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Badge The UK
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Lucy Neale, Projects Director@LucyDMe
What are badges?
Badges & the web
What are Open Badges?
Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them
What’s theproblem?
Silo 1 Silo 2
Silo 4
Formal qualifications
After schoolclub certificates
Onlinelearning
Silo 3
Professional development
How does it work?
Mozilla has built (and will maintain) the plumbing
Who’s using Open Badges?
Some of the organisations
involved in the ecosystem
Size of Open Badges
ecosystem
( )Data correct as of 4 July 2013
800+
issuers
- such as NASA, Purdue University, Disney, etc.
Value• Informal / formal accreditation• Local / national• Endorsers• Web driven
S2R Medals
Badge The UK
Help us
Connecting badge earners with learning,
enterprise & employment opportunities
• Help teachers / employers/ orgs create badges
• Space to discover, earn & display badges
• Bridge gap between young people and
employers
• Inspire learners, improve confidence
• Improve young people’s life chances
Badge The UK Will:
Platforms
Badge Platform Options
Badge The UK Partners
• Work with us to create your own Badges• Recognise or endorse a badge• Help badges become more widely displayed across the web• Provide a real world industry brief for schools• Help us understand how badges could work for you and your networks
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