moving into uncharted waters: are open badges the future for skills accreditation?

Are Open Badges the future for skills accreditation?

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Doug Belshaw@dajbelshaw / @dajbconf

Making learning count (regardless of where or how it occurs)

Open Badges

Open Badges is a project of Mozilla with support from the MacArthur Foundation

What are badges?

badges = visual representations of a skill or achievement

scouting may be the first example that comes to mind

more and more, we see badges representing achievements on the web

some are just for fun or social status

but increasingly the skills are real, based on real tasks and work

reflecting technical and social abilities -- both of which employers are looking for

and willing to pay for ➔ jobs

What if we used badges for learning?

Open learning: Mozilla & P2PU’s School of Webcraft

After-school programs: iRemix

Museums & Science Centers: American Museum of Natural History

Government agencies: NASA

Community Organizations: 4-H

What if we all used a shared badge ecosystem and infrastructure?

Open Badges

BADGE DISPLAY SITES

SUCCESS

Mozilla’s Open Badge Infrastructure

In this badge ecosystem a badge is more than just a badge

Why do we need this?

(or something like it)

more access to information

more opportunities to learn

need a way to recognize learning regardless of where or how it occurs

(including new or informal pathways)

need a way to capture all types of learning

(including new or innovative types)

badges (+ assessments) can offer us a way to get there

What are some examples of how this can help ?

How can you get involved?

http://openbadges.org

#openbadges

http://www.dmlcompetition.net

Questions?

HERE BE DRAGONSRSC SCOTLANDANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012

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