Recognition and Accreditation of Competencies in 2030: How Different?

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I have always represented competency standards to myself as the maps of a professional territory: a good map should be able to tell you where you are (accreditation of prior learning), what are the possible paths for advancing or changing career (learning and career pathways). But competency maps are not static; they are like the maps of cities constantly reconfiguring, demolishing unused or out of norm facilities, building new roads, new buildings and generating new services. Digital city maps are now also able to display traffic jams, accidents, speed and police controls. To keep all this information updated in real time, digital technologies leverage collective intelligence. They use crowd sourcing. It is what Geographical information systems such as Waze™ (www.waze.com) do. With Waze™, the initial map data were originally collected from scratch by volunteers performing systematic ground surveys using a handheld GPS unit and a notebook, digital camera, or a voice recorder. The data were then entered into the OpenStreetMap database (www.openstreetmap.org). In 2030, competency standards will also use collective intelligence to keep competency maps up-to-date. Just like Waze™ was able to recreate road maps by collecting the GPS data from a crowd, we will be able to create competency maps by exploiting the information recorded in our ePortfolios. We will be able to establish the competency map of a city, a region or a country, thus providing the tools for the citizens, entrepreneurs and policy makers to make informed decisions, having on the one hand the map of all the worldwide competencies (and a visualisation of their dynamic transformation over time and place) and on the other hand the representation of the actual social capital of a given territory. Competency maps will also contribute to the construction of our professional identity. All this will be made possible when competency standards are used to tag every bit of information related to learning, events, documentation, employment, social inclusion, etc. The movement has already started. It is called Open Badges (www.openbadges.org). An Open Badge is a criteria- and evidence-based trust relationship between a badge issuer and a badge recipient. Criteria (or competency), evidence, issuer and recipient are represented in a set of metadata ‘baked’ into a picture, the actual visual representation of an Open Badge . Open Badges are already used to accrediting a wide range of learning outcomes from a simple skill to a full diploma. What makes them unique and powerful is their simplicity, the use of metadata, in particular competency standards, and their trustworthiness. Contrary to a CV that is purely declarative and not verifiable unless examining the original documents, Open Badges are verifiable online, by a person or even a machine.

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Projekt  współfinansowany  ze  środków  Unii  Europejskiejw  ramach  Europejskiego  Funduszu  Społecznego

Recognition and Accreditation ofCompetencies in 2030How Different?

Serge  RavetADPIOS,  EUROPORTFOLIO  

Projekt : Rozwijanie zbioru krajowych standardów kompetencji zawodowych wymaganych przez pracodawców

STANDARDY  KOMPETENCJI  ZAWODOWYCH  INSTRUMENTEM  AKTYWIZACJI  RYNKU  PRACY16.10.2013  r.  Warszawa

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Internet of Things

Social NetworksCrowd Sourcing

Big Data

Mobile Devices

Trust

ePortfolios

Employment

Learning

C o m p e t e n c y S t a n d a r d s

Social Inclusion

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recognise |ˈrɛkəәgnʌɪz|verb [ with obj. ]2 acknowledge the existence, validity,

or legality of: the defence is recognised in

British law | he was recognised as an

international authority.• show official appreciation of; reward formally: his work was recognised by an honorary degree from Glasgow University.

• officially regard (a qualification) as

valid or proper: these qualifications are

recognised by the Department of Education.

accredit |əәˈkredit|verb [ with obj. ] 1 give credit (to someone) for: he was

accredited with being one of the

world's fastest sprinters.2 (of an official body) give authority

or sanction to (someone or something) when recognised standards have been met: institutions

that do not meet the standards will not be

accredited for teacher training.

Recognition Accreditation&

recognise |ˈrɛkəәgnʌɪz|verb [ with obj. ]2 acknowledge the existence, validity,

or legality of: the defence is recognised in

British law | he was recognised as an

international authority.• show official appreciation of; reward formally: his work was recognised by an honorary degree from Glasgow University.

• officially regard (a qualification) as

valid or proper: these qualifications are

recognised by the Department of Education.

accredit |əәˈkredit|verb [ with obj. ] 1 give credit (to someone) for: he was

accredited with being one of the

world's fastest sprinters.2 (of an official body) give authority

or sanction to (someone or something) when recognised standards have been met: institutions

that do not meet the standards will not be

accredited for teacher training.

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Recognition AccreditationFormalInformal

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Maps That Live and Breathe With Data

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Wiki of Competencies

Maps That Live and Breathe With Data

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map we use to plan, record, recognise and accredit our learning

and career journey

How did it happen?

The Rise of Open Accreditation

are digital records of achievements, skills, interests, affiliations or roles

The Rise of Open Accreditation

Open Badges

• Picture

• Criteria url

• Evidence url

• Assertion url

Open Badges?(What about degrees, certificates, diplomas?)

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You can trust me!

Fine, but why should I trust

you?

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him!

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And we trust her

The Rise of Open Accreditation

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Open Credentials

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competency

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knowledge / skills / attitudes

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Collection Granularity

competency

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Granularity

• Recognise competencies acquired informally

• Accreditation of prior learning

• Find potential partners and employees (nearly 12% of Europeans are entrepreneurs)

• Find / be discovered by clients (45% of Europeans want to be self-employed*)

• Find / be discovered by an employer

• Share one's competencies and knowledge across networks

• ...

Open Badges

* Source: 2010 Eurobarometer Entrepreneurship in the EU and beyond

2030• Decaying over time (re-accreditation)

• Awarded by a community (informal recognition)

• ...

Open Badges

Facts &

ePortfolio Revisited

I did this and this in order to achieve this Badge, and I have these pieces of evidence to prove it. My role was:...This is how it connects to my previous knowledge & experience:...

I did this and this in order to achieve this Badge, and I have these pieces of evidence to prove it. My role was:...This is how it connects to my previous knowledge & experience:...

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in real time the actual competencies of a

territory

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actual learning and career paths

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the actual learning and career paths

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trust relationships of recognition and accreditation

Mapping

2030competency standards are systematically

used as metadata to tag everything related to learning, employment and

social inclusion

2030Informal recognition of informal learning

becomes as trustworthy as theformal recognition of formal learning

Open Badges

E m e r g i n gtechnologies & practices

Internet of Things

Social NetworksCrowd Sourcing

Big Data

Mobile Devices

Trust

ePortfolios

Employment

Learning

C o m p e t e n c y S t a n d a r d s

Social Inclusion

Projekt  współfinansowany  ze  środków  Unii  Europejskiejw  ramach  Europejskiego  Funduszu  Społecznego

Serge Ravetserge.ravet@iosf.org, @szerge

www.epforum.eu www.iosf.org www.europortfolio.org learningfutures.eu

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Projekt : Rozwijanie zbioru krajowych standardów kompetencji zawodowych wymaganych przez pracodawców