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Introduction to self-claimed badges
Eric Rousselle
12.5.2020
What can I do?
See my selfie
badges!

2.
What is a self-claimed or selfie badge?

3.
Do we need selfie badges?
● Organisations have created badges to recognise the
skills and achievement that they value, but only a
small part of individual informal learning experience
can be recognised by matching badges created by
others.
● Anyone can create a portfolio or a Linkedin profile to
showcase his skills and achievements. Why should it
be different with badges?

4.
Understanding the value of a selfie badge
• We are used to thinking that recognition and validation are rights
reserved to the badge creator/issuer (authority, expert, validator etc .)
• A selfie badge is not a “self-recognition” (recognising involves always
at least two parties) but the issuer claims and showcases the things
he wants to be recognised for.
• The value of the badge is mainly generated by its endorsers
• In many cases creating meaningful endorsements requires that the
badge contains some evidence.
• A selfie badge without evidence and endorsements is a simple claim.
But in Open Badge Passport a simple claim badge can be enriched
by his holder and become a valuable micro-portfolio

5.
Open Badge Passport and selfie
badges

6.
How selfie badges could be used?
• To support reflexive learning and place the learner at the center of
his learning experience (engagement, motivation)
• To recognise and validate achievements and processes
(endorsement by peers, teachers, supervisor, tutors, or coaches)
• To develop rich and validated micro-portfolios (based on open
badge standard)
• To support collaborative learning: co-creation of group-claimed
badges
• To create badges matching with job opportunities

7.
Self-claimed badges
A threat or a new “game changer” in
the landscape of Open Badging?

8.
Selfie badge 1 Selfie badge 2
Completing a profile

9.
Selfie badge
Building connections

10.
Selfie badge
A selfie badge as a milestone badge

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Thank you!
eric.rousselle@obfsolutions.com
@eric_rousselle