Presentation of the MIRVA project at ePIC 2017, Bologna 25-27 October

1. MIRVA
Making Informal Recognition Visible and Actionable
Co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union
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2. ePortfolio
Open
Badges
Open
Recognition
2015
2016 Bologna Open Recognition Declaration
2017
TrustIdentity
International Open Recognition Day
MIRVA*
(*) Making Informal Recognition Visible and Actionable
2020
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3. Why do we need
Open Recognition?
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4. “recognition precedes cognition”
Axel Honneth

5. Informal
The informal space is the open space
not yet colonised by the formal space
issued formally recognised informally
issued informally recognised formally (RPL)
Formal
Without informal recognition, any formal recognition would be worthless!
Recognition

6. Informal learning is not an inferior
form of learning, it is learning
Informal recognition is not an inferior
form of recognition, it is recognition

7. Informal learning is not an inferior
form of learning, it is learning
Informal recognition is not an inferior
form of learning, it is recognition
I learn
I recognise
therefore

8. Are we condemned to remain
agents in search of recognition?
Can’t we also be recognised
as recognisant agents?

9. Formal
Non-Formal
Traditional Non-Traditional
Competency
Badges
Micro-Credentials Smart
Badges
Conversational
Badges
Self-Issued Badges
Peer Endorsement
Scout
Badges
(Institution-centred)
Recognition
(Community-centred)
Nano-Diplomas
(Dynamic/Future)(Static/Past)
Badges as launchpads
Dream Badges
Collective Achievement
Badges
Empowerment
Conformance
Inclusion
Enabling
Affiliation
Badges
Achievement
Badges

10. Formal
Non-Formal
Traditional Non-Traditional
Competency
Badges
Micro-Credentials Smart
Badges
Conversational
Badges
Self-Issued Badges
Peer Endorsement
Scout
Badges
(Institution-centred)
Recognition
(Community-centred)
Nano-Diplomas
(Dynamic/Future)(Static/Past)
Badges as launchpads
Dream Badges
Collective Achievement
Badges
Empowerment
Conformance
Inclusion
Enabling
Affiliation
Badges
Achievement
Badges
The centre of gravity of Open
Badge initiatives is within the
conformance quadrant

11. One dire consequence
The increased colonisation of the learning and
recognition spaces by formal education!
Our mission
Decolonise the learning space!

12. Formal
Non-Formal
Traditional Non-Traditional
Competency
Badges
Micro-Credentials Smart
Badges
Conversational
Badges
Self-Issued Badges
Peer Endorsement
Scout
Badges
(Institution-centred)
Recognition
(Community-centred)
Nano-Diplomas
(Dynamic/Future)(Static/Past)
Badges as launchpads
Dream Badges
Collective Achievement
Badges
EmpowermentInclusion
Enabling
Affiliation
Badges
Achievement
Badges
How can we
move it here?
Conformance

13. Formal
Non-Formal
Traditional Non-Traditional
(Institution-centred)
Recognition
(Community-centred)
(Dynamic/Future)(Static/Past)
Dream Badges
Empowerment
Conformance
Inclusion
Enabling
Discovery Badges

14. Exploring the full potential of the new
Open Badges 2.0 specification:
Endorsement
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and beyond!

15. How to make informal
learning visible?
Open
Badges
Open
Endorsements
How to make informal
recognition visible?
Made possible with the 2.0 specification!
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and actionable!

16. How to make informal
learning visible?
Open
Badges2011
Open
Endorsements
How to make informal
recognition visible?2017
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and actionable!
Open Recognition Communities2020

17. Open Recognition Communities
Open Badges
Open Endorsements
Power to the issuers!
Power to the endorsers!
Power to the community!

18. Open Recognition
Communities
Open Badges
Open Endorsements
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Badge Issuing is a service provided to the community
The community defines its policies and rules for issuing recognitions
The community enforces its rules
Communities as a whole can be recognised
Open Recognition Community (ORC)

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A community as a whole can be recognised
Open Recognition Community (ORC)

21. How to implement
Open Recognition
Communities?
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22. Open Recognition Communities
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Extension

23. Badge Issuing is one of
the many services
offered to the Open
Recognition
Communities (ORCs)

24. ORCs can be combined (recognised)

25. Users access services through distributing
their Open Badges in ORCs

26. recognitions Offered
Our Social Capital
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My Social Capital
recognitions Received
Your Social Capital
(Debt)
credit
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27. 27
Recognition Portfolio
1000 Received Credentials Nom ID Issuer Criteria Evidence Picture …
2000 Issued Credentials Nom ID Recipient Critères Preuves Image …
3000 Evidence Nom ID Type … … … …
4000 Products Nom ID Type … … … …
5000 … … … … … … … …
… … … … … … … … …
4000 Products Name ID Type … … … …
4100 Articles … … … … … … …
4200 Presentations … … … … … … …
4300 … … … … … … … …
… … … … … … … … …
General Ledger of Recognitions

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Technology
we trust
in You I trust

29. Improved user experience
More organic
Less individualistic
Easier control of access to personal data
Empowered communities lead to empowered individuals
A kind of Community Backpack

30. And now?
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31. About MIRVA
Facts
Duration: 3 years (ends 08/2020)
Budget: ~450 000 €
Partners: 8
Countries: 6
Partners
1. Espace Mendès France, France (coordinator)
2. European Association for Adult Education, Belgium
3. Forschungsinstitut für Bildungs- und Sozialökonomie (FIBS),
Germany
4. Gear Up, The Netherlands
5. Etablissement Public Local d'Enseignement et de Formation
Professionnelle Agricole de l'Eure, France
6. Open Knowledge Belgium, Belgium
7. CINECA, Italy
8. Mind 2 Innovate, Greece
Objective: Making Informal Recognition Visible and Actionable
Outcomes
O1 - Open Recognition Framework
O2 - Guidelines for Communities & Individuals
O3 - Guidelines for Organisations & Practitioners
O4 - Guidelines for Technology Providers & Clients
O5 - Guidelines for linking informal recognition with Frameworks
O6 - Open Recognition Framework Validation
O7 - Open Recognition Portal and Knowledge Base

32. Open Recognition Framework
The aim of MIRVA, is to study the conditions of an Informal Recognition environment
through the exploration of:
• The potential benefits of Open Endorsement as proposed by the Open
Badge 2.0 specification;
• The conditions (technical, educational, political, etc.) for the successful
implementation of Open Endorsement;
• The services that could emerge from the information generated through Open
Endorsement;
• The mitigation of the risks of poor endorsements practices (e.g. LinkedIn!);
• The conditions for creation of an effective continuum between informal and formal
recognition;

33. Sign the Bologna Open Recognition Declaration
Contribute to the Open Recognition Day
Become a MIRVA /ORA Associate Partner to contribute to / pilot:
Join us at ePIC
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Outcomes
O1 - Open Recognition Framework
O2 - Guidelines for Communities & Individuals
O3 - Guidelines for Organisations & Practitioners
O4 - Guidelines for Technology Providers & Clients
O5 - Guidelines for linking informal recognition with Frameworks

34. Serge Ravet
Reconnaître - Open Recognition Alliance
@szerge
Merci !
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