C’est avec un immense honneur que je vais présenter une conférence TED lors de la 3e édition de TEDx Laval le 23 mai 2018 prochain.
Pour ceux qui me connaissent et suivent mes péripéties depuis plusieurs années, vous ne serez pas étonné que mon sujet sera autour des badges numériques, mais mis dans une perspective de changement important de nos sociétés.
Sous la thématique : Liens et ancrages voici une courte description de ma conférence.
Badges pour l’espace : La nouvelle frontière pour l’humanité
Pour que l’humanité devienne multiplanétaire et se rende un jour sur Mars, il faut innover et prototyper les solutions technologiques et sociales sur Terre. Pour que tous y jouent un rôle, il est nécessaire de numériser les compétences et les parcours d’apprentissage par l’usage des badges numériques. L’aventure des nouveaux écosystèmes d’apprentissage ne fait que commencer!
Puisque c’est un TED Talk, il y a une mécanique et des conditions très précises à respecter. Par exemple, la conférence ne doit pas dépasser 17 minutes, doit être inspirante et personnel. L’ensemble des 8 conférenciers de cette édition ont de l’accompagnement et du coaching pour bien se préparer.
The race is well underway and SpaceX breaks the price.
(start time at 21:00)
Two scenarios as soon as man sets foot on Mars before 2025: 1) we discover that it is possible to terraform the planet to live in colonies and the adventure starts, 2) we realize that our little blue planet is fragile and that we must unite our forces as humanity to take care of our mother planet. That we must transform ourselves so that the climate is harmonious and that all can contribute and play a role in the adventure.
The Problem
We are not at all prepared for both scenarios. Going into space is very demanding, adapting to even more climate changes. Challenges are multiple, such as the robotization of work, the scarcity of resources, the concentration of wealth, social inequalities, and they are a brake on the innovation of mankind.
« There is no guarantee that humanity will transcend this new frontier of being a multiplanetary species » Elon Musk
The world of education and our linear structures and silos of learning do not allow us to adequately develop skills and skills to accomplish the titanic tasks before us. In fact, we do not know what people know how to do or want to do, much less what will need to be done in the future.
The challenge
Since the speed of technological innovation, practices and social relations is evident, it is necessary to build learning ecosystems that allow the actors (academic, labour and social) to be interconnected in order to develop coherent learning paths.
To do this, we must radically innovate in the way we think about the skills, roles and modes of governance between the actors (public, private, citizen). Also, we have the opportunity to be connected between us via the Internet like never before, work together.
The solution
Digital badge technology must be used to capture, digitize, validate and communicate all skills and experiences. They must be developed according to the Open Badges standard so that the metadata is open and linked (LOD). Digital badge systems are used to manage, map and connect learning to the world of work.
For more than 2 years, I work as an entrepreneur and researcher in the universe of digital badges. Here is a short presentation video of the digital badges (French):
To accelerate innovation and adoption of digital badges, we must develop solutions in artificial intelligence to automate interorganization and intercontext learning pathways, for the detection of key players in industrial sectors, to support active pedagogy and personalize learning.
The Open Pathways standard is being developed via the Badgr project and addresses this major challenge of interconnecting learning paths and roles (jobs). Here is a video of Wayne Skipper, CEO of ConcentricSky, who explains the uses of this new standard.
Thus, during this Cooperathon 2017, I would like to create a prototype application with artificial intelligence to test the discovery of profiles with various sources (social media, databases), propose personas and, on the other hand, to identify the most relevant actors in the industrial sector to implant the digital badges and accompany them in their interconnection.
Artificial intelligence solutions to automate learning pathways, certify skills and recognize experiences, and interconnect ecosystem actors to become a multiplanetary species.
We are looking for enthusiasts, experts and programmers in the platform and artificial intelligence, human resource management and educational innovation.
Organizers from the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Beyond the Bell program also took on the difficult task of connecting students’ summer learning achievements with their school records. Their staff and administrators worked with badge-issuing community organizations to ensure the criteria and evidence for the badge activities were good measures of the skills and knowledge acquired. The staff also offered badging training to these organizations, teaching them how to design and create robust badges, as well as how to assess student output and navigate the LASOL web site.
De plus, au niveau du financement, le modèle est celui des partenariats public-privé-organismes communautaire.
The program is a partnership of public, private, and non-profit partners, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., The California Endowment, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The California Endowment donated $200,000 and JPMorgan Chase contributed $500,000. – Source
Montréal, ou une autre ville d’assez grande envergure comme Québec, Longueuil, Sherbrooke, devrait très certainement aller de l’avant avec une telle initiative.
