This document outlines a presentation about open badges and how to get started using them. It discusses the open badge infrastructure and how badges are designed, issued, and displayed. It encourages participants to download badge design canvases and tools to collaborate on badge ideas that link learning across different institutions and sectors. The goal is to create a new skills currency for learners by connecting them to employment and further education opportunities through open badges.

1. Designing Open
Badges Day !
JISC RSC Scotland!
10 Dec 2013!

2. Our badge!
design journey!

3. Learner
User
Journey
(270)
Student
recruited
by
school
for
program
Student
works
through
20
hour
program
at
centre
Student
receives
badges
online
Student
s
share
achievements
at
celebra;on
event
Student
becomes
mentor
or
con;nues
with
program
back
at
school

4. S2R
Medals
3
sets
Journalist,
Coach
&
Producer
3
levels
in
each
set:
Bronze,
Silver
&
Gold
Each
badge
has
specific
skills,
criteria
and
evidence
aBached
to
it
Qualita;ve
assessment
of
skills
by
peers/leaders
who
issue
the
badges

5. About me!
Tim Riches CEO DigitalMe
@triches / tim@digitalme.co.uk !!
& Global Partnerships, Open
Badges, Mozilla Foundation!

6. Capturing all learning –
creating new skills
currency !

7. “…qualifications are
worthless as a criteria for
hiring”!
Google 2013!

8. Aren’t badges just for
kids?!

11. What do I need to to get
going with Open Badges? !
Info
Value
Display
Design
Baking
&
Issuing

12. Aim for today…!
Your own
roadmap!
Currency
for learners!

13. Get involved! Help us!
Badge The UK!

14. What do I need to to get
going with Open Badges? !
Info
Value
Display
Design
Baking
&
Issuing

15. 1. What are open
badges & how do
they work?!

16. Mozilla Open
Badges are a web
standard designed
to recognise skills!

17. How do they work?!

18. CC BY-SA Kyle Bowen

24. Mozilla’s
Open
Badge
Infrastructure

26. What makes Open
Badges different?!
1.
2.
3.
4.
Open vs Digital Badges!
Data is owned by you!
Data rich!
Designed for lifelong learning!

27. Get involved! Help us!
Badge The UK!

28. How?!
1. Partnership!

29. What do I need to to get
going with Open Badges? !
Info
Value
Display
Design
Baking
&
Issuing

30. 2. Design tools!
Download
canvases
at
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk

32. Badge
design
canvas
guide
Download
canvases
at
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheuk

33. 1.
Audience
Stand
out
digital
CV
Access
to
soUware
&
hardware
Days
out
of
school
presen;ng
Recognise
genuine
learning
Industry
recogni;on
Iden;fy
talent
Staff
engagement
Technology
sector
companies
Universi;es
/
college
Primary
&
secondary
age
(Open
Badges
for
13+)
Teachers
Exis;ng
db
Conferences
Endorser
channels
Teachers
Teacher
&
peer
Monitored
by
DigitalMe
Other
pupils
Technology
companies
Colleges
/
Universi;es

34. 2.
Components
Digital
Leader
Explorer
Badge
•
Share
presenta;on
online
•
Teacher
/
snr
peer
confirms
presenta;on
by
awarding
the
badge
•
Learn
to
use
soUware
/
hardware
•
Knowledge
of
main
func;ons
•
Ideas
of
how
it
could
be
applied
to
solve
a
problem
•
Working
independently
•
Resilience
•
Self
Confidence
•
Create
and
deliver
a
presenta;on
on
technology
discovered
•
Field
ques;ons
from
group

35. 3.
Badge
pathways
Explorer:
Independently
explore
&
share
Reactor:
Responds
to
a
brief,
applies
tech
to
solve
a
problem
Project:
Works
as
part
of
a
team
on
extended
project
Sub
badges
e.g.
presenter,
coder,
help
desk,
ambassador
(three
earned
for
each
badge)

36. 4.
Resources
-­‐
Staff
;me:
develop
endorser
rela;onships,
presenta;ons,
training,
create
support
materials,
fund
raising
-­‐
Badge
issuing
pla`orm
/
plugin
(e.g.
Makewaves,
Badge
us,
Blackboard,
wordress
plugin
etc…
-­‐
Displayer:
Wordpress,
Moodle,
Linkedin,
Thimble
CV?
-­‐
Expenses

37. Design Tools!
www.makebadg.es

38. 5.
Design

39. Vital stats
4,000 Schools
75,000 Students
10,000 Teachers
3 . Issuing Badges!

40. Badge Creators!

41. Badge Endorsers!

42. Badge ‘App Store’!

43. Badge Displayers!

44. Badge Audience!

45. 2013 community
achievements…!

46. Mozfest 2013!

47. 2014…!

48. New for 2014!

49. New for 2014!
Discover B uild A ssess
ssue
ollect S hare
C
I
#OpenBadges

50. Get involved! Help us!
Badge The UK!

51. Conclusion!
• Aim to create a new skills currency connecting
young people with employment & education
opportunities!
• Access design tools for free!
• Collaborate on badge ideas which link school –
colleges - universities – charities & employers!

52. Tim Riches!
Tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk!
@triches!
k!
www.digitalme.co.uk/badgetheu