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Describes the features and benefits of Open Badge Factory and its companion platform, the Badge Passport. This innovative solution from Finland is coming to Canadian servers in early 2015.
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Open Badge Factory
A Badging Platform for Canada
June 15, 2015Don Presant
PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:bit.ly/badges-getting-started
Badge Solution: Open Badge Factory Cloud-based badge platform
openbadgefactory.com
Link to more detail
Features and Benefitsopenbadgefactory.com
• Innovative service from Finland– Centralized cloud service
• Manage badges in one place, issue in many (LMS, HRIS, face to face etc.)
• Current plug-ins: Moodle, Totara, Mahara, Optima ... others coming• Build your own plug-ins with the Open API
– Controlled access for organizations, roles within organizations
• Creator, Issuer, Administrator
– Detailed reports (how successful are your badges?)– Badge applications (assessment forms)– Milestone badges (“meta-badges”)
• Coming soon:– Multi-lingual badges– Delegated badge issuing (“badge sharing”)
Moodle plug-in vs. OBF plug-inAdvantages of centralized badge managementFeature/Aspect Internal Moodle plug-in External OBF plug-in
System Control Teachers can create/issue badges on the fly, then abandon them. No global picture of institution badges.
Centralized badge creation by designated badge creators; distributed badge issuing via API. Centralized tracking of all badges.
Access to badges Difficult to copy badges, access same badges from different courses
Same badges accessible from different courses
Reports No comprehensive reports – must examine each badge
Detailed global reports
Record management Badge records are vulnerable to course deletion, system upgrades
Centralized, secure badge records
Badge Criteria Moodle statement only Complete editing control
Adding Evidence No way to add evidence Option to add evidence
Badge applications By assignment completion only Fully customizable assessment form
Badge claiming Inside Moodle only Inside or outside Moodle
Milestone badges No Yes – stack small badges into bigger ones
Mahoodle Issue in Moodle only Issue in Moodle and/or Mahara
New: Open Badge PassportExpanding the Open Badge ecosystem
Flexible alternative to Mozilla Backpack
Micro-portfolios: pages with badges & other evidence
Connected to Open Badge Factory and
Mozilla Backpack
Much easier
for new users
Exciting road map: Badge
communities
Share, discover, search, match &
cluster badges
Collaborate with: CompaniesEducatorsTrainers Professional bodiesSectorsAssociations Regions
Build skills maps for
organizations and communities
Seek:Badge earners Badges to earnBadges wanted Badges endorsed
Map personalized badge pathways,learning plans
2 models:-cloud service–open source
Free for badge earners
Open Badge Ecosystem Road MapOpen skills exchange – modular, flexible, interoperable
Mozilla BackpackStore, Share, Display Open
Badges
Open Badge Factory
Create, Issue, Manage Open
Badges
Open Badge Passport
skills passports“micro-portfolios”
badge communitiesstore, share, connect
Open API
Open
API
Global Badge CommunityIssuers, earners, consumers
Open
APIIssuerGroups
EarnerPassports
Open
APIs
eLearningPlatforms
ePortfolioPlatforms
CommunityPlatforms
WordPress(CMS)
Possible plug-ins to:
LTI
SCORM
Open Learning(OER, etc.)
ePortfolios
Personal Websites
Communities of Practice
ERP/HRIS
Open
API
Other display alternatives
Job portals
xAPI
OpenAPILMS
Man
ual
SAP, Oracle(ERP/HRIS)
LinkedIn, Facebook
Talent Managemen
t
Open Badge FactoryGetting Started
Request account at openbadgefactory.comMore info at
Getting Started: Open Badge Factory
• First 2 months free• Sep 2015: cloud subscriptions
– Free • 1 badge only
– Basic: € 120 per year (c. $170 CAD)• Maximum 10 badges, other limitations
– Premium: € 600 per year (c. $840 CAD)– Optional custom installations
• Option: Badge Passport– Paid subscriptions for issuers (earners free)– Open Source / custom installations
[email protected]: @donpresant
ePortfolio: donpresant.ca
PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:bit.ly/badges-getting-started
Additional Slides
Open Badge FactoryDETAIL: Centralized Detailed Reports
Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Badge Applications (request forms)
Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Adding Evidence
Open Badge Factory DETAIL: Milestone Badges (metabadges)