1. The document discusses Open Badges, a web standard for recognizing skills, and announces the TransFUSION Conference on December 4th in London to discuss reimagining credentials. 2. It promotes the Badge The UK initiative to create a new skills currency for young people to connect to employment and education opportunities through partnerships, design tools, and a badge issuing and displaying platform. 3. The goal is to have 4,000 schools, 75,000 students, and 10,000 teachers participate in issuing and showcasing badges to help link schooling to opportunities beyond.

1. Reimagining
credentials!
TransFUSION Conference!
4 Dec 2013, The RSA London!
Skillset!

2. About me!
Tim Riches CEO DigitalMe
@triches / tim@digitalme.co.uk !!
Open Badge Partnerships!

3. Mozilla Open
Badges are a web
standard designed
to recognise skills!

4. How do they work?!

5. CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

8. Aren’t badges just for
kids?!

11. What makes Open
Badges different?!
1.
2.
3.
4.
Open vs Digital Badges!
Data is owned by you!
Data rich!
Designed for lifelong learning!

12. “…qualifications are
worthless as a criteria for
hiring”!
Google 2013!

13. Help us!
Badge The UK!

14. skills currency connecting young
A new
ation!
people to employment & further educ

15. How?!
1. Partnership!

16. 2. Design tools!
Download
canvases
at
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk

17. 3. Open Badges!

18. Vital stats
4,000 Schools
75,000 Students
10,000 Teachers
4. Badge Issuing &
displaying platform!

19. Design Tools!
www.makebadg.es

20. Badge ‘App Store’!

21. Badge Creators!

22. Badge Endorsers!

23. Badge Displayers!

24. Badge Audience!

25. Conclusion!
• Aim to create a new skills currency connecting
young people with employment & education
opportunities!
• Access design tools for free!
• Collaborate on badge ideas which link school –
colleges - universities – charities & employers!

26. Mozfest 2013!

27. New for 2014!

28. New for 2014!
Discover B uild A ssess
ssue
ollect S hare
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#OpenBadges

29. Tim Riches!
Tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk!
@triches!
k!
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheu