Mozilla, Open Badges, and a Learning Standard for Web Literacy

#IWMW13, University of Bath, 26 June 2013

Mozilla, Open Badges,

and a Learning Standard for

Web Literacy

Who are you?

Dr. Doug BelshawBadges & Skills LeadMozilla Foundation

@dajbelshawdoug@mozillafoundation.org

Who are you?

Dr. Doug BelshawBadges & Skills LeadMozilla Foundation

@dajbelshawdoug@mozillafoundation.org

• Digital Literacies • Mobile Learning

• Open Educational Resources

I wrote my doctoral thesis online under CC0 license. :-)

Overview

Mozilla

OpenBadges

Web Literacy Standard

Mozilla

Mozilla!(global non-profit)

Open Badges

http://openbadges.org

Open Badges are images with metadata hard-coded into them

CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

Visual representations ofachievements, learning, skills,

interests, competencies

They can accommodateformal & informallearning pathways

Mozilla has built (and will maintain) the plumbing

Silo 1

Silo 2

Silo 3

Degree

PRINCE2etc.

CPDcertificate

Silo 1

Silo 2

Silo 3

What skills/attributes are missing here?

(how can we best present them in a holistic way?)

Degree

PRINCE2etc.

CPDcertificate

OpenBadgesInfrastructure(OBI)

They can represent hard & softskills, peer assessment, and stackable lifelong learning

Open Badges can capture learning wherever & however itoccurs—allowing for innovation

http://tincanapi.com/overview/

Open Badges?(What about degrees, certificates, diplomas?)

Not simply either/or—both/and!

I love badges for motivating me in

my learning!

We use metadata-infused credentials

aligned with the OBI

I’m using micro-accreditation to

make achievements more granular

3 main ways to issue badges...

Roll your own solution(using onboarding documentation)

Use plugin for an existing system (plugins available for most major platforms/systems)

Third-party issuing platform(URLs in metadata point to their servers)

3 main ways to issue badges:

Use plugin for an existing system (plugins available for most major platforms/systems)

~100,000 Open Badges issued

>27,000 earners

>800 issuers

to

by

(June 2013 stats)

Coming soon...

Federation of badge backpacks

Coming soon...

Image CC BY IsaacMao

Endorsement (3rd-party signing of badges)

Federation of badge backpacks

Coming soon...

Images CC BY IsaacMao & SeattleClouds.com

Conclusion

• Open Badges = metadata-infused credentials

• We’re now at v1.0 of the OBI

• Lots of organisations are already using badges

• You can get started right now!

SOME IDEASto get you started

• Play! Experiment! Earn your first badge at openbadges.org to see how they work.

• Think up some criteria and issue a badge to someone using badg.us

• Join the Open Badges community. Ask questions!

• Launch a pilot. What behaviours/skills/understanding are you trying to promote?

Web LiteracyStandard

http://mzl.la/weblitstd

What does it mean to get better at reading, writing and participating on the Web?

What does it mean to get better at reading, writing and participating on the Web?

Web Literacy Framework(January 2013)

Web Literacyframework silos

Web Literacyframework silos

How can we join this up?

Open Learning Standard

We’re working with the community on the skillslayer right now(http://bit.ly/weblitstd/skills)

Anyone can

AlignOpen Learning Standard

Brief Roadmap

• April 26th - First draft

• July 26th - Beta version

• August/September - Playtesting, early adoption

• September/October - ‘Code freeze’ for v1.0

• MozFest (25-27 Oct) - Launch of v1.0

CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

http://bit.ly/badgevalidation

For a different view of ‘validation’, try:

Third-party endorsement after standards alignment

Getting Involved

• Open Badges

• http://community.openbadges.org/

• Web Literacy Standard

• http://mzl.la/weblitstd

• Webmaker

• http://webmaker.org

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Community_Calls

How to Get Involved

How to Get Involved

• Firefox OS

• http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefoxos/

• MozFest (25-27 Oct)

• http://mozillafestival.org

mozilla.orgDoug BelshawTwitter: @dajbelshawEmail: doug@mozillafoundation.org

mzl.la/weblitstd openbadges.org