This document discusses Open Badge Passport, which is a platform for creating ePortfolios using open badges. Open Badges contain information about achievements and competencies that can be shared digitally. Open Badge Passport allows users to build micro-portfolios by collecting and displaying their badges to showcase their skills and qualifications. These badge-based portfolios are searchable, dynamic, and can help users set goals and match their skills to job requirements. The presenter believes Open Badges can motivate lifelong learning by helping users meaningfully document their achievements.

1. Open Badge Passport - reinventing
the ePortfolio with Open Badges
Eric Rousselle
Discendum Oy
AAEEBL Aug. 2nd 2016

2. About Discendum
• Finnish eLearning service developer and provider
• 6 years of experience as an e-Portfolio service
provider (developed on Mahara)
• Developer of Open Badges platforms (Open
Badge Factory and Open Badge Passport)
• Open Badge Passport is a winner of 2015 DML
(Digital Media and Learning Competition)
contest.
• Salava.org: open source community edition of
Open Badge Passport

3. The main idea behind Open Badges standard
openbadges.org/about

4. openbadgepassport.com
What is an Open Badge?

5. What kind of information is contained in an
Open Badge?

6. What kind of information does an
Open Badge contain?

7. Definition of the Open Badges
concept from different perspectives
• An open standard to recognize and make visible
badge earners’ competences, skills and
achievements
• A portable and searchable digital credential with
criteria aligning with competence frameworks
• A validated proof of learning
• A way to monitor, motivate and engage learners
• A learner centric and ”democratic” concept
• Open Badges are connectors supporting social
interaction and communities of practices

9. What can I do with my badges?

10. Two different approaches
• Using Open Badges in e-Portfolios
• Building e-Portfolios from badges

11. Badges in portfolios?

12. Building “micro-portfolios” with
Open Badges?
openbadgepassport.com

16. openbadgepassport.com

17. openbadgepassport.com

18. Potential benefits of portfolios built
from Open Badges?
• Searchable, structured / standardized, dynamic
portfolios easily adaptable to different purposes
(widely recognized badges, competence
frameworks)
• Setting goals and matching requirements can be
easily done with badges (applying for badges
designed by employers, matching portfolios)
• Easy to set up and easy to read!
• Versatile interaction between earners (community
of practices – endorsement – networking –
collaborative learning)
• Learner centric approach

19. Conclusion
“We believe that Open Badges can really
motivate and engage citizens to set up
meaningful and valuable portfolios supporting
life long learning.”

20. If you want to know more!
• http://openbadges.org
• http://www.badgealliance.org
• https://openbadgefactory.com
• https://openbadgepassport.com
• Salava.org (Open Badge Passport community
edition / DML –project)
openbadgefactory.com

21. Thank you!
eric.rousselle@discendum.com
@eric_rousselle