A presentation at a seminar organised by FIED (Fédération Interuniversitaire de l'Education à Distance) on quality in education where I present the concept of eQuality and explore how Open Badges and ePortfolios can contribute to the continuous improvement of individual and organisational learning.

1. EUROPORTFOLIO
ePortfolios
& Open Badges to the
Service of Learning Quality
Paris, 13 janvier 2014
Fédération Interuniversitaire
de l’enseignement à Distance
Journée Thématique
Serge
Ravet
ADPIOS,
EUROPORTFOLIO
eQualité en FOAD
The
EUROPORTFOLIO
/
EPNET
project
is
funded
with
support
from
the
European
Commission.
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2. Presentation
• eQuality
• ePortfolio
• Open Badges
• (ePortfolio + Open Badges) * eQuality
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3. eQuality
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4. ?
What would the consequences be
if we moved our reflection
from Quality of Learning
to Quality as Learning
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5. ?
What would the consequences be
if we moved our reflection
from Quality of eLearning
to eQuality of Learning
from Quality of Learning
to Quality as Learning
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6. !
Quality as Learning
eQuality of Learning
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7. Furthermore...
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8. The 'quality' of an elitist system with structural
failure built-in is of a different nature from the
quality of an inclusive system concerned with
exploiting all the talents available in a community
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9. Quality without humanistic values
is but the ruin of learning*
*Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme - Rabelais
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10. Learning is not about consuming pre-digested
knowledge but a social process where
knowledge and understanding is co-produced
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11. ?
Do quality systems tend to
encourage subservience rather than
autonomy, innovation and creativity?
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12. Traditional
QA
systems
generally look for
conformance
against standards
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13. QA
systems
as extrinsic incentives
Punished by Rewards
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14. !
Grades
de- Grade
Learning*
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A number of scientific studies demonstrate that grades
and external incentives kill innovation and autonomy

15. ?
How far from
Conformance
to
Conformism
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16. Conformism is a term used to describe
the suspension of an individual's selfdetermined actions or opinions in favor
of obedience to the mandates or
conventions of one's peer-group, or
deference to the imposed norms of a
supervening authority.
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17. Conformist
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, 2nd Edition.
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18. Conformist
conformist
noun
conventionalist, traditionalist,
orthodox person, conservative,
bourgeois, (old) fogey, stickler,
formalist, diehard, reactionary;
crawler, truckler, kowtower,
groveller, puppet, spaniel;
informal stick-in-the-mud, stuffed
shirt, yes-man. ANTONYMS
eccentric; rebel.
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, 2nd Edition.
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19. Tools for eQuality*
*Literally and metaphorically!
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20. ePortfolios
& Open Badges
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21. Definitions
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22. ePortfolios
collection of electronic evidence
assembled and managed by a user,
usually on the Web (Wikipedia)
Weakipedia?
Open Badges
digital records of achievements, skills,
interests, affiliations or roles (Mozilla)
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23. ePortfolios
Open Badges
organised collection of evidence
demonstrating reflective learning (me)
criterion-based trust statements (me)
digital records of achievements, skills,
interests, affiliations or roles (Mozilla)
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24. ?
What relation between
ePortfolios & Open Badges
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25. ePortfolios
ePortfolios are
more abstract
Individuation
*
than Open Badges
Open Badges
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* G. Simondon

26. Mainframes
CPU
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Individuation
ENIAC, 1947
ePortfolios
Helen Barrett, 2010
Open Badges

27. ePortfolio Revisited
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28. ePortfolio Revisited
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29. ePortfolio Revisited
Facts &
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30. ePortfolio Revisited
I did this and this in order to achieve
this Badge, and I have these pieces of
evidence to prove it.
My role was:...
This is how it connects to my
previous knowledge & experience:...
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31. ePortfolio Repository
narrative
rrnarrative
na ative
narrative
narrativ
e
ative
narr
narrative
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32. ePortfolio
ePortfolio
ePortfolio
Fractal
ePortfolio
I did this and this in order to achieve
this Badge, and I have these pieces of
evidence to prove it.
My role was:...
This is how it connects to my
previous knowledge & experience:...
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33. Mise en abyme
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34. ePortfolios of
ePortfolios of
ePortfolios of
ePortfolios of
ePortfolios of
...
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35. The 'fractal' nature of
ePortfolios is mirrored in
Open Badges...
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36. Collection
fact
fact
skill
fact
skill
fact
competency
Mastery
ity
lar
nu
ra
skill
fact
competency
G
skill
fact
fact
fact
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knowledge,
skills,
attitudes &
values
Aggregation

37. ?
What do Open Badges
bring to ePortfolios?
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38. !
TRUST
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39. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Remixed from Kyle Bowen
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40. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Image
Criteria
Evidence
Assertion
Narratives
Issuer
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Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

41. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Image
I trust
you
Criteria
Evidence
Assertion
Narratives
Issuer
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Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

42. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Image
to do
this
Criteria
Evidence
Assertion
Narratives
Issuer
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Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

43. Anatomy of an Open Badge
trust
I to do
Based on
you
that evidence
this
Image
Criteria
Evidence
Assertion
Narratives
Issuer
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Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

44. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Image
Criteria
My trust is
also represented
by this image
n Badges?
Evidence
Assertion
grees, certificates, diplomas?)
Issuer
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Narratives
Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

45. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Image
Criteria
My trust is
also represented
by this image
n Badges?
Evidence
Assertion
grees, certificates, diplomas?)
Issuer
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Narratives
Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

46. Anatomy of an Open Badge
Image
Criteria
Evidence
n Badges?
Assertion
grees, certificates, diplomas?)
Issuer
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Narratives
Holder
Remixed from Kyle Bowen

47. ?
What relationship between
eQuality,
ePortfolios & Open Badges?
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48. eQuality of learning should be
about empowering learners to
make informed decisions
regarding their learning and the
learning of their community
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49. Quality as learning
vs
Quality of learning
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50. eQuality is about the use of ICT
to improve the quality of individual
and organisational learning.
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51. ePortfolios & Open
Badges are the prime
sources of eQuality data
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52. Awarding Body
Curate
Accredit
Badge
Issuer
Authorise
Award
Badge Registry
Refer
Competency
Standard
Repository
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Verify
Assess
Learn
Narratives
Teaching
institution
Training
Body

53. ves
o
pr
Im
QA
Learning
Fe
ed
s
-i
n
fo
rm
s
Narratives
Organisational
ePortfolio / badges
Narratives
Narratives
Narratives
Individual
ePortfolios /
badges
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In
Narratives
Narratives
F
d-in
ee

54. Open Society
Open
Identities
Open
Learning
Open
Employment
Open
Government
...
Open Services
Open Badges
Open
Portfolio
Learning
Analytics
QA
Open Data
Personal
Data Store
Public
Anonymous
Data Store
...
Open Trust
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....

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56. Almost!
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57. Quality of assessment
vs
Assessment of Quality
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58. The problem with
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59. Albert Einstein referring to exams, in an
autobiographical essay published in 1946
"This coercion had such a deterring
effect that after I had passed the final
examination, I found the consideration
of any scientific problems distasteful to
me for an entire year."
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60. !
Quality as Learning
eQuality of Learning
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61. EUROPORTFOLIO
Merci !
Serge
Ravet
ADPIOS,
EUROPORTFOLIO
@Szerge,
learningfutures.eu
epforum.eu,
europorAolio.org,
iosf.org
The
EUROPORTFOLIO
/
EPNET
project
is
funded
with
support
from
the
European
Commission.
Tuesday, 14 January 14