1. Badges. Skills. Learning.
A high level overview of emerging
badge use cases and technology.
OSTP Presentation - May 12, 2011
Mark Surman - Mozilla

2. badges:
1. examples
2. opportunity
3. experiment

3. badges:
visual representations
of a skill or achievement

4. badges:
1. examples
2. opportunity
3. experiment

5. example: scouting may be the first
example that comes to mind

6. example: more and more, we see badges
representing achievements on the web

7. example: sometimes these badges are
just for fun or social status

8. example: but increasingly the skills are real,
based on online tasks and work

9. example: but increasingly the skills are real,
based on real online tasks and work

10. example: but increasingly the skills are real,
based on real online tasks and work

11. example: can combine technical and social,
both of which employers are looking for

12. example: ... and sometimes
willing to pay for > jobs

13. example: mozilla also experimenting with badges,
which got us thinking about ...

14. badges:
1. examples
2. opportunity
3. experiment

15. badges:
if many orgs issued
and recognized badges

16. badges:
learners could show
skills gained in many places

17. badges:
educators could engage
learners in innovative ways

18. badges:
employers could easily find
people with web era skills

19. ?

20. what’s needed for people
to take badges seriously?

21. how do you validate and
prove that badges are legit?

22. what does success
look like in 3-5 years?

23. badges:
1. examples
2. opportunity
3. experiment

24. open badges:
open approach to testing
badge concepts in the wild

32. open badges idea:
many players test badges,
benefits flow to learners

33. dml competition:
bring in more people +
ideas, chance to learn

34. Badges. Skills. Learning.
A high level overview of emerging
badge use cases and technology.
OSTP Presentation - May 12, 2011
Mark Surman - Mozilla