All about badges

(in 20 minutes or less)

Badges from MoodleBadges.com licensed under Creative Commons

digital badge

an online representation of a skill or achievement

open badges

an open technical standard anyone can use to create, issue, and verify digital badges

Badge Alliance: Why Badges: http://www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/

Mozilla Open Badges: http://www.openbadges.org/

Imagine that...

  • your skills and competencies could be captured more granularly across different contexts (formal and informal)
  • evidence of your skills could be collected and associated with your online identity (blogs, eportfolios, websites)
  •  you could discover relevant opportunities and craft your own learning pathways based on your own interests, at your own pace

 

  • you could present a more complete picture of yourself to key stakeholders: employers, mentors, peers, collaborators

Mozilla Foundation and Peer 2 Peer University, in collaboration with The MacArthur Foundation (2012). Open badges for lifelong learning [White paper]. Retrieved from https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/5/59/OpenBadges-Working-Paper_012312.pdf

Enter....Badges!

 

Bull, B. (2014, Sept. 4). 15 Reasons Why People are Using Digital Badges. Retrieved from: http://etale.org/main/2014/09/04/15-reasons-why-people-are-using-digital-badges/

Emerging research on primary functions

Intended practices for badge systems include:

  • Recognizing learning (that may not be otherwise visible)
  • Assessing learning (awarding credentials for achievement, often leveled or cumulative, often used with eportfolios)
  • Motivating learning (increase engagement, encourage participation, can be linked to privileges or reputation)
  • Studying learning (emerging research and evidence on the impact of digital badges on learning)

Design Principles Documentation Project: http://dpdproject.info/

How do you make them?

What are they made of?

* badge name

* description URL

* badge criteria

* badge image

 

 

 

* issuer

* date

* recipient

* alignment (standards)

* evidence URL

- a digital image

- with metadata "baked" in

Criticisms, challenges...

  • Extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
  • Gamification skepticism
  • Trust, rigor, validity
  • Trivial, juvenile

Casilli, C. (2012). Mozilla Open Badges: building trust networks, creating value. Retrieved from: http://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/mozilla-open-badges-building-trust-networks-creating-value/

 

Hickey, D. (2014, Aug. 5). Of Course Alfie Kohn Dislikes Open Digital Badges: Transcending a 40-Year Old Debate. Retrieved from: http://remediatingassessment.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/of-course-alfie-kohn-dislikes-open.html

 

 

Who's using them?

Showcasing Co-curricular:

Considerations:

  • Value proposition (why earn the badge?)
  • Who is it for?
  • What skills/behaviours does it represent or encourage?
  • Criteria (what do you need to do to earn it?)
  • Evidence (what artefacts or information?)
  • Who awards it?
  • Who endorses or recognizes it?
  • Will it be cumulative or part of a larger badge system?
  • Institutional policy implications?

Mozilla Badge System Design Worksheet: bit.ly/:badge_design_worksheet

Digital Me. Badge Canvas. http://www.digitalme.co.uk/assets/pdf/DigitalMe-Badge-Design-Canvas.pdf

 

KPU's Badge Pilot

"I Cite My Sources"

KPU Library Online Plagiarism Tutorials: http://libguides.kpu.ca/plagiarism

Moodle badge link:

* Badge is displayed in students' Moodle profile ( & Mozilla backpack if they choose).

Thanks!

 

Meg Goodine (meg.goodine@kpu.ca)

Manager, Learning Technology

Teaching & Learning Commons

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

For more information about badges, visit the Reconnect Learning website

 

All about badges

By Meg Goodine

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All about badges

Originally created for presentation to the KPU Student Services and Leadership team, March 17, 2015. Updated Dec. 1, 2016

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