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“The biggest rise in tertiary education ever seen – a 160% increase in global

enrolment from 1990 to 2009 – is testament to unprecedented demand for

education as students seek to prepare themselves for nonmanual work”.

Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown

United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education

Paradox: Higher education providers are producing more graduates than ever before. Although high percentages of youth are unemployed, employers report a shortage of qualified candidates who possess critical job skills. Learners are unaware of which skills are required to secure the jobs they have targeted. Employers find it difficult to communicate their needs to education providers. Better alignment is needed between postsecondary programs with labor market.

‘Students live in worlds filled with engaging technology and opportunities to pursue personal interests and motivations. Once they enter schools they have to leave behind such interests and motivations. This creates a divide between the way “schools teach” and the way “students learn” in informal learning environments. Teachers are nowadays facing a challenge trying to bridge this gap.’ ITEC project (2013) - Summary report of scenario development process

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The Web as a two-way street ‘Free’ resources and courses New forms of accreditation

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DIGITAL BADGES: Recognize skills and achievements. A 'gamified' achievement based mechanism (visbility and flexibility).

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Since their inception, colleges have awarded diplomas that signify the successful completion of degree programs (essentially a collection of ‘badges')

Badges Are…

“visual representations of 21st century skills and achievements” - Open Badges Initiative of the Mozilla Foundation https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About

badges, buttons, patches, pins, ribbons, medals, etc…

Badges Are…

“a validated indicator of accomplishment, skill, quality or interest that can be earned in [diverse] learning environments” - Macarthur Foundation on behalf of Digital Media + Learning Digital Badges for Life Competition http://www.macfound.org/media/files/BadgesforLifelongLearning_Info.pdf

badges = visual representations of a skill or achievement

need a way to recognize learning regardless of where or how it occurs

(including new or informal pathways)

need a way to capture all types of learning

(including new or innovative types)

Alternative and flexible credentials that substitute traditional degree or certificate, composed of demonstrated outcomes /validated competencies that are tailored to the desired output from a variety of learning contexts. Badges provide a reputation frameworks for peer validation. • Capture technical skills along the path of program completion. • Document a student’s ability to use a piece of equipment. • Demonstrate knowledge of a particular topic. Badges are becoming the currency that provides verified, specific information from trusted sources about the skills, competencies and knowledge.

Badging Lessons Learned

Clear criteria (announced or not)

Visible evidence

Verification

Badge

http://openbadges.org

Produce an open technical standard for any organization to create, issue,

manage and verify digital badges

For employers and advanced education providers, the common language of outcomes, competencies and skills articulated through badges

some are just for fun or social status

more and more, we see badges representing achievements on the web

Khan Academy - http://www.khanacademy.org/badges

FourSquare - http://www.4squarebadges.com/foursquare-badge-list/

BadgeStack - http://badgestack.com/

TripAdvisor - http://www.tripadvisor.com/

Mozilla Open Badges - http://openbadges.org

Stackoverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/badges

Wikipedia Barnstars - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Barnstars

With the exception of Mozilla Open Badges (and derivatives), all these issuers are siloed. Though most of them provide methods to access earned badges through software (or API’s).

issuers displayers

https://play.rit.edu

http://bit.ly/purdue_badges

https://credly.com

Conclusions:- Openness goes far beyond OER (OEP)- Higher Education institutions lost their monopoly of certification.- College faculty will resist badges initially (+ challenge examining & defining the marketable job skills) & competency-based outcomes

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COMMON SET OF (FUNCTIONAL BUT ALSO SOFT) SKILLS NEED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED

TECHNOLOGIES AS AN ACCELERATOR FOR CHANGING (NOT AS A DRIVER)

SPACE AND TIME BECOME �SOFT� CONCEPTS� THOUGHT PROVOKING ENVIRONMENTS AMBIENTS

CAN BOOST INNOVATION

LIFELONG LEARNING IS NECESSARY INTERTWINED WITH THE ADOPTION OF OER AND MORE FLEXIBLE

TOOLS OF SKILLS RECOGNITION

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Doug Belshaw. (10:53:18 UTC). Moving into uncharted waters: are open badges the future for skills... Technology. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/dajbelshaw/moving-into-uncharted-waters-are-open-badges-the-future-for-skills-accreditation?from_search=1 Doug Belshaw. (16:07:32 UTC). Mozilla Open Badges (#epic12). Technology. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/dajbelshaw/mozilla-open-badges-epic12?from_search=2 ACSASummit. (22:50:40 UTC). Launching digital badges to motivate 21st century learners. Technology. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/ACSASummit/launching-digital-badges-to-motivate-21st-century-learners-28217469?from_search=3 Kelvin Thompson. (16:57:25 UTC). Exploring the potential of badging: Badges = engagement + data. Business & Mgmt. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/drkelvinthompson/exploring-the-potential-of-badging-badges-engagement-data?from_search=5 Peter Rawsthorne. (06:45:02 UTC). Introduction to Digital Badges. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/prawsthorne/introduction-to-digital-badges?from_search=8 Lisa Dawley. (15:50:00 UTC). Digital Badges: Lessons Learned. Technology. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/lisadawley/designing-badges-lessons-learned?from_search=10

http://goo.gl/qqPAE1 The world

“What can/should citizens demand of the higher education sector in the Web era?”

Define some realistic expectations.

Teaching and learning

“Which areas of our teaching and learning practice do we need to change to respond to the opportunities of the Web?”

Describe some pragmatic responses that institutions could start to implement.

Research

“Which areas where the Web and higher education meet need to be better understood (and why)?”

Formulate some draft research questions.