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–A challenge for
prospective
employees
5. Standing out from the crowd
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From Flickr by James Cridland
•Demonstrating the right mix of skills and attributes for the job
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»A challenge for
employers
7. Choosing the right person from the crowd
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From Flickr by James Cridland
•Finding the person with the right mix of skills and attributes
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»A challenge for
everyone
9. Keeping up
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Austin Marathon Runner by Charlie Llewellin CC BY-SA 20 from Flickr
•Continuing to learn new skills as digital literacies develop
10. A digital future
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•The web is increasingly being used for:
Communication
Work
Professional
profiles
Learning
11. Open Badges
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•A digital accreditation infrastructure
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–Digital credentials – called
Open Badges
13. Open Badges
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•Information infused images
From Flickr by dun-deagh
14. 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
16. 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...
17. Who are issuing badges?
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•A range of companies and educational institutions
18. What is in a badge?
•Cycle through these to ensure appropriate
badges, a flexible badge system and consistent
badge brand
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•Design considerations
Key considerations include:
»Badge systems design
»Badge content design
»Badge brand design
19. 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?
20. 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
21. 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?
26. Employer pathways
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•Using a pathway as an issuer– Create a pathway template that makes suggestions for
particular jobs
– Creates a clear statement about the employer’s needs
– Provides opportunity to highlight badges linked to
learning opportunities, eg Mozilla Web Literacy badges
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•Career trees
Employer pathways
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•Using a pathway as an earner / prospective employee» Fill in pathways with badges
» Tell their story
» Set goals (unearned badges)
» Plan a career
» Copy pathways to explore options
Earner / employee pathways
29. Mozilla Discovery Tool
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•Web based tool for discovering / completing
pathways
30. Connecting over Open Badges
•The Open Badges
in Scottish
Education Group
(OBSEG) is hosted
by Jisc and performs
an:
– Overview and
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•Open Badges in Scottish Education Group
31. 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
32. Scottish Qualifications Authority
–Will explore the
adoption of Open
Badges as part of the
recognition for
teachers and
appointees through
SQA Academy
Courses
–Will explore the
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From Flickr by Doug Belshaw
33. Borders College
•Borders College has been
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
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•Improving motivation and enhancing employability
34. Benefits of CPD Open Badges
•Feedback from Head of HR and Development
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Jisc RSC Scotland
•Issuing badges to:
»Accredit the acquisition and
application of digital skills
»Recognise contribution to the
learning of others
»Reward the sharing of practice
»Increase the learning of the
sector
»Motivate engagement with Jisc
services
Recognising digital skills development
From Flickr by justus.thane
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36. Jisc RSC Scotland
Digital
Innovator
• iTechs
• Forums
• Webinars
Digital
Leadership
• OBSEG
Members
• Open Badges
Design Day
• Assessment
Summit
Digital
Practitioner
• Learning
OnLine
courses
•Current Open Badge Series
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38. Learning OnLine Badges
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•Digital skills courses - completer badges
39. Learning OnLine Open Badges
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•Digital skills courses - Influencer Badge
40. Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges
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•Digital Practitioner Series
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41. 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.
42. 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.”
• Tom Caira, Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board (Computing). University of the West of Scotland
43. Opportunities provided by 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
– 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 education
providers through endorsement of badges
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44. Further information
– Mozilla Open Badges
• http://openbadges.org
– Mozilla Discovery Project
• http://discover.openbadges.org/
– Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges
• http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223
– Open Badges case studies
• rsc-scotland.org/?tag=open-badges
– Open Badges blog posts
• http://bit.ly/openbadgesposts
– Open Badges in Scottish Education Group
• http://bit.ly/obseg
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- How do we help employers see them?
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?
Mozilla have developed an open infrastructure which allows anyone to earn, issue and share digital credentials across the web.
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 etc
Digital badges with metadata baked in – these include criteria and can include evidence
Align to a standard developed by an international community
Underpinned by the Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) developed by Mozilla
Provide 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.
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Staff at Borders College were given the opportunity to earn open badges by participating in CPD
The HR dept in Borders College have now replaced all paper based certification with Open Badges
Badge issuing done manually by e-learning team on receipt of email from HR dept
Full support of HR department
Removal of paper certificates
All staff now have at least one Open Badge – spreads awareness
Increase loyalty and attendance at CPD sessions
Staff see value in CPD sessions. No longer just mandatory
Links to HR systems and expiry dates
Awarding CPD Open Badges
Gave recogniton to staff of CPD
Able to keep an electronic record of their achievemnts
Raised awarness about the potential of open badges amongst staff – increase in interest and acceptance of the potential of open badges across the curriculum
College also saving time and money on printing and issuing of paper based certificates
Jisc RSC Scotland have 3 series of Open Badges:
Digital Practitioner Series
Digital Innovator Series – awarded for our iTech Case Study Contributors, Forum Contributors & Webinar Contributors
Digital Leadership Series – awarded to those who engage with us on topics such as our Assessment Summit, Open Badges Design Days, OBSEG group
Focus on Digital Practitioner Series
We’ve been awarded badges in this series since 2012 for those who successfully complete our Learning Online courses.
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.