Designing strategically aligned credentialing systems with open badges to engage and meet the needs of digital learners - Grainne Hamilton and Shelaine Douglas - Jisc Digital Festival 2014
Open badges are digital credentials that earners can display anywhere on the web. They are underpinned by an open accreditation infrastructure developed by Mozilla, which enables the issuing of open badges to recognise granular achievements gained through formal and informal learning opportunities and to capture attributes not picked up in formal qualifications, such as the individual qualities that could help a student stand out in the job market. This workshop will focus on effective open badge system development, introducing Mozilla and Jisc toolkits to support badge system design and a strategic approach to implementing open badges in a formal education context. The session will be led by Mozilla and Jisc, and will include tips, case studies and guidance on best practice in badge system design. Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools they can use for developing open badge systems for motivating learning, supporting engagement and progression and enhancing employability.
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Designing strategically aligned credentialing systems with open badges to engage and meet the needs of digital learners - Grainne Hamilton and Shelaine Douglas - Jisc Digital Festival 2014
1. Grainne Hamilton and Shelaine Douglas, Jisc RSC Scotland
Designing StrategicallyAligned DigitalCredentialing Systems
with Open Badges to Engage and Meet the Needs of Digital
Learners
From Flickr by Vito
2. Institutional Strategies
Examples of some current strategic drivers
»Graduate attributes
» Digital identities
» Internationalisation
»Think about one of your own institution’s
strategic drivers and note it on the Design
Toolkit
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Examples
3. Activities and attributes
»What skills, attributes and understanding
could students demonstrate in relation to
your institutional strategic driver?
»What non-accredited activities or
attributes relate to it?
»Note these down on the front page of the
DesignToolkit
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Aligning with institutional strategy
4. Develop a credential
In pairs, take one of the activities or attributes you
have noted and consider this in terms of a credential
»Who would the credential be awarded to?
»Why?
»What criteria would need to be met in order to
receive the credential?
»Use the inside section of theToolkit and in
pairs, work through this for one of the credentials.
Then work on a credential your partner has
developed
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Think about what you would recognise and how
5. Institutional strategy aligned credentials
Example credentials related to strategic drivers
»Graduate attributes
› Eg credential awarded for mentoring others -
graduates showing leadership qualities
» Digital identities
› Eg credential awarded for developing a
professional profile on theVLE
» Internationalisation
› Eg credentials awarded to recognise learning
taking place in MOOCs
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Examples
6. Open Badges
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A digital accreditation infrastructure
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»Digital credentials –
called Open Badges
8. Open Badges
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Information infused images
From Flickr by dun-deagh
9. Open Badges
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Information infused digital images
Image by Kyle Bowen
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»Assessments and
identification of
learning, attributes and
competencies
»An open infrastructure for
issuing, managing and sharing
the credentials
11. Open Badges
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Digital credentials earners can display online
On: Professional profiles, e.g. LinkedIn / Blogs /
Personal websites / Social media / e-Portfolios...
12. Open Badges
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What people are saying about Open Badges
“It was nice to see a badges scheme in operation. I really
did think that collecting badges incentivised my
participation.”
Participant, Jisc e-Assessment for Learning course
“We believe that Open Badges have enormous potential
in motivating learning, improving retention and in
presenting the skills of our learners in way that is clear
and accessible for them and employers. In this way, Open
Badges will help our learners stand out in the jobs
market.”
Vice-Principal:Quality and Innovation, Borders College.
13. Open Badges
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What people are saying about Open Badges
“…while academic achievements can be evidenced by
an…academic transcript, there is no such evidence of
so-called soft skills – the personal attributes that
enhance a graduate’s work ethic, job
performance, interaction with work colleagues
and, ultimately, their career prospects. I am
convinced that Open Badges can …evidence the
development of these personal attributes in a way that
is recognisable to, and trusted by, employers.”
TomCaira, Chair of the IndustrialAdvisory Board (Computing). University of theWest of Scotland
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Jisc RSC Scotland
»Founded and facilitate the
Open Badges in Scottish
Education Group (OBSEG)
»IssuingOpen Badges since
2012
»Raising awareness and
supporting the sector since
2011
Facilitating Open Badges Developments
15. Connecting over Open Badges
The Open Badges in Scottish
Education Group (OBSEG) is
hosted by Jisc and performs an:
»Overview and mapping function
ofOpen Badge developments in
Scottish education
»Oversees a number of sub-groups
»Provides a forum for discussion
and the formation of connections
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Open Badges in Scottish Education Group
16. Open Badges areas of interest
The Open Badges in Scottish
Education Group (OBSEG) hosts
the following sub-groups:
» Learner Progress
» Staff Development
»Technology and Design
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Open Badges in Scottish Education Group
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Jisc RSC Scotland
Issuing badges to:
»Recognise contribution to the
learning of others
»Accredit the acquisition and
application of knowledge
»Reward the sharing of practice
»Increase the learning of the
sector
»Motivate engagement with Jisc
services
Recognising the work of the sector
From Flickr by justus.thane
18. ScottishQualificationsAuthority
“The Scottish Qualifications Authority supports the
concept of Open Badges and is working in partnership with
the Open Badges in Scottish Education Group to support
the adoption of Open Badges across a range of sectors.We
believe that the infrastructure promotes and supports
greater flexibility for learning and the recognition of
achievement.”
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Meeting the needs of digital learners
JoeWilson, Head of NewVentures, SQA. Experimental Blog, October 2013
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ScottishQualificationsAuthority
» Informal learning to formal certification
» Single competencies and outcomes
» Recognition for chunks of learning … smaller
than would normally be recognised in
national certification and national credit
rating systems
» Accreditation of prior learning
» Issuing with the SQAAcademy
Investigating Open Badges
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Borders College
Using Open Badges to:
»Motivate learners and
improve retention through
stepped achievements
»Encourage staff CPD
»Enhance employability
through recognising soft /
additional skills
»Improve digital literacies
with Moodle Open Badges
Improving motivation / enhancing employability
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Borders College
» Break up the sometimes
difficult learning journey
» Recognise small
achievements = improved
Key Performance Indicators
» Encourage returners
» Enable Student
differentiation = 21st
Century CV highlights
differences
From Flickr by Michael_Schmatz
Improving motivation / enhancing employability
22. Open Badges
»Provide evidence of employability skills and attributes
not picked up in formal qualifications
»Showcase attributes alongside academic qualifications
on a professional profile such as LinkedIn
»Employers can search online to identify individuals with
the right mix of skills and attributes for a specific job
»Access evidence of the attributes or skills that have been
badged
»Create and influence relationships with employers by
having them endorse your badges or your theirs
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Opportunities
23. Getting started
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Design considerations and tools
Key considerations include:
»Badge systems design
»Badge content design
»Badge brand design
Cycle through these, while developing the design
of your badges to ensure appropriate badges, a
flexible badge system and consistent badge brand
24. Badge system design
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Considerations
»What do you want to
badge and why?
»Ensure your badge
system can grow
»Think about
constellations and
pathways
From Flickr by Kris Williams
25. Badge content design
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Considerations
»Who is your badge is for?
»Why would someone want to earn the badge?
»What:
› Skills / Attributes / Understanding are represented by the badge?
› Behaviours do you want to encourage?
› Criteria is required to earn the badge?
› Evidence will be linked to (if at all)?
› Modes of assessment are appropriate?
› Endorsement agreements, channels will you use?
› Systems, tags, sustainability requirements are there?
27. Badge brand design
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Considerations
»How will the badge visual
design represent you?
»What consistent visual
identifiers will you use for
key elements of your
badges?
»Who will design your
badge brand design?
»What systems or tools will
you use to design your
badge?
28. Open BadgesTools
»Jisc Open Badges Design Sheet – due March 2014
»Mozilla BadgeKit – due March / April 2014
»DigitalMe Resources - http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badges
»Issuing platforms include:
› Wordpress
› Moodle
› Blackboard
»Design platforms include:
› Badgemaker - http://www.badgemakerproject.com/
› OpenBadge.me - https://www.openbadges.me/
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Some tools to help you get started
29. Further information
»Jisc Regional Support Centre (RSC) Scotland pilot of Open
Badges: rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223
»Mozilla’s Open Badges site - how to use the Open Badge
Infrastructure to earn, issue and display Open Badges:
http://openbadges.org
»Open Badges in Scottish Education Group: bit.ly/obseg
#OBSEG
»Open Badges case studies: rsc-scotland.org/?tag=open-
badges
»Open Badges blog posts: rsc-
scotland.org/eassessment/tag/open-badges/
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Increasingly many of the ways in which we work, communicate and learn involve the online environment. Increasingly employers and recruitment agencies are also using the online environment to find potential candidates for jobs.- So how can we help meet the needs of digital learners and also help students to stand out and demonstrate their employability in the online environment?
Increasingly many of the ways in which we work, communicate and learn involve the online environment. Increasingly employers and recruitment agencies are also using the online environment to find potential candidates for jobs.- So how can we help meet the needs of digital learners and also help students to stand out and demonstrate their employability in the online environment?
Increasingly many of the ways in which we work, communicate and learn involve the online environment. Increasingly employers and recruitment agencies are also using the online environment to find potential candidates for jobs.- So how can we help meet the needs of digital learners and also help students to stand out and demonstrate their employability in the online environment?
Increasingly many of the ways in which we work, communicate and learn involve the online environment. Increasingly employers and recruitment agencies are also using the online environment to find potential candidates for jobs.- So how can we help meet the needs of digital learners and also help students to stand out and demonstrate their employability in the online environment?
A relatively new digital accreditation development, called Open Badges, has begun to take off over the last couple of years, which people are exploring in terms of addressing these kinds of challenges.
The most obvious part of the system are probably the badges, the digital credentials.
Open Badges are information infused images. This concept is nothing new, think of coats of arms or kite marks – the images provide information to the viewer
So what is a badge?Online, visual representations of achievements, skills, attributes, learning, competencies, contributions etcDigital badges with metadata baked in – these include criteria and can include evidenceAlign to a standard developed by an international communityUnderpinned by the Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) developed by MozillaProvide an opportunity to capture and demonstrate some of those skills that are not currently explicit in an academic qualification, such as soft skills like presentation and communication skills, employability skills like leadership, the ability to mentor others, being a good team player and so on
The open infrastructure is key to ensuring the credentials or badges, are not locked away in closed systems but that earners can display these credentials in whichever online platform they find useful.
Earners store their badges in a badgepack. Currently there is only one provided by Mozilla but as it is an open infrastructure, there is scope for other providers to create their own badge stores for providers to create their own. Earners can then choose to add their badges or groups of badges to online platforms such as recruitment sites, professional profile sites, on their own blogs, personal websites etc.
We have been exploring the potential of Open Badges at the Jisc RSC Scotland for over 2 years and piloting them with our courses and other services. Here is a quote from one of our participants. Borders College, who Suzanne will talk about in more detail soon have also been issuing badges this year, and can see clear potential for them. The Vice-Principal comments how they can help to motivate learning, improve retention and help learners stand out in the jobs market.
For any new accreditation system to be worthwhile, it must be useful for employers. Tom Caira, the Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board (Computing) at UWS which has around 80 members from the computing industry including large multi-nationals to local employers, talks about how he believes Open Badges could help to evidence some of the attributes employers are looking for.
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