Proceedings of the 2023 conference
Table of Contents
December - 6
Driving questions about Open Badges 3.0 and the new landscape of recognition
Presented by Kerri Lemoie (MIT, Digital Credentials Consortium, USA)
Comparative analysis of European Learner Model v3 and Open Badges v3
Presented by Frans Ward and Ronald Ham (SURF - NLD)
Putting badges into action with Open Badge Passport
Presented by Eric Rousselle (Open Badge Factory - FIN)
Conference welcome: Open Recognition progress and next steps
Presented by Serge Ravet (Reconnaître - FRA) and Don Presant (Learning Agents - CAN)
Scaling Open Badges for credentialing and social development across borders
Presented by Stella Porto (IDB- USA), Elias Ruez (Common Sense - AUT) and Dominic Orr (GIZ - GER)
Moderator: Don Presant (Learning Agents - CAN)
Open Recognition Toolkit (ORT)
Presented by Doug Belshaw (We Are Open Co-op - GBR)
Keynote: How “Show and Tell” unlocks recognition – from my learning journey
Presented by Julie Reddy (University of Johannesburg - ZAF)
Say what?! Micro-credentials can lead to academic credit?
Presented by Susan Forseille (Thompson Rivers University, CAN)
Keynote and Panel: The Digital Divide
(00:00) Building an Online Community to Close the Digital Divide
Keynote: Krystal Rawls (California State University of Dominguez Hills, USA)
Interviewer: Julie Keane (Participate, USA)
(13:40) STARs Aligning: Open Recognition Pathways and the Evolution of Learning, Identity, and Career Progression
Doug Belshaw and Anne Hilliger (We Are Open Co-op, UK/GER)
Noah Geisel (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Kelly Page (LWYL Studio, USA)
Krystal Rawls (California State University of Dominguez Hills, USA)
Julie Keane (Participate, USA)
December - 7
A deep dive into the implementation and impact of the IDB Digital Credential Framework
Presented by Stella Porto (IDB, USA) and Don Presant (Learning Agents, CAN)
Are professional societies the new frontier for the open recognition ecosystem?
Presented by Lenora Knapp ( Knapp & Associates International, USA)
Questioning implicit assumptions for better human-centered design
Presented by Noah Geisel (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Building a quality workforce system
Presented by Jason Tyszko (U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, USA)
Open Badges and skills recognition in Reunion Island
Presented by Samuel Ablancourt (Association AFECT, La Réunion - FRA)
Open Badges in a university context to promote professional integration
Presented by Carla Delépée and Florence Toutain (University of Caen, FRA)
The reception of digital badges by employment policy actors
Presented by Kévin Moisan (Combo77, FRA)
Experience You - AI supporting open recognition
Panel: Jason Tyszko and Phillip Long (US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, USA),
Julie Keane (Participate.com, USA)
Chair: Simone Ravaioli (Parchment, USA)
Growing learning communities through open recognition
Presented by Richard West (Brigham Young University, USA)
Keynote - Benevolence to empowerment: Who are credentials really for?
Presented by Meena Naik (JFFLabs, USA)
Design principles for Learning and Employment Records: Co-designing for equity
Kelly Page (LWYL Studio, USA)
Imagine: Indigenous recognition
Epistemology and EDI in Prior Learning Assessment, Decolonizing Prior Learning Assessment
Presented by Susan Forseille (Thompson Rivers University, CAN),
Justin Young (International Institute for Child Rights and Development - IICRD, CAN) and Sisina Young (CAN)
How Micro Credentials can "do better?"
Presented by Ashleigh Presenger (Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority, CAN)
December - 8
Keynote: The Great Recognition: Leveraging Life and Learning Experiences to Advance the SDGs
Presented by Candy Ho (University of the Fraser Valley, CAN)
Open recognition and badges as a catalyst for progression on the SDGs
Laura Hilliger (We Are Open Co-op, GER)
Proceedings - No Video
Posters
- Quality Assurance – Jeffrey Lehrer
- Quality Label – Sandra Zoomers
- Soft skills recognition – Serge Ravet – NextStep4-sfc
- Reinventing Open Badges – Serge Ravet
- Fumbling Toward an Ecosystem – Don Presant – Learning Agents, Canada
December - 6
- Building an Open Recognition Ecosystem with ORCA – Nate Otto, Skybridge Skills, USA / Serge Ravet, Reconnaître – Open Recognition Alliance, France
- Credential As You Go: Lessons learned, evolving trends – Nan L. Travers – SUNY Empire State University, United States of America
- From hidden to highlighted: How Open CPD’s dual recognition system democratises accreditation for SME training providers in the UK – Marta Kalas – Open CPD, United Kingdom
- The 3M model for integrating research, practice, and policy around microcredentials and Open Badges – Richard West – Brigham Young University, United States of America
- Agile open recognition in Canadian polytechnic education: A BCIT case study – (Paper) – Eric Fry – British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada
- Using open pedagogy, UDL, and ungrading practices to support the Sustainable Development Goals – (Paper) – Andrea Elaine Niosi –Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada
December - 7
- Connecting ePortfolio and online self-assessment: The digital documentation of students’ competence development and reflection via extended ePortfolio work – (Paper) – Stefanie Brunner, Yvette Völschow, Julia-Nadine Warrelmann – University of Vechta, Germany
- The added value of badges for a career in the tourism industry by TUI eAcademy – (Proposal) – David Höbenreich, common sense, Austria / Manuel Ferreira, TUI Care Foundation, UK
- EBSI-VECTOR – a mega pan-European project on Verifiable Credentials for education – (Poster) – Perrine de Coëtlogon – Université de Lille, France
- Clinic – Approaches to Endorsement
- LinkedClaims for Endorsements & Binding Credentials – Phillip Long, Jason Tyszko – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Endorsements: Towards Sustainable Models for Increasing the Value of Digital Open Badges – Laimonas Ragauskas – Badgecraft, Lithuania – (No Deck)
- Storytelling of economic and social development through Open Badges – Stella Porto – Inter-American Development Bank, United States of America
- Le réseau des “Lieux de la Reco” – Building a “Recognition Places” network – Eden Jean-Marie, Juliette Kyburz – Labo CIBC, France
- Clinic: Group wisdom – reframing recognition – Chair: Susan Forseille – (No Deck)
- Co-designing learning and recognition pathways – Nerijus Kriauciunas – Badgecraft, UAB, Lithuania
- De-institutionalizing micro-credential development – Adrian Lipsett, Tannis Morgan – Vancouver Community College, Canada
- Engaging digital badge systems: Hierarchical structures for non-formal learning recognition and social sustainability in university – (Paper) – Ingrida Lescauskiene, Adas Meskenas – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
- Clinic – What do we want to cherish? Re-examining assessment in the collective world – (Proposal) – Nan L. Travers – SUNY Empire State University, United States of America
December - 8
- Mapping the black box of your self: A proposed analytics tool for heutagogy & self-discovery – Justin Mason –Myself, United States of America
- AI for refugees – Simone Ravaioli – Parchment,USA (No Video or Deck)
- Higher Education 4.0: Enhancing lifelong learning opportunities through open recognition and a career and learning pathways service – Gavin Clinch, Carina Ginty, Bridie Killoran – Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
- Scouts Australia: Improving recognition of learning – (Outline) – Jeffrey Lehrer – Scouts Australia
- All learning counts: An Australian high school case study across a whole-of-school digital recognition project – (Paper) – Margo Griffith – Edalex, Australia
- Reinventing Open Badges in light of Open Recognition (and ePIC 2023!) – Chair: Serge Ravet, DOn Presant (No Video or Deck)
