Mozilla Foundation

Developing the conceptual blueprints for micro-credential pathways

The Mozilla Foundation works to ensure the internet remains a public resource that is open and accessible to all. We were contracted by the Mozilla Foundation to develop conceptual blueprints for tools and processes that would aid pathways to employment for underpriviledged youth. Informed by research on factors affecting uptake of employment and other positive life opportunities by youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, we created the concept, blueprints and a mobile-first prototype for Open Badge Pathways, to signpost pathways and enable individuals to use digital micro-credentials to progress towards learning and employment opportunities.

Services

Concept creation
Blueprint creation
Research
Concept architecture
User-centred design
UX / UI design
Multimedia design
Wireframing
Models
Approaches
Designs for releasing Trapped & Untapped Value (TUV)

1st

project to create the concept of Open Badge Pathways

Multiple

employees and employers interviewed to chart 'badgeable moments' in career pathways

1

standard developed based on the concept: Open Pathways

Multiple

integrations of concept into digital platforms

"With Open Pathways, badges from any Open Badges compliant platform can be stacked together in alignment with competency frameworks. This enables a pathway to become more than just an infographic - instead becoming a fully portable data object in and of itself."

"The Cities of Learning UK digital platform demonstrators... are based on the concept of badge-based learning pathways...a fully-functioning platform will allow a range of city stakeholders to issue badges that can be collated and linked to opportunities, enabling individuals to discover, take badges and follow pathways to opportunities across the city."

Open Badges Discovery on GitHub

Discovery Pathways UI designs and UX wireframes

2014

Badge Pathways on Badge Wiki

Write-up of the Open Badge Pathways Discovery project on Badge Wiki

2018