Badging Digital Literacy Hannah Gore Senior Producer: Social & Syndication

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“Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge…to promote the general wellbeing of the community.” @HRGore

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Launched BOCs February 2015 @HRGore Image courtesy of OpenLearn

What Makes a BOC…a BOC? 8 Weeks in length 3 hours a week 24 hours of learning Test quizzes Weeks 1-3 and 5-7 Badged quizzes weeks 4 and 8 @HRGore Image courtesy of etftrends.com

Why isn’t a BOC a MOOC? No forums No discussion activities No Facilitators No Lead Educator Present No set start date No set end date No set learning pace @HRGore Image courtesy of mindflash.com

BOC’s Now Live Succeed with Maths Part 1 Succeed with Maths Part 2 Succeed with Learning First Steps into Higher Education English Skills for Learning Facilitating Learning Practice Succeed in the Workplace @HRGore Image courtesy of OpenLearn

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Statistics to Date Click through rates to make an enquiry with the OU for formal study are ~29-34% across all BOCs. Existing average click through rate is ~13% on OpenLearn Average completion rate is ~9% which is slightly higher than MOOCs ~5% Satisfaction rates are very high ~98% Learners are willing to share their BOC achievements with their employer or prospective employer ~20-57% @HRGore Data collated 20/05/2015

What the Learners Say… “I found the course [Succeed with Maths Part 1] extremely worthwhile and I will be starting ‘Succeed with Maths Part 2’ straight away” “I am registered with the OU and I am taking BSc (Hons) degree computing and IT Q62 starting in September 2015 and this is an excellent way to brush up some skills” “Excellent experience, great for personal development and confidence” “Overall this was a positive experience and I would like to see other useful free courses become badged as well as the paid for course. Thank you for the opportunity to do something interesting” “I would like to thank the OU for all the hard work, and efforts that have been put into making these online courses free, and also enjoyable! It has really made a difference for me and will be taking more courses up in the near future” @HRGore

What the OU says… Student Services have agreed that BOCs undertaken by OU students will be visible on the online Student Record and in Section 6.1 of the HEAR Discussions are underway to provide all or part of the Access curriculum as BOCs BOCs are actively promoted through the Social Partnerships Network Developed the understanding and practice of Moodle Quizzes BOCs are budgets at £25k each and utilise reuse of content @HRGore

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Digital Literacy BOC Week 1: Your digital life Week 2: Getting up and running Week 3: Your digital identity/footprint Week 4: Staying safe and legal Week 5: Critical assumption Week 6: The right tool for the job Week 7: Digital literacy in your context Week 8: Reflection and self-assessment @HRGore

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Senior Producer: Social & Syndication Hannah.Gore@open.ac.uk @HRGore www.open.edu/OpenLearn @OUFreeLearning @HRGore Image courtesy of elearningnetwork.org