What are open badges, how they can be used, and a lot of case studies. As told by Carla Casilli in Rome, May 8th 2015

1. CINECA + Open Badges
May 2015

2. Today
1. Where are we today?
2. What are badges?
3. Why open badges?
4. Who is using them?
5. How do I learn more?

3. @cineca1969
@carlacasilli
#openbadges

4. 1. Where are we today?

5. Education & workforce
are
changing

6. “GPAs are worthless as a
criteria for hiring and test
scores are worthless…
We found that they don’t
predict anything.”

7. Lazlo Block
Google's senior vice president
of people operations
2013

8. 2010

9. What if we could have a
shared
learning ecosystem?

10. What if we could use
badges
to represent learning?

11. 2. What are badges?

12. Badges are
digital representations
of achievements, learning, skills,
attributes, competencies, etc.

13. Better than digital badges:
open badges

14. 3. Why open badges?

15. Open badges are
granular,
evidence-based,
and transferable

16. Open badges core tenets:
interoperable, flexible, digital,
granular, transferable, connected

17. They map learning pathways
connecting
formal & informal learning

18. Earned across a lifetime,
open badges become a
personal portfolio
of what you know and can do

19. Over time, they form a
personal social currency
that communicates
reputation and identity

20. Accomplished through a
shared infrastructure:
a universal standard

21. Badge metadata spec
+ Issuer API

23. badge name
badge URL (description)
badge criteria
badge image
issuer
issue date
recipient
alignment (standards)
expiration date
evidence URL

24. More information at http://openbadgespec.org/

26. Open badges are an
open source tool
for issuing, managing and
sharing credentials

27. 4. Who is using them?

28. K-12: Corona Norco School District

29. After school programs: iRemix

30. Higher Ed: Purdue University

31. Higher Ed: University of California, Davis
SKILL KNOWLEDGE HONOR EXPERIENCE COMPETENCE
Strategic
Management
Systems
Thinking
Experimentation
& Inquiry
Interpersonal
Communication
Understanding
Values
Civic
Engagement
Personal
Development
SYSTEM OF BADGES FOR
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS MAJOR
AT UC DAVIS
Category-level
Badges
Badges for the SA&FS Competencies

32. Open learning: P2PU & Code School

33. Community organizations: 4-H

34. Museums & science centers: AMNH

35. Government agencies: NASA

36. Workforce: Manufacturing Institute

37. Workforce: RWA Consulting

38. Regional: Cities of Learning

39. 5. How do I learn more?

40. http://openbadges.org
http://badgealliance.org
http://imsglobal.org
carla@badgealliance.org
ccasilli@imsglobal.org
@carlacasilli

41. Thank you!