Soft Skill Development Using Open Badges
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The document discusses the development of soft skills using open badges, emphasizing their importance in the workforce and educational settings. It highlights a gap in soft skills among graduates and proposes an open badge system to recognize and motivate students in this area. The authors outline the design process for these badges and future research considerations related to their implementation and effectiveness.
Soft Skill Development Using Open Badges
- 1. Soft Skill Development Using Open Badges Casey D. Wright Daniel L. Randall BYU Image by photosteve101. Used under CC BY License. #UtahATD
- 2. The Need for Soft Skills Image copyrighted by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Used under the laws governing Fair Use of copyrighted material. Girls only like guys who have skills! – Napoleon Dynamite
- 3. “Personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.” -The Oxford Dictionary (2013). Soft Skills Defined Image by thetaxhaven. Used under CC BY.
- 4. “Personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in many other domains.” (Heckman and Kautz, 2012, p. 451). Soft Skills Defined Image by Kevin Dooley. Used under CC BY.
- 5. 202 out of 460 executives feel that soft skills is where the biggest gap in workforce skills are (Adecco Staffing, 2013). ID Professionals spend 35% of their time engaged in soft skill activities versus 30% in actual design work (Cox & Osguthorpe, 2002). Other Soft Skills 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Soft Skill Activities Instructional Design PercentageofTimeSpent Time Spent as ID Professional Why Soft Skill Badges?
- 6. Graduate Program Description • Learning outcomes to develop soft skills in graduate students. • Display skills gained. • A lot of energy has been placed on developing our design skills but more needs to be done to develop soft skills. IDT
- 7. • Concrete evidence • Evidence-based outcome • Professional development Why Soft Skill Badges? IDT
- 8. What are “Open Badges”? Images from OpenBadges.org
- 9. Merit Badges and Digital Badges Boy Scout Merit Badges Digital Badge - Acknowledge accomplishment - Display skills gained - Motivation - Enable feedback/teaching from adult mentors Typically not sharable - Acknowledge accomplishment - Motivation - Gamification - Enable feedback on specific skills -
- 10. Open Badges Open Badges Webmaker Open Badges - Uses Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) - Criteria and Evidence links - Display badges via web - Motivation Awarded Automatically - Display skills gained - Motivation - Gamification -
- 11. Mozilla Backpack
- 12. Backpack Collection Multiple collections can be created. Collections can remain private or can be made public and shared.
- 14. Design of Open Badges for Soft Skills Image by Jordanhill School D&T Dept. Used under CC BY.
- 15. Mozilla’s Webmaker badges plan used the “constellation” concept in which smaller badges are earned and added together to receive a higher level badge. Badges image adapted from the Mozilla Open Badges Project. Retrieved from http://erinknight.com/post/29830945702/webmaker-badges on 11/9/12. Early Badge System by Mozilla
- 16. Google Sites Personal Tech Choice 1 Choice 2 Choice 3 IPT EdTec Badge System Student selected Internet Communication Technology Student selected Multimedia Technology Student selected Personal Technologies Additional Concepts Mobile Learn Internet Safety Copy right iMovie Lower level badges are not issued for these projects Project level badge not issued for these additional concepts Educational Technology Course Level Badge Project Level Badge Lower Level Badges
- 17. IDT Badge System
- 18. idt.wix.com/home (Prototype) Official Site Coming Soon (LearnTech.org)
- 19. Project Management (Brill, Bishop, & Walker, 2006)
- 20. Professional Communication (Brill, Bishop, & Walker, 2006)
- 21. Possible Solution 5) Badge Issued: If accepted, results of evaluation reviewed by administrators who issue badge. 4) Review: Documentation and checklist evaluated. Based on rubric, a recommendation to accept or reject. 3) Rubric Completed: All parties submit requested information (checklist, other documentation). 2) Contact: Dept. secretary contacts nominee, supervisor, and a peer to request evidence via checklist. 1) Nominate: Student (self), peer, or faculty begins process by submitting nomination form
- 22. Badge Issuer Available on Github msedev/badges
- 23. General Soft Skills Design Process Other -Project Management -Professional Comm. - Teamwork/Collaboration* - Any others?* - ADDIE - Agile - CPS* - Design Thinking* - TRIZ* - Any others?* - Fluid Intelligence* - Diversity understanding* - Psychological capital?* - Business ethics?* - Any others?* *In progress or planned Available Badges IDT
- 24. Future Design Iterations • Produce meaningful badges. • Scaling assessment. • Maintaining accuracy of rubrics and tutorials as tools evolve and change. • Creating a smart dashboard management tool for people to log in and track their progression on badges (ala Khan Academy). IDT
- 25. Future Research Considerations • Employer perception of open badges? • What populations can best be served by soft skill badges? • Student motivation. How many students will go above and beyond to earn badges? extra badges? Post-class badges? IDT
- 26. Casey D. Wright – casey.wright@byu.edu Daniel L. Randall – dan.randall26@gmail.com Coming soon: TechLearn.org Contact us with Questions Thank You#UtahATD
Editor's Notes
- #6: Evidence that soft skills are important and that a way to credentialize them would be useful.
- #7: A lot of energy has been placed on developing our design skills (work of Drs. Gibbons, Rich, and West). More needs to be done on developing the soft skills of our graduates. Also recognition of said skills.
- #20: Project management rubric here.
- #22: Project management rubric here.
- #24: Credit Union owner/operator conversation about Excel