Open Badges for Employment

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The IQ Network is founded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Federal Ministry of Research and Education and Federal Employment Agency.
OPEN BADGES FOR COMPETENCE RECOGNITION
AND EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION
INSIGHTS FROM THE GERMAN QUALIFICATION PROGRAM
“CREDIT POINTS” FOR MIGRANT ACADEMICS
Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem
Professor in Residence for Digital Media and Diversity
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Credit Points for migrant students with technical degrees
Project in IQ Network Berlin
13th June 2014, EDEN 2014, Zagreb (Croatia)
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Thursday, June 12, 14

OPEN BADGES IN EDUCATION
Learning is changing ...
 Learning extends across multiple contexts, experiences and interactions
 Learning environments become open, networked, distributed, personal, social
 Learners can take multiple paths to acquire competencies and refine skills
but ...
 Much of learning remains undetected or unrecognised in formal accreditation
 Formally recognised learning outcomes represent a tiny fraction of all learning
Open Badges ...
 Help capture and transfer evidence of learning across contexts
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Knight & Casilli, 2012

OPEN BADGES FOR COMPETENCE RECOGNITION
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Informal
learning
Work &
CareerHigher
education
Formal
training
School
education

WHAT IS A BADGE?
A “badge” is a symbol or indicator
of an accomplishment, skill, quality
or interest.”
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Mozilla Open Badges
Erin Knight and Carla Casilli
Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies
© 2012 EDUCAUSE
Badges can be used to:
 Set goals
 Motivate
 Give feedback
 Recognise achievement
 Communicate success

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Online Learning ePortfolio eLearning
Online Gaming Serious Games Social Games
Gamification
micro-assessment

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EXAMPLE: P2P UNIVERSITY
 The Peer 2 Peer University - grassroots open education project
 P2PU allows to organize learning outside of institutional walls

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BADGE MECHANICS: FULFILL CRITERIA AND PLEDGE FOR A BADGE

OPEN BADGES ARE MORE THAN A PICTURE!
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Badge information:
 Images
 Icons
 Banner & title
 Badge text
 Issuer information
 Time stamp
 Award criteria
 Linked documents

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MOZILLA OPEN BADGES MODEL
Issuer
Displayer
Backpack
e.g. Moodle
e.g. Mahara

PROJECT “CREDIT POINTS” AND “BEUTH BADGES”
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Informal
learning
Work &
CareerHigher
education
Formal
training
School
education

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PROJECT “CREDIT POINTS” IS PART OF THE
FEDERAL NETWORK
INTEGRATION THROUGH QUALIFICATION (IQ)
The federal founding scheme „Integration through
Qualification (IQ)“ aims at sustainable
improvement of labour market integration of
migrants in Germany.
The IQ Network is founded by the German Federal
Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF), the German
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) and
the German Federal Employment Agency (BA).

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CREDIT POINTS aims at
improving academic and career
opportunities of migrant
academics with technical degrees.
Each participant co-constructs an
individual qualification scheme
composed of various modules.
The focus is on supplementing
formal qualifications with skills
for job application and work.
http://creditpoints.beuth-hochschule.de/
QUALIFICATION PROGRAM “CREDIT POINTS”

CREDIT POINTS: KEY FACTS
PARTICIPANTS MIGRANT GRADUATES WITH
TECHNICAL DEGREES
Number of participants n = 19 (9 female, 10 male)
Time of qualification October 2013 - Oktober 2014
Type of qualification supplementary qualification
Educational media open badges, ePortfolio, social media
Employment
68% initial unemployment rate
45% current unemployment rate
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RATIONALE FOR OPEN BADGES
IN “CREDIT POINTS”
 Recognise skills and achievements
beyond formal course description
and tests
 Enable learners to communicate
their skills and achievements across
contexts
 Help learners exploit the digital
representations of their unique skills
and achievements for academic and
professional purposes.
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Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Career
Education
Identity
Engineering
Research
Language

BEUTH BADGES MICRO-ASSESSMENT AT SKILL-LEVEL
 Approach 1 “Mastery”
 Identify learning goals to be achieved/mastered by all students and
describe criteria for getting a badge prior to learning.
>>> pre-defined, standardised, predictable
 Approach 2 “Discovery”
 Observe the process and ask stakeholders (teachers, learners, peers) to
identify unique achievements of each individual during learning.
>>> emergent, individual, potential
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BADGE MECHANICS
IN PROJECT
CREDIT POINTS
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ePortfolio
Career sites Project site
Teachers Peers Learners
Resume / CV
accepts

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COLLECTING BADGES IN MOZILLA BACKPACK
Backpack enables to:
 Collect
 Organise
 Select
 Display
 Communicate
open badges from and in
multiple sources/contexts.

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BEUTH BADGES DESIGN FOR MICRO-ASSESSMENT AT SKILL-LEVEL
1. Logo (program)
3. Skill (type)
2. Title (skill)
• Description/document
• Issuer’s details
• Link to e-portfolio
• Metadata, e.g. time stamp
4. Color (module)

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B2 B2+ C1
Understand
Speak
Write
EXAMPLE: LANGUAGE COMPETENCE BADGES

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MEDIA, RESEARCH & CAREER COMPETENCE BADGES (DRAFT)
Media competence module:
• Social media in use
• Online identity
• Online reputation
Research competence module:
• Digital media in research
• Research in teams and networks
• Open science and publishing
Career competence module:
• Job application skills
• Strengths and resources
• Application preparation

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DIGITAL
JOB APPLICATION
WITH VIDEO AND BADGES
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Based on the results of the individual qualification plan, each
participant receives an individual certificate. Certificates
include different types of CREDIT POINTS:
(1) ECTS for completed modules
(2) Badges representing micro-skills
(3) Achievement records in ePortfolios
Certificates and ePortfolios with additional information serve as job application documents.

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CREDIT POINTS
ARE MORE THAN ECTS!
What can a certificate contain?
 List of modules
 ECTS points
 Badges for special skills
 E-Portfolio link for digital
documentation

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THANK YOU!
INFORMATION AND CONTACT DETAILS:
Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 4504 - 5243
E-Mail: buchem@beuth-hochschule.de
Twitter: @mediendidaktik

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