{"id":1662,"date":"2022-07-01T14:15:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:21:58","slug":"blueprints-for-digital-badge-pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ardcairn.world\/Staging\/blueprints-for-digital-badge-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing the conceptual blueprints for skills credential pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1662\" class=\"elementor elementor-1662\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30973f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30973f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a6b3e7d\" data-id=\"5a6b3e7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73e9dd1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73e9dd1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mozilla<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf49562 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cf49562\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conceptualising and blueprinting digital badge pathways<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dfc251e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dfc251e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35d3e32c\" data-id=\"35d3e32c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac76d9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ac76d9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color\">\t\t\t\t<p>The <a draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/foundation.mozilla.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mozilla Foundation<\/a> has played a pivotal role in shaping the world-wide web. Ardcairn founder, Grainne Hamilton, was contracted by the Mozilla Foundation in 2014 to work with the team that created the Open Badge standard (that is credited with seeding the skills credentials movement) to conceptualise and develop blueprints for tools and processes that would aid pathways to employment for underpriviledged youth.<\/p><p>Conducting research on factors affecting uptake of employment and other positive life opportunities by youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, the team created the concept, blueprints and a prototype for Digital Badge Pathways. The blueprints demonstrated how career pathways could be signposted by employers and how individuals could use digital badges that recognised learning they had gained anywhere and at anytime, to follow pathways towards learning and employment opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-736eaf57\" data-id=\"736eaf57\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-601fdc06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"601fdc06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Services<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc1e171 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dc1e171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-custom-size bb-elementor-custom-line-height\">\t\t\t\t<p>Conceptualisation<br \/>Blueprinting digital innovation<br \/>Skills visibility<br \/>Research<br \/>User-centred design<br \/>UX \/ UI design<br \/>Wireframing<br \/>Models<br \/>Releasing Trapped &amp; Untapped Skills (TUS)<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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