Are employers engaging with Open Badges? This is a question we are often asked and the answer is yes! In this session of the OBN MOOC, Digitalme will explore how badges are being used by employers to help address a variety of employment needs. Join us for interactive webinars and case studies on how badges are being used: to develop talent pipelines; for recruitment and retainment; and for corporate social responsibility schemes. This first session of the MOOC will also include an introduction to the concept of badges, quality considerations for badge initiatives as well as how to design a badge of value. So if you are new to badges, join in to learn how they are being used and how you can start creating your own badge schemes.
You can share your thoughts about the course on the Forum.
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A - What are Open Badges and why would I use them?
Module A is designed for two weeks
- A0 Activity: Your Badge Story
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A1 Activity: Can Open Badges open up employment opportunities?
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A2 Activity: Discover how to get Started Issuing your own Badges
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A3 Activity: Earn your Badge Explorer Badge!
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A4 Activity: Your Badge Story
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B - Who are using badges and how do we ensure quality in badge initiatives?
Module B is designed for two weeks
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B1 Activity: Who is using Open Badges? Siemens’ perspective on badges and quality
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B2 Activity: Find employers who are using badges!
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B3 Activity: Quality Survey on Open Badges
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C - How do I design badges?
Module C is designed for two weeks
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C1 Activity: Designing Badges of Value
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C2 Activity: Create your own Badge with Badge Design Canvas!
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C3 Activity: Get Feedback on your Badge!
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D - Round-up and review of Employers’ Engagement with Open Badges
Module D is designed for two weeks
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D1 Activity: Review of Activity over Past 6 Weeks and SCOT Analysis
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D2 Activity: Create your own badge with Badge design Canvas!
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D3 Activity: Badge the World!
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D4 Activity: Complete your outstanding activities!
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Hi Everybody,
A week has passed since we started this MOOC. Most of you have started to work with he actity A0, which is good. Now I would like to invite you to move forward and work with the other activities:
– If you participated the webinar last Monday, then move to Activity A2
– If you missed the webinar, please move to Activity A1 by listening to the webinar recording, and then to A2.
Once you have finished an activity, please push the green “Complete”, button, so that you can progress digitally as well on the progress bar.
We also invite you to look at your peers’ forum posts and comment on them, it is a good way to get closer to the topic.
We have this whole week to finish all the activities of this first module from A0 to A4, don’t miss the possibility!
Have a nice week,
Dénes
I am progressing quickly.
Hi, I’m sorry, but I’m not sure I’ve understood how we r supposed to preoceed. Should we wait for the first webinar on the 16th and there u will tell us what to do? r we suppose to start filling in the tasks starting now? Could u please clearify that?
Thanks a lot
Tania
Dear Tania,
You can already proceed with Activity A1, as on 16 January, we have a live webinar at 2 PM GMT, 3 PM CET.
http://www.openbadgenetwork.com/course/session-1/lessons/a1-activity-can-open-badges-open-up-employment-opportunities/
Hi,
I’ve tried to access the account in order to be ready for this afternoon, but it doesn’t recognize the credentials I’ve created. I’ve change the password and still it doesn’t work.
Can u help me?
Moreover, in Activity A= I don’t understand how to create the badges to put in the figure of the man. How does it work? Where am I suppose to write my badges or notes? I’ve just got a scheme of a stylized man.
thanks
tania
Dear Tania,
It is too early to enter the AC room. You need to write your name, and choose GUEST. No registration is needed there. Meet you at 3 PM CET!
Dear Tania,
You have to download the PersonaA4.docx template from A0 Activity Related media. Then you have to upload somwhere in the cloud, and share with us. This can be done via the A0 Forum:
http://www.openbadgenetwork.com/forums/topic/a0-activity-your-badge-story/
This comment box is the Session’s overall comment box, and you can not link files here.
I hope I could help.
Dénes
Dear Tania, you can proceed with the Wellcome Activity: A0 🙂
Dénes
Dear Tania
Just enrolled the mooc, hope it’s not too late to participate ?
In our second webinar of the MOOC we are joined by Olivia Whitlam, Corporate Citizenship Manager from Siemens, who will discuss how they have been using badges. They will cover why they chose to use badges, who their badges are aimed at, how they approached developing badges of value and how they consider and approach quality. There will be time for questions and answers.
This webinar provides a useful opportunity to hear directly from a household name employer on why they are using badges and to ask them questions about their experience.
In our third webinar of the MOOC: Designing badges of value.
In this webinar, Digitalme will introduce the Badge Design Canvas and
provide guidance on how to complete the canvas in preparation for this
week’s tasks. There will also be time for questions and answers.
The webinar will be organised in the framework of the next C Module, Activity C1.
http://www.openbadgenetwork.com/course/session-1/lessons/c1-activity-designing-badges-of-value/
We invite you to finish all activities in module B this week.
Our third webinar recording is already accessible. (Activity C1)
Or directly from here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4vvju65ek6/
The recording of our final (fourth) webinar is already accessible from the Activity D1 related media link, or directly from here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4q7dzsfqea/