Bob price on Open Badges

Open Badges: what, why, when and how?

Bob PriceHR & OD Systems Officerbob.price@newportcityhome.com

Learning Pool DLE

Current course list• Essentials package

• 30 modules

• 6 under development

• 325 registered users

• Classroom Connect

Why version 2.5?

Use of Adapt modules and authoring tool

Ability to use on alternative platforms

Access to Open Badges

Badges…Visual representations

Skills

Learning

Competencies

Qualities

Achievements

Interests

Digital badges:

“ an online representation of

a skill you’ve earned”

Open Badges take the idea further:

“skills are verified through a credible organisation”. 

Open Badges

• Led by Mozilla Organisation

• Open, online standard for verifying skills, learning, interests and achievements

• Images with Metadata hard-coded into them

• Recognise formal or informal learning

• Collect badges from multiple sourcesinto a single backpack

• Share through social networks

CVs are a bunch of claims

Open Badges are a

bunch of evidence

How it works….

Training

Online Learning

Volunteer Programs

Learner

Open Backpack

Open Backpack

Share to social networks and other websites

Job Opportunities

Lifelong Learning

New Possibilities

How it works….

http://backpack.openbadges.org/

My Open Backpack

Who is using them?

Meet the Academy

Initial ideas

How we plan to do it…

• Award badges via Learn@NCH

• Learn@NCH profiles will be linked to an Open Backpack

• Recipients show off their achievements!

Next steps

• Define clear criteria/definition of achievement to earn a badge

• Be clear on what is to be achieved

• Build the framework

• Publicise!

Thank Youbob.price@newportcityhomes.com@bobpriceplnhttp://huxleypiguk.blogspot.co.uk/