drilling into new potentials for open badges

Customised Learning Technology Solutions ecomscotland.com @eComScotland /company/ecom-

scotland

Drilling into new potentials for Open Badges

Judy Bloxham @gingerblox#eNetBadges

Customised Learning Technology Solutions

Rise in fraudulent activity

• Identity fraud• Identity theft• Hacking • Financial fraud


eMail Hacking

• Targeting of house buyers• Gaining solicitor’s details via email hacking• Getting vendor to send deposit to fraudulent account

account


Identity theftCollecting personal detailsImpersonation to withdraw funds over bank counter

Image of Gloria Hunniford removed for copyright reasons


“Organisations have long been expected to verify the details given to them by customers. They have now come to recognise that they also need to apply those same standards to [prospective] employees.”

Simon Dukes, Chief Executive of CIFAS


Alison Ryan PR

manager for

Manchester United,

claimed to have a first

class degree from

Cambridge. Sacked

from the £125k job in

2000.

Yahoo boss Scott

Thompson falsely

claimed to have a

computer science degree

had to resign 2012

Marilee Jones dean of

admissions at MIT

claimed to have three

University qualifications,

two degrees and a

doctorate. Had job for 28

years before fraud was

discovered!YOU’REFIRED!


HASTAC: design principles for badges

Recognise learning

Assess learning

Motivate learning

Authenticate learning


Badging Process

• Create badge• Set criteria for

earning

Issue

• Claim badge or have it issued

• Evidence achievement of criteria

Earn • Link badge to Backpack

• Display badge via social media or on CV

Display


Baked-in value


eNet Badges Rationale

• Designed for workplace accreditation• Currently no global over arching system to do this• Open Badges provide the potential for this central store,

but it is not the whole story• eCom focus is on providing badges for formal certified

qualifications


eNetBadges’ Features

• 128 bit encryption• Interoperability with OBI• System updated to comply with OBI


eNetBadges Process


Certification for Oil DrillingRequired to:• Prove identity• Prove qualified status

Because:• Operations in high risk countries• Valuable qualification so potential to

defraud• Threat of terrorism• Not everyone speaks English!


£1million£30,000


View your status


Award Badges


Authenticate Badge


Interoperability


Verifiable Accreditation


Discussion: Do we need security in Open Badges?

What FUNCTIONS do badges serve?

How do you VALIDATE the evidence in badges?

How do you PROTECT badge earners?

How do you RESTRICT access to evidence? (do we need to?)

Secure badges ADDING VALUE – develop a use case


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Thank you for listening.

Any Questions?