Badges for skill recognition and recruiting

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The IQ Network is founded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Federal Ministry of Research and Education and Federal Employment Agency.
E-PORTFOLIO AND OPEN BADGES FOR
EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION
INSIGHTS FROM THE GERMAN QUALIFICATION PROGRAM
“CREDIT POINTS” FOR MIGRANT ACADEMICS
Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem
Professor in Residence for Digital Media and Diversity
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Credit Points for migrant students with technical degrees
Project in IQ Network Berlin
11th July 2014, ePIC Conference 2014, London, UK
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WHAT IS A BADGE?
A “badge” is a symbol or indicator
of an accomplishment, skill, quality
or interest.”
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Mozilla Open Badges
Erin Knight and Carla Casilli
Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies
© 2012 EDUCAUSE
Badges can be used to:
 Set goals
 Motivate
 Give feedback
 Recognise achievement
 Communicate success
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RATIONALE FOR OPEN BADGES
Learning is changing ...
 Learning extends across multiple contexts, experiences and interactions
 Learning environments become open, networked, distributed, personal, social
 Learners can take multiple paths to acquire competencies and refine skills
but ...
 Much of learning remains undetected or unrecognised in formal accreditation
 Formally recognised learning outcomes represent a tiny fraction of all learning
Open Badges ...
 Help capture and transfer evidence of learning across contexts
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Knight & Casilli, 2012
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PROJECT “CREDIT POINTS”
IS PART OF THE FEDERAL NETWORK
INTEGRATION THROUGH QUALIFICATION (IQ)
The federal founding scheme „Integration
through Qualification (IQ)“ aims at
sustainable improvement of labour market
integration of migrants in Germany.
The IQ Network is founded by the German Federal Ministry of
Research and Education (BMBF), the German Federal Ministry
of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) and the German Federal
Employment Agency (BA).
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CREDIT POINTS aims at
improving academic and career
opportunities of migrant
academics with technical degrees.
Each participant co-constructs an
individual qualification scheme
composed of various modules.
The focus is on supplementing
formal qualifications with skills
for job application and work.
http://creditpoints.beuth-hochschule.de/
QUALIFICATION PROGRAM “CREDIT POINTS”
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SYNERGY WITH THE PROJECT “BEUTH BADGES”
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CREDIT POINTS: PARTICIPANTS KEY FACTS
PARTICIPANTS MIGRANT GRADUATES WITH
TECHNICAL DEGREES
Number of participants n = 19 (9 female, 10 male)
Time of qualification October 2013 - Oktober 2014
Type of qualification supplementary qualification
Educational media open badges, ePortfolio, social media
Employment
68% initial unemployment rate
45% current unemployment rate
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RATIONALE FOR OPEN BADGES
IN “CREDIT POINTS”
 Recognise skills, achievements,
successes beyond formal course
description and tests
 Enable learners to communicate
their skills and achievements across
contexts
 Help learners exploit the digital
representations of their unique skills
and achievements for their
professional career.
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Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Career
Education
Identity
Engineering
Research
Language
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 Online Recruiting Trends 2013 (Germany):
→ 9 out of 10 job offers are published online
→ 84% of all job applications are submitted electronically
 Social media as a recruiting channel (Germany):
→ 29% of companies in 2011
→ 74% of companies in 2013
 War for talents and high potentials
→ 90% of HR cannot recognise talents in job applications
→ Missing not formal qualification but generic competences, e.g. intercultural skills
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RATIONALE FOR OPEN BADGES (2): ONLINE RECRUITING
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CREDIT POINTS AS ECTS ON THE LABOUT MARKET?
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Each participant creates an individual record of their
CREDIT POINTS:
(1) ECTS for completed modules
(2) Achievement records in ePortfolios
(3) Badges representing micro-skills
ePortfolios with open badges serve as
additional job application documents.
WHAT ARE “CREDIT POINTS”?
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BADGE MECHANICS
IN “CREDIT POINTS”
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ePortfolio
Career sites Project site
Teachers Peers Learners
Resume / CV
accepts
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“CREDIT POINTS” APPROACH FOR ISSUING BADGES
 Approach 1 “Mastery”
 Identify learning goals to be achieved/mastered by all students and
describe criteria for getting a badge prior to learning.
>>> pre-defined, standardised, predictable
 Approach 2 “Discovery”
 Observe the process and ask stakeholders (teachers, learners, peers) to
identify unique achievements of each individual during learning.
>>> emergent, individual, potential
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BADGE DESIGN PROCESS IN “CREDIT POINTS”
 CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCIES
 SELF-/OBSERVE AND EVALUATE (SITUATED ASSESSMENT)
 DESCRIBE OBSERVED COMPETENCIES (UNIQUE STRENGTHS)
 DESIGN BADGES (PNG, METADATA, CRITERIA, DESCRIPTION)
 VALIDATE BADGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS (EMPLOYERS, PEERS)
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DESIGNING A BADGE ECOSYSTEM
core
modules
elective
modules
ePortfolio
media
mentoring
coaching
praxis
in-company
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BEUTH BADGES FOR MICRO-ASSESSMENT AT SKILL-LEVEL
1. Logo (program)
3. Skill (type)
2. Title (skill)
• Description/document
• Issuer’s details
• Link to e-portfolio
• Metadata, e.g. time stamp
4. Color (module)
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COLLECTING BADGES IN MOZILLA BACKPACK
Backpack enables to:
 Collect
 Organise
 Select
 Display
 Communicate
open badges from and in
multiple sources/contexts.
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B2 B2+ C1
Understand
Speak
Write
EXAMPLE: LANGUAGE COMPETENCE BADGES
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INTEGRATING DIGITAL JOB
APPLICATION AND OPEN BADGES
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CREDIT POINTS
ARE MORE THAN ECTS!
DIGITAL CERTIFICATES:
 List of modules
 ECTS points
 Badges for special skills
 Link to ePortfolio
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DESIGN DECISIONS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- WHAT INFORMATION COMES IN A BADGE?
- WHAT INFORMATION IS RELEVANT TO WHAT EMPLOYERS?
- IS BADGE INFORMATION UNIVERSAL? CAN WE CUSTOMIZE BADGES?
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- HOW TO DISPLAY BADGES IN DIGITAL PROFILES?
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- HOW TO ENABLE INTEGRATION OF BADGES IN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS?
Badge Displayer PlugIn? IFRAME?
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THANK YOU!
INFORMATION AND CONTACT DETAILS:
Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 4504 - 5243
E-Mail: buchem@beuth-hochschule.de
Twitter: @mediendidaktik
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