Epic's Head of Platforms Mark Aberdour presents 'The use of Tin Can and Open Badges for learning' to a packed seminar at Learning Technologies Summer Forum.

1. The use of
Tin Can and Open
Badges for learning
Mark Aberdour
Head of Learning Platforms

2. Agenda
A shared background
What is Tin Can/Experience API?
What is Open Badges Initiative?
Complementary or competing?

3. A shared
background

4. Learning happens
anywhere

5. Assessment happens
anywhere

6. Very little online learning
happens on the LMS

7. Current learning standards not fit
for 21st century. Enter...

8. Tin Can/
Experience
API

9. What Tin Can API does
Layer 1: Frees us from the obsolete constructs of SCORM
Layer 2: Allows us to record ANY learning experience
Layer 3: Frees learners’ data from the LMS
Layer 4: Enables merging with performance data

10. How Tin Can API works
Tin Can-enabled activities send simple statements to a
Learning Record Store (LRS).
LRS
E-learning Game Simulator Blog YouTube

11. Tin Can statements
Noun Verb Object

12. Healthcare compliance programme
“Jenny completed an
e-learning module
in 21m”

13. “Jenny attended
Palliative Care workshop on
01 April 2013”
Healthcare compliance programme

14. “Jenny viewed
Palliative Care video ”
Healthcare compliance programme

15. “Jenny listened
to team podcast”
Healthcare compliance programme

16. “Jenny attended
mentoring session
on 02 March 2013”
Healthcare compliance programme

17. “Jenny passed
Palliative Care
Compliance Course
on 02 April 2013”
Healthcare compliance programme

18. Activity streams

19. Merge with performance data

20. Merge with performance data

21. Merge with performance data

22. Challenges
Unreliability
of self
reporting
Privacy and
ethics
concerns
Data
correlations
should not
be taken at
face value

23. Improving the learning
experience
Data
collection
standard
Learning
analytics
Learning
Engagement
Retention
Recruitment

24. LMS support

25. Authoring tool support

26. Tin Can summary
Track the learning experience, not just outcomes
Track learning from anywhere
Activity streams of learning activities
Free user data from software lock-in
Learning analytics to improve the learning experience

27. Open
Badges
Initiative

28. Visual representations of
achievements, learning, skills, interests,
competencies
Capture learning path
Signal achievements
Reward and motivation
Capture non-traditional skills
Personal reputation and identity building
Community building

29. Source: onlinecollege.org

30. Source: Kyle Bowen / Purdue University

31. Earner
Employee
Student
Event attendee
Badges in multiple systems
Exported to Backpack

32. Issuer
Employers
Colleges and universities
Distance learning
organisations
Conference organisers
Adult education classes
Free online courses

33. Displayer
Learning Management
Systems
Personal blogs
Social networks
Job sites

34. Created by organisations
Target a specific set of skills
Potentially a complex
hierarchy
Created by communities
Developed through
community narrative
Focus on what is important
to them
Top down
badge
systems
Bottom up
badge
systems

36. Open Badge summary
Track learning outcomes and achievements
Badge system will track achievements over a curriculum
Exportable to public Backpack
Accreditation/endorsement lends weight

37. Complementary
systems

38. Track learning experiences
Detailed, granular activities
Connect to LRS for data
storage
Insight into learning paths,
performance improvement,
trend analysis
Learning analytics – improve
the learning experience
Track learning outcomes
Higher level achievements
Connect to Backpack for
visualisation of skills
Insight into curriculum pathways
Tin Can API Open Badges

39. epiclearninggroup.com