THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF DIGITAL BADGES TECHBAC - 2014

SKILLS ZONE LEARNING Environment A PERSONALISED EXPERIENCE FOR EACH LEARNER LAUNCH MOVIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFz30A_xBQw&feature=youtu.be

DESIGNED FOR TODAY’S LEARNERS ONLINE, MOBILE & ONE-TO-ONE ENGAGEMENT TO DEVELOP WORKPLACE SKILLS There is an increasing awareness of the need to design and deliver learning in a way that suits today’s young people. City & Guilds is committed to making the best use of new digital platforms to ensure our vocational approach is engaging and inspiring for our learners. TechBac’s® interactive Skills Zone will give learners access to content on-the-go and enable better student/tutor interactions.

+ NEW DIGITAL ASSESSMENT METHODS MOZILLA OPEN BADGES USED FOR WORK READY SKILLS Employers are demanding more dynamic and talented recruits – technical skills are just part of what they want. City & Guilds has worked with industry to understand what additional attitudes and competencies are important and how to recognise them. By using the Mozilla Open Badge framework TechBac® rewards learners who demonstrate these “work ready” characteristics in the form of digital badges. These badges can be easily transported and shared via social media or collected into the Learners CV. +

SKILLS ZONE AS AN ECOSYSTEM DIGITAL LEARNING & ASSESSMENT PLATFORMS There is an increasing awareness of the need to design and deliver learning in a way that suits today’s young people. City & Guilds is committed to making the best use of new digital platforms to ensure our vocational approach is engaging and inspiring for our learners. TechBac’s® interactive Skills Zone will give learners access to content on-the-go and enable better student/tutor interactions. TechBac® SKILLS ZONE provides a variety of learning solutions – E-Learning, Mentoring and Challenges. Within the Skills Portal system, the Tutor awards the Learner their Open Badges for the 7 master skill areas. They do this by using the predefined Skills Criteria as set out by City & Guilds. The Skills Zone combines these Open badge awards with the learner’s activity data from the other ecosystem platforms to create an Online CV. The Learner can then add their own information and endorsements to their CV. TechBac® SKILLS ZONE ECOSYSTEM SKILLS PORTAL MyCV TECHBAC DATA STORE INDUSTRY MENTORS WORKPLACE CHALLENGES

DIGITAL ASSESSMENT & ANALYSIS LEARNER ACTIVITY DATA RENDERED FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCES There is an increasing awareness of the need to design and deliver learning in a way that suits today’s young people. City & Guilds is committed to making the best use of new digital platforms to ensure our vocational approach is engaging and inspiring for our learners. TechBac’s® interactive Skills Zone will give learners access to content on-the-go and enable better student/tutor interactions. Provider Learner & Employer TechBac® Skills Zone collects all the learner’s activity data to create an Online CV that shows their learning within the Skills Zone (including their Open Badges) Skills Zone captures learner activity, including learner progress & engagement. Providers can use this knowledge to personalise their learner’s journey WHAT OTHER SERVICES COULD WE ADD? SKILLS PORTAL MyCV TECHBAC DATA STORE INDUSTRY MENTORS WORKPLACE CHALLENGES