Open AccessOpen Badges for Employee Skill Tracking
Author(s) -
Kyle Clements,
Sam Jackson,
Richard E. West
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of designs for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2159-449X
DOI - 10.14434/ijdl.v11i2.25850
Subject(s) - disk formatting , process (computing) , computer science , tracking (education) , software , knowledge management , multimedia , psychology , pedagogy , programming language , operating system
This case explores the creation of an open badge student-employee training program. Utilizing competency-based learning, we created nearly 40 digital credentials for technical skills related to various software products. We specifically share the decisions we made related to the process of defining competencies, formatting badge criteria, and building a flexible learning system. We also discuss various challenges, including how we motivated employees to participate in the program and unforeseen challenges related to selecting a badge issuing tool.