A very brief overview of digital badges Markus Forsberg Collaboration Center Manager
What is a digital badge? • Generic term for digital certificate displayed in a badge format • Basic idea from military and scouts for recognizing achievement • ≠ Certification
Open Badges • Standard for badges • Specifies format, means of verification, and metadata
Why badges? 1. Recognition of achievement 2. Transparency and easy information access: description and criteria 3. Verifiable 4. Shareable 5. “Aggregatable”
What are badges used for? • Credentials: – Certifications, certificates, degrees • Course completion • Non-academic achievements • Etc.
What are badges used for? The Open Badges standard has nothing to say about content or issuers
Common problems • “Badge inflation” • “Over-gamification” • Only as good as what’s behind it!
How do I issue one? Standalone issuing platforms: CMS/LMS integrations:
For example…
Modular certification program for critical humanitarian competencies
Certifications 1-3 (launched in April 2017) Understanding the Humanitarian Ecosystem (UHE) International Legal Frameworks for Humanitarian Action (ILFHA) Applying Humanitarian Principles in Practice (AHPP)
Verifiable à or URL
Shareable: Email
Shareable: Facebook
Shareable: LinkedIn
Aggregate
To keep an eye out for… • Implementations of Open Badges 2.0 • Humanitarian Leadership Academy/”Humanitarian Passport Initiative” badging platform
Thank you! Markus Forsberg Collaboration Center Manager mforsberg@phap.org
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