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Description
Tweet length: the “recognition mission” of the badge. Required.
Criteria
How does someone earn this badge? What learning activities? What assessment? How much effort? Be as clear and transparent as possible. Required.
Type of recognition?
One or more of (circle which apply):�
Tags
1-5 words that may help classify the badge. Optional.
Required badge info
Expiration
Should it expire? Does it require renewal? In months. Optional.
Alignment
Does it align to a framework such as Essential Employability Skills? Optional.
Issuer Perspective
Which part of your institution is issuing the badge? How will this help them?
Earner Perspective
What is the target group? How will this help them?
Viewer/Consumer Perspective
Who will want to evaluate this badge and its earner? How will this help them?
Endorsement
Can another organization endorse this badge? Why? Formal or informal. Optional.
Badge image
Multiple languages
Should the badge info also be in French? An indigenous language? Another language?
Optional badge info
Background badge thinking...
Badge Canvas View
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Write a badge name on the label. Required.
A simple image in the white space. Required.
CanCred by Learning Agents via DigitalMe Open Badge Design Canvas, �Jisc Open Badges Design Toolkit, Serge Ravet's Canevas délaboration �& Badge Alliance Badge System Design Template
2022-02-16
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Design Challenge?
What challenge is your table addressing?
Solution?
How will you meet the challenge?
Analysis
Use any or all of the topics below to analyze your solution. Add your own topics as needed.
Portable recognition?
How does your solution authentically support recognition across silos?
Players?�Who should be on the team? Within your organization? Other organizations?
Collaboration and co-creation or separate solitudes?
How will you work with the other players?
Agility, scalability, sustainability?
How will you grow and sustain your solution?
Blockers?
What are the barriers? What issues are we not talking about? How will you get past them?
Drivers?
Why will it work? Why does it HAVE to happen?
Additional notes
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“Step”
Badge Name
Pathways View
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Copy and build as appropriate. Be creative!
Milestone
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Cluster
Sequence
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Milestone
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Nested Milestones
Super
Milestone
Badge Name
Course
Placement
Assessment
Achievement
Electives (e.g. 2 of 4)
Sequential Program
Some step options
Certification
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Design Challenge - “Hard” Speciality Skills
Design a badge system to enhance a college program by developing and recognizing specific technical and other domain-specific skills that may be of interest to a sector or particular employers within the sector.
Design Challenge - Mid Career Transition
Design a badge system in partnership with a large employer or industry organization that can help workers in transition “ladder” into a new sector.
(Option: design these credentials with no initial academic credit but standardize them so they can become flexible components in future assemblies of targeted evidence packages for academic credit via PLAR/RPL. What would make these badges easier to PLAR?)
Design Challenge - International Students
Design a badge system for international students that improves their opportunities for employment working between academic terms and their eventual transition to the workforce.
Design Challenge - Work Integrated Learning
Design a badge system that supports the development, evaluation and recognition of employability skills in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programs as apprenticeships, internships, co-ops or other forms of work placement.
Design Challenge - Faculty Onboarding & CPD
Design a badge system that supports flexible faculty development to support skills and knowledge development. Should support flexible learning pathways, individual reflection and socialization as much as possible.
Design Challenge - Workforce Adjustment
Design a badge system that will help workers transition from a sector or large employer being downsized.
Design Challenge - Immigrant Integration
Design a badge system for recent immigrants that integrates development, assessment and recognition of language skills, qualifications recognition, employability skills and/or work experience to improve their integration into the workforce.
Design Challenge - Employability Skills
Design a badge system that will help students develop and demonstrate the human soft skills that will help them adapt and succeed in the 21C workplace.
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Design Challenge - College-Wide Learning Outcomes
Design a cross-curricular badge system that authentically recognizes and leverages College-Wide Learning Outcomes or Program Learning Outcomes as employability skills to improve student transition from education to the workforce.
Design Challenge - Credit-capable badges
Design a badge system that can be credit-bearing. You may choose to build credit in from the start, or make it PLAR-able at a later date. How would you do this? What are the pros and cons of doing this in your institution?
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Design Challenge - TBA
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Design Challenge - Co/extra-Curricular Learning
Design a badge system captures, evaluates and recognizes co-curricular and/or extra-curricular learning as a way to develop employability skills to improve student transition from education to the workforce. This may leverage College-Wide Learning Outcomes or broader employability skills frameworks.
Design Challenge - Access for underserved populations
Design a badge system that helps a targeted underserved population transition to post-secondary education and/or the workplace. The system should balance accessibility and respect for the individual with authentic and robust assessment/development/recognition of “college-ready” or “work-ready” skills.
Design Challenge - TBA
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Design Challenge - TBA
Design Challenge - Applied Research
Design a badge system that supports the development, evaluation and recognition of technical and employability skills of students and/or employer partner staff in an Applied Research program.