1. The document discusses Mozilla Open Badges, which are a web standard for capturing and communicating learning through digital badges. Open badges can recognize learning in both formal and informal contexts. 2. Several organizations and initiatives are highlighted that have issued hundreds of thousands of open badges. Tools are also available for creating, issuing, and displaying open badges. 3. The presentation provides examples of how open badges have been used, including by an initiative called S2R Medals that issues badges to students for skills in areas like journalism, coaching and producing. It also discusses designing open badges and engaging stakeholders.

1. Re-imagining credentials
with Mozilla Open Badges
Developing Mobile Learning Solutions for Social Services in
Scotland conference: Scottish Social Services Council
Tim Riches
9 Jan 2013
Dundee
#openbadges

2. About digitalme
Tim Riches CEO DigitalMe
@triches / tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk
Partnerships, Open Badges, Mozilla
Foundation

3. Today’s Goals:
1. Open Badges Qs answered
2. Move your badge idea one step forward
3. Issue you with Badge Canvas 101 Open
Badge
4. Clear next action
5. Badge partner pledge

4. 1. What are
open badges?

5. Mozilla Open Badges:
a web standard which
captures &
communicates
learning

6. How do they work?

7. CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

13. Mozilla’s
Open
Badge
Infrastructure

14. www.backpack.openbadges.org

15. What makes Open Badges
different?
1.
Open & free skills communication
standard
2. Anyone can create open badges
3. Data is owned by users

16. Who is using Open
Badges?

17. Some of the organisations
involved in the ecosystem

18. 235,000
badges issued

19. 1900 issuers

20. 52,395
Backpacks

21. 1400% Growth
since Nov 2012

22. 240 orgs
Clinton Global
Initiative

23. 120 partners

24. Mozfest 2013

25. Badge The World
1M Badges
Pledged

26. What tools are
available?
Moodle, Blackboard, Makebadg.es,
Openbadges.me, Badgemaker,
Mahara, Achievery, Badgekit,
Makewaves…

27. What problems could
badges solve?
• Recognise learning traditional qualifications fail to do
• Student & teachers create a fuller picture of learning
• Learner led pathways & feedback
• Monitoring learning ecosystems
• Become discoverable by your talents & achievements
• Career development

28. Recap - today’s Goals:
1. Open Badges Qs answered
2. Move your badge idea one step forward
3. Issue you with Badge Canvas 101 Open
Badge
4. Clear next action
5. Badge partner pledge

29. Case Study 1:
S2R Medals
Case study pages online

31. Learner
User
Journey
(270)
Student
recruited
by
school
for
program
Student
works
through
20
hour
program
at
centre
Student
receives
badges
online
Student
s
share
achievements
at
celebraAon
event
Student
becomes
mentor
or
conAnues
with
program
back
at
school

32. S2R
Medals
3
sets
Journalist,
Coach
&
Producer
3
levels
in
each
set:
Bronze,
Silver
&
Gold
Each
badge
has
specific
skills,
criteria
and
evidence
aHached
to
it
QualitaAve
assessment
of
skills
by
peers/leaders
who
issue
the
badges

33. Aren’t badges just for
kids?

36. Case Study 2:
Badge The UK

38. “…qualifications are
worthless as a criteria for
hiring”!
Google 2013!

39. Capturing all learning –
creating new skills
currency !

40. Badge ‘App Store’!

41. Badge Displayers!

42. Badge Audience!

43. Today’s Goals:
1. Open Badges Qs answered
2. Move your badge idea one step forward
3. Issue you with Badge Canvas 101 Open
Badge
4. Clear next action
5. Badge partner pledge

44. Designing Open
Badges
Download
canvases
at
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk

45. The Open Badge Design Canvas
Download canvases at www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk

46. 1.
Audience
Stand
out
digital
CV
Access
to
soUware
&
hardware
Days
out
of
school
presenAng
Recognise
genuine
learning
Industry
recogniAon
IdenAfy
talent
Staff
engagement
Technology
sector
companies
UniversiAes
/
college
Primary
&
secondary
age
(Open
Badges
for
13+)
Teachers
ExisAng
db
Conferences
Endorser
channels
Teachers
Teacher
&
peer
Monitored
by
DigitalMe
Other
pupils
Technology
companies
Colleges
/
UniversiAes

47. 2.
Components
Digital
Leader
Explorer
Badge
•
Share
presentaAon
online
•
Teacher
/
snr
peer
confirms
presentaAon
by
awarding
the
badge
•
Learn
to
use
soUware
/
hardware
•
Knowledge
of
main
funcAons
•
Ideas
of
how
it
could
be
applied
to
solve
a
problem
•
Working
independently
•
Resilience
•
Self
Confidence
•
Create
and
deliver
a
presentaAon
on
technology
discovered
•
Field
quesAons
from
group

48. 3.
Badge
pathways
Explorer:
Independently
explore
&
share
Reactor:
Responds
to
a
brief,
applies
tech
to
solve
a
problem
Project:
Works
as
part
of
a
team
on
extended
project
Sub
badges
e.g.
presenter,
coder,
help
desk,
ambassador
(three
earned
for
each
badge)

49. 4.
Resources
-­‐
Staff
Ame:
develop
endorser
relaAonships,
presentaAons,
training,
create
support
materials,
fund
raising
-­‐
Badge
issuing
plaaorm
/
plugin
(e.g.
Makewaves,
Badge
us,
Blackboard,
wordress
plugin
etc…
-­‐
Displayer:
Wordpress,
Moodle,
Linkedin,
Thimble
CV?
-­‐
Expenses

50. Free badge designer
www.makebadg.es

51. 5.
Design

52. Tell us about
your project
here

53. Tim Riches
Tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk
@triches
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk