Session 3 – Open Badges in Higher Education

During the 8 weeks of this MOOC session we will discuss a range of key issues around Open Badge in Higher Education, including use cases, quality assurance, alignment with competency frameworks and policies on higher and open education in Europe and beyond. There will be plenty of examples from practice and interactive activities in which participants can share their ideas and opinions. We have also invited a number of superb guest speakers to share their insights on Open Badges in Higher Education in the four webinars, which will open each of the four modules of the session.

Although this session is specifically dedicated to higher education, anyone interested in the topics (see below) can participate – the OBN MOOC is open to everyone!

Here is an overview of the modules, topics and webinars in the third part of the OBN MOOC:

Module A: Use Cases of Open Badges in Higher Education

• Focus: Use Cases on Open Badges in Higher Education from around the world
• Webinar 1: USE CASES: Wednesday 17 May 16.00 – 17.00 CET
• Guests: The Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU (India), Bestr – the digital platform to value skills through Open Badges (Italy)

Module B: Quality Assurance of Open Badges in Higher Education

• Focus: Quality Assurance including quality criteria and Open Badges Extension for Education
• Webinar 2: QUALITY ASSURANCE: Thursday 01 June 16.00 – 17.00 CET
• Guests: IMS Global Learning Consortium (USA), Nate Otto Concentric Sky (USA)

Module C: Alignment with Competencies for Open Badges in Higher Education

• Focus: Aligning Open Badges with competency frameworks including semantic descriptions of competencies
• Webinar 3: COMPETENCY FRAMEWORKS: time to be announced
• Guests: Prof. Dr. Johannes Konert, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, designer of the Competency Repository for Open Badges

Module D: Policies on Higher and Open Education for Open Badges

• Focus: Policies on Higher and Open Education for Open Badges including policy recommendations and next steps in Europe
• Webinar 4: POLICIES ON HIGHER AND OPEN EDUCATION: time to be announced
• Guests: Joint Research Center of the European Commission