing
Engages, builds confidence, provides
continuing feedback
Individual pathways, multiple
sources of learning
Formal non-formal informal learning
Modular, stackable, diverse, re-mixable,
portable, shareable
Programs not completed can be partially
recognized and recombined
Add evidence, reflection as appropriate
Drill down to specifics or roll up into
larger outcomes
Combined in badge passports and
ePortfolios
Common standard for skills exchange

39. How do I get started?

40. Wait - Are Open Badges for You?
Some questions to ask
Behavioural goals?
Redeemable worth?
Worth the effort? Filling a void? Marketing ROI?
Value add?
Champions?
Sustainability?
What would your badges “buy”? Have you talked to employers?
Internal leadership? Professional bodies? Employers ?
Cost structure? Who will maintain and improve it over time?
Engagement, feedback, recognition, development? Skills frameworks?

41. Implementing Badges
Recommended Practices
Based on: MichaelBoll.me
Begin with “why”?
(Lead with the need)
Engagement, retention,
behaviour change,
branding, etc.
Insist on
excellent visual design
Get admin support
to scale up
Find the low hanging
fruit, the early adopters
Co-Curricular Records?
Work Integrated Learning?
Con Ed?
MAKE THE
MECHANICS EASY
for issuers and learners
Get appropriate
technical resources
Consider building
a logic model
Start small
Get it working
Improve over time
Market!
Presentations, elevator
pitches, gentle nagging
Publicize adopters
(news, awards, etc.)
reports, statistics

42.  Make/adapt your own (FOSS)
 License and install proprietary SW
 Software as a Service
Getting started
DIY versus Supported
 Explore: earn a badge, display it
 Immerse: research, LPP (lurking) in badge community
 Experiment: design a badge, design a small badge system
 Pilot, build internal support, implement, maintain and improve
Badge CanvasDesign Principles Card Deck
Do It Yourself
 Workshops: awareness, train the trainer
 Design and implementation support
 Technology support
Supported
Technology choices

43. FREE
FOR BADGE EARNERS
Accept Store
Display Share
SUBSCRIPTIONS
FOR BADGE ISSUERS
Create Issue
Manage Track
CanCred.ca: eCredentialing for Canada

44. Don Presant
don@learningagents.ca
@donpresant
littoraly.wordpress.com
bit.ly/openbadges4youth