Open Badge Design Workshop

Lucy Neale@lucydme

Grainne Hamilton@grainnehamilton

Creating a new learning currency which recognises

people’s skills and achievements

09.00 Open Badges 10110.00 Badge System Design11.00 Break11.30 Badge Content Design12.15 Badge Brand Design12.45 Badge Pitch!13.15 Next Steps

Mozilla Open

Badges: a web

standard which

captures &

communicates skills

http://openbadges.org

Silo 1 Silo 2

Silo 4

Formal qualifications

After schoolclub certificates

Onlinelearning

Silo 3

Professional development

CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

www.backpack.openbadges.org

120 partners

Worldwide adoption

March 2015:- 14,000 Issuers Worldwide- 2 Million Badges Issued- 342,300 Badges sent to backpacks- 88,585 backpacks

Badge Design Process

2. Identify

Badge

Tech

3. Create your badges

7. Track engagement

and create pathways

4. Learners

take your

badges

6. Badges

assessed &

Awarded

5. Learners create

and add evidence

“At the forefront of

the Open Badges

movement”

Mark Surman - Mozilla

1. Badge

learning

design

Employer

ExpertPeer

Open Badge projects

Over 300,000 people are learning more with digital badges

Mozilla Discovery Project

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• Badge-based pathways to employment

Employer pathways

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• Pathway templates

Employer pathways

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• Pathway templates

Employer pathways

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• Pathway logic

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

Mozilla Discovery Tool

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• Web based tool for discovering / completing pathways

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 Jiscservices

Recognising digital skills development

From Flickr by justus.thane34

Jisc RSC Scotland

Digital Innovator

• iTechs

• Forums

• Webinars

Digital Leadership

• OBSEG Members

• Open Badges Design Day

• Assessment Summit

Digital Practitioner

• Learning OnLinecourses

• F2F workshops

• Day events

• Open Badge Series

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Getting started

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• Design considerations and tools

Key considerations include:

»Badge system design»Badge content design»Badge brand design

Cycle through these to ensure:

»Appropriate badges»A flexible badge system»Consistent badge brand

Group Activity – Badge Themes

Introduce yourself

Discuss your interest in badges

• Post-its activity:

Write your name on a post-it

Write something you would like to recognize via badges

Stick post-its on wall

Re-arrange post-its into common themes

• Get into groups based on areas of interest / themes

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Badge system design

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• Considerations

»What do you want to badge and why?

»List the badges you would create

»Ensure your badge system can grow

»Think about constellations and pathways

From Flickr by Kris Williams

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?

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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?

Badge Design Process

2. Identify

Badge

Tech

3. Create your badges

7. Track engagement

and create pathways

4. Learners

take your

badges

6. Badges

assessed &

Awarded

5. Learners create

and add evidence

“At the forefront of

the Open Badges

movement”

Mark Surman - Mozilla

1. Badge

learning

design

Free €€€ DIY

http://unique.learningbadges.eu

What are you…

Excited about?

Concerned about?

What would you like to explore further?

www.digitalme.co.uk

http://www.badgealliance.org/

http://www.rsc-scotland.org/

http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/