Between the Chapters #22 open credentials & digital badges with @catspyjamasnz

25 Years of Ed Tech

For this Between the Chapters episode, Laura chats with Joyce Seitzinger about all things badged connected to Chapter 22: Digital Badges. In reflecting back to 2015, we have much to say about microcredential, open badges, and what it means to get digital street cred based on a certificate, credential, course, or training. We share how we have been working to upskill with professional credentials as the world of work is changing, and how higher ed might consider what it means to embed badges, training, or certifications related to the skills needed for employment. Maybe badging and credentials offer ways for colleges and universities to have an ongoing, lifelong relationship with learners? Or perhaps we need more partnerships across sectors of work and education?

• I Can See Clearly Now - Covered by the #edtechukestra
• The first 20 hours -- how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU
• Academic Tribe
• The SAMR Model: A Powerful Model for Understanding Good Tech Integration
• Open Badges Australia and New Zealand (OBANZ) community; (not Obans)
• The Future of Jobs Report 2020 from the World Economic Forum
• 7 Things You Should Know About… Digital Badges
• Badges and Credentialing
• Micro-Credentials
• Digital, Verified and Less Open
• Closing the Skills Gap With Digital Badges
• Alternative Credentials: How Can Higher Education Organizations Leverage Open Badges?
• RMIT: Digital Short Courses & RMIT Creds
• Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD)
  • Getting Certified in Learning & Performance with the CPLP
• 2017 Digital Literacy Impact Study [REPORT]
• Open badges | Joyce Seitzinger | TEDxRosalindParkED
• The Future of Work: Technology and Robots and Digital Literacy by Laura Pasquini
• Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra
  • TLDR: Experimenting with Identities @ Work
• Stanford Open Loop University
• Shout out to Girl Guide Badges (#TBT)

Questions to ponder from this open/digital badge conversation:

• How can we collaborate and partner education and industry sectors for credentials?
• What would it look like if particular sectors helped train and credential with badges?
• What are the small pieces that you could break down or give recognition that X competency or skill be met (for a badge)?
• What are the opportunities and limitations, within your own system, of how far digital credentials can actually go? How can we make connections to these credentials?
• What are the systems you need to tap into or can you hook your current training/learning programs into that already offer credentials?

Connect to Joyce’s work at RMIT Online and maybe she’ll badge you.

Would you upskill if you could get a credential easily? How could open/digital badges offer credentials within your teaching/learning practice? Please share -- send us a message or tweet. Podcast episode art: X-Ray Specs by @visualthinkery is licensed under CC-BY-SA. Remix by philippe petitqueux.