This presentation was delivered to a Moodle forum facilitated by Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber in May 2014. The presentation gives a brief overview of Open Badges, highlights the Open Badges developed and issued by Jisc RSC Scotland, and highlights how Open Badges have been issued by Borders College for staff CPD.
2. Introductions
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Celeste McLaughlin
Advisor: Staff Development
Twitter: @celeste_mcl
3. Overview of session
» Brief Overview of Open Badges
» Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges
›Digital Practitioner Series
»Borders College
›Open Badges for staff CPD
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
4. Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
A digital accreditation infrastructure
5. Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Information infused digital images
Image by Kyle Bowen
6. Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Digital credentials earners can display online
On: Professional profiles, e.g. LinkedIn / Blogs /
Personal websites / Social media / e-Portfolios...
7. Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Jisc RSC Scotland
Issuing badges to:
»Recognise contribution to the
learning of others
»Accredit the acquisition and
application of knowledge
»Reward the sharing of practice
»Increase the learning of the
sector
»Motivate engagement with Jisc
services
Recognising the work of the sector
From Flickr by justus.thane
8. Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Digital Practitioner Series
9. Jisc RSC Scotland Online Courses
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Learning Online (LOL)
12. Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?badge=learning-online-ocet-completer
13. LOL Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Influencer Badge
http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?badge=learning-online-ocet-influencer
14. Open Badges
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Feedback from LOL participants
“It was nice to see a badges scheme in operation. I really
did think that collecting badges incentivised my
participation.”
Participant, Jisc e-Assessment for Learning course
16. Borders College Use of Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Moodle Badges
17. Borders College Use of Open Badges
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Awarded for staff CPD activities
18. Benefits of CPD Open Badges
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Feedback from Head of HR and Development
19. Further information
»Jisc Open Badges DesignToolkit
› http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/media/421718/jiscopenbadgesdesigntoolki
t-print_1.pdf
»Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges
› http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223
»Replacing paper based certification of CPD activities with Open
Badges at Borders College
› http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=3805
»Open BadgeAdventure at Borders College
› http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2454
Open Badges: Jisc RSC Y&H Moodle User Group 15/5/14
Hinweis der Redaktion
An Open Badge is a digital reward
Gives recognition of skills including soft skills - be difficult to document – good for evidencing skills to future employers
Motivate people to participate & contribute (in a course, initiative, forum)
Can be used in assessment – identification of learning, attributes and competencies
Open infrastructure - based on the Mozilla Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI) - for issuing, managing and sharing credentials
So what is a badge?
Online, visual representations of achievements, skills, attributes, learning, competencies, contributions etc
Digital badges with metadata baked in – these include criteria and can include evidence
Align to a standard developed by an international community
Underpinned by the Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) developed by Mozilla
Provide an opportunity to capture and demonstrate some of those skills that are not currently explicit in an academic qualification, such as soft skills like presentation and communication skills, employability skills like leadership, the ability to mentor others, being a good team player.
Digital credentials earners can display online
Earners store their badges in a badge pack.
Earners can then choose to add their badges or groups of badges to online platforms such as recruitment sites, professional profile sites, on their own blogs, personal websites etc.
Jisc RSC Scotland have 3 series of Open Badges:
Digital Practitioner Series – next slide
Digital Innovator Series – awarded for our iTech Case Study Contributors, Forum Contributors & Webinar Contributors
Digital Leadership Series – awarded to those who engage with us on topics such as our Assessment Summit, Open Badges Design Days, OBSEG group
Badges have been awarded in this series since 2012 for those who successfully complete our Learning Online courses.
Those who are successfully complete all the activities in the online courses are awarded a Completer Badge
We also have a Tutor badge awarded to those who have facilitated our courses
And an Influencer Badge which is a peer awarded badge (more details later)
3 courses currently available in the series:
Online Communication & e-Tutoring
eAssessment for Learning
Digital Literacies for Digital Learning
The LOL courses are 2 or 3 week fully-online courses delivered via Moodle. During the courses we build a community of learners and the courses are designed to encourage collaborative and peer learning.
Screenshot of OCeT Course
Lots of support available and although the course is flexible we do offer a suggested timetable for activities over the 2-3 weeks of the course.
Screenshot of OCeT Overview & Timings
2 week course
screenshot of pre-course activities and suggested timetable for week one of the course
Screenshot of OCeT Completer OB
OB Criteria – link on the OB image would take people to the criteria page
Information about the course
What participants had to do to complete the course including the couse matrices detailing criteria for successfully completing the Journal activity and forum activity
LOL Open Badges – Influencer Badge
Each LOL course includes the opportunity for a peer awarded Influencer Open Badge
Voting rules
At the end of the course, participants vote for peers they believe helped to influence the learning of themselves and / or the group as a whole. They are asked to consider, and to vote for any peers they believe have met, the following:
Participant made a significant and constructive contribution to discussions
Participant provided reflections and / or links and / or additional information pertinent to the course subject
Participant enhanced the experience of the course for the group and / or myself through their contributions
Participant demonstrated the principles of netiquette in their contributions to the course
Anyone receiving 3+ votes from their peers, and successfully completing the course, will receive the Influencer badge
Open Badges – Feedback from LOL participants
Feedback on including open badges in our courses has been positive – quote from participant on the eAfL course.
Have the option to gain an Open Badge does seem to motivate course participants and having the option of a peer awarded influencer badge does introduce an added incentive and the standard of contribution from participants in these courses is extremely high.
Digital Practitioner – Extending the Series
Jisc RSC Scotland are currently working on expanding the Digital Practitioner Series.
As well as the online courses, we offer face-to-face workshops and a number of other virtual sessions.
We’re planning on rolling out our new digital practitioner badges next academic year.
A lot of thought and planning has gone into these badges, particularly with regard to the badges criteria – we don’t want to award badges for attending CPD – instead we have devised ‘evidence templates’ which will need to be successful completed before badges are awarded.
Borders College Use of Open Badges – Moodle Badges
E-Learning team at Borders College piloted introducing Open Badges to students & staff during AY2012-13
NC Digital Media & NVQ Hairdressing level 1 students selected for pilot.
3 badge levels – Bronze, Silver and Gold Moodle User – awarded to students for best practice in using Moodle
Bronze = creating a suitable profile statement and adding a pic then higher level badges can be worked towards
Students were also given the opportunity in the pilot to vote for the lecturer they believed displayed the best use of Moodle across their course.
Voting took place via a block in Moodle.
Borders College Use of Open Badges – Awarded for staff CPD activities
Staff at Borders College were given the opportunity to earn open badges by participating in CPD
The HR dept in Borders College have now replaced all paper based certification with Open Badges
Badge issuing done manually by e-learning team on receipt of email from HR dept
Benefits of CPD Open Badges
Feedback from Head of HR & Development
Awarding CPD Open Badges
Gave recognition to staff of CPD
Able to keep an electronic record of their achievements
Raised awareness about the potential of open badges amongst staff – increase in interest and acceptance of the potential of open badges across the curriculum
College also saving time and money on printing and issuing of paper based certificates