Tag: open badges

  • Micro-credential for Learning in a MOOC (#ONL172)

    Our scenario during the second topic in ONL172, mention the use of technology in a MOOC. One example is to divide the material into modules and add micro-credentials. Open Badges was started by Mozilla Foundation and this is their definition:
    “Open Badges are visual tokens of achievement, affiliation, authorization, or other trust relationship sharable across the web. Open Badges represent a more detailed picture than a CV or résumé as they can be presented in ever-changing combinations, creating a constantly evolving picture of a person’s lifelong learning”
    IMS Global Learning Consortium write:
    “Open Badges are information-rich visual representations of verifiable achievements earned by recipients and are a vital component of the digital credentials ecosystem”
    (IMS Global, 2017)
    This is my screencast that is the result from my investigations:

    We shared out reflection as a padlet:

  • Open Badges for Assessing Learning

    In this video I compare two Open Badge Infrastructures (OBI) as a badge issuer. Open Badge Factory (https://openbadgefactory.com/) and Badge List (http://www.badgelist.com/).

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_3Os96gDQ4]

    The main question is to what extent were autonomy, diversity, openness and interactivity present?

    Further discussion should involve:

    • How to avoid badge inflation / flooding the system / loss of meaning?
    • How to avoid fragmentation: having badges trapped in their issuing environments
    • How to manage badges – Who can create / issue badges?
    • How to evaluate the impact of badges in the community?

     

     

     

  • Our Community Badges

    Earning badges for learning new things is a way to display knowledge and skills. At the moment we have released three light blue ‘CommunityBadges’:

    Supporter Contributor Scholar
    • Supporter (A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause or movement)
    • Contributor (A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution)
    • Scholar (A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge)

    These ‘Community Badges’ only have value for our community and recognize the work that has been done by participants in the P2PU course “eduToolkit . Teachers Open Online Learning“.  As soon as Mozilla’s Open Badges project allow organizations to issue digital badges, this will allow students to collect badges from different sources and display them across the web – on their resume, web site, social networking profiles, job sites or just about anywhere.  We will soon have green ‘Skill Badges’ available that are compatible with Mozilla’s ‘Open Badge Infrastructure’. The first three modules will continue our work with ‘Teachers Open Online Learning’ and focus on the concept of ‘The Networked Teacher’:

    • Certified Networked Teacher [ #CNT12]– Use of Web Tools
    • Advanced Networked Teacher – Syndicated Education
    • Expert Networked Teacher – Central Node in Learning

    Details about who earned ‘Community Badges’ will be availabel in our ‘Hall of fame‘ as an official recognition of particiapants.

  • Assessment Badges

    There are development of ‘Open Assessment’ that recognize that accreditation and certification occurs outside formal education.  Our current focus is on using ‘Open Badges’ as the currency to capture and demonstrate learning, skills and reputation within the community.

    There is a section with our ‘Badge Ecosystem” that display application requirements and the official list of each graduate.  The light blue colur are used in the eduToolkit community to represent their involvment.  As soon as Mozilla’s Open Badges project allow organizations to issue digital badges, this will allow students to collect badges from different sources and display them across the web – on their resume, web site, social networking profiles, job sites or just about anywhere.