mozilla open badges and digital inclusion
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Mozilla Open Badges are an online tool to award skills and here at the Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde we practise Digital Inclusion. Short slide in the series about our Mozilla Open Badges development.TRANSCRIPT
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The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and FyldeOpen Badges Training
Author: Patrick McGee ©The Volunteer centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde
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Overview of the Do a Bit Project
The Do a bit project has been developed to create entry-level or bite-sized volunteering opportunities in the Blackpool area.Open badges has been chosen as an invaluable tool that allows the Volunteer Centre and Volunteer Involving Organisation (VIO’s) to recognise and reward their Volunteers.The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde was selected to receive financial support from the £10m Innovation in Giving fund, run by NESTA and funded by the Cabinet Office.
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The Open Badges Team
Patrick McGee – Do a Bit Project Officer
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The Mozilla Foundation
Mission:
“To promote openness, innovation & opportunity on the Web.”
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Products include:
Firefox web browser
Persona sign in
Thunderbird email client
Much more... including Open Badges
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Key concepts of Open Badges
Open Badges are...• An open technical standard – meaning any organisation
can create, issue and verify them, and any individual can earn, manage and display them across the web.
• A way of building a picture of your learning throughout life.
• Full of information – who issued them, what for and when.
• Totally sharable – users can take them anywhere on the web, showing them off to prospective employers and celebrating achievements with friends.
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Visual description of a Open Badge
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Organisationsissue badges
Badges unlock new
opportunities
People earn badges and share
them
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The Problem!
But Mozilla Open Badges are a digital
tool!
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Digital Inclusion
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What is digital inclusion?
Digital inclusion is the practise to show the benefits of being part of a digital world.
In the Uk around 18% of adults not online and a large proportion do not have basic digital skills.
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The solution
The solution the Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde is using to encourage digital
participation with Mozilla Open Badges is to also provide printed versions
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The Process
Step 1: Issue the Digital Open Badge online
Step 2: Transfer the information into the Open Badges area of the Volunteer Passport
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The Benefits
Encourages participation
Demonstrates digital inclusion
Provides offline and online records of awards
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The Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Mozilla
Open Badges System
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How we badged the Volunteer Centre
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Mandy Russell designed our badges and created them within a few days!
The Open Badges the Volunteer centre currently have are:
Photographer Time-keepingData input Volunteer Co-ordinatorWord (junior, expert & specialist) FundraisingExcel (junior, expert & specialist) CleaningV-base (junior, expert & specialist) Customer careWorst coffee buyer Telephone skillsWith more being developed daily……..
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The exciting thing about Open Badges are the
possibilities!
The possibilities
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Confirmed Dates & Locations
Next EventsVIO Training
17th October 9.30am - Central Library, Blackpool31st October 9.30am - City Learning Centre, Blackpool
14th November 9.30am - City Learning Centre, Blackpool
Volunteer Sessions5th November - Solaris Centre, Blackpool
27th November - City Learning Centre, Blackpool30th November - Solaris Centre, Blackpool
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Thanks for reading to our presentationOpen invitation to attend the sessions.
So please visit and you may receive your own Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde
Open Badge
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