Introduction to Digital Badges

Introduction to Digital Badges

Angela Elkordy

Doctoral CandidateEastern Michigan UniversityCollege of EducationLeadership and Counseling Dept.aelkordy@emich.edu

Oakland Community College, Faculty Showcase, January 2014

Digital promise.

Collaborate -- backchannel:https://todaysmeet.com/DigitalBadgesFollow along: http://wp.me/P32VOA-c9

Participants will: Engage in conversation! (Today’s Meet Link) Understand:

What are “digital badges” History and recent context How digital badges can transform instruction,

add value and transparency in learning environments

Explore View examples of badging systems Where to find additional resources

Goals

What are digital badges?

Where do digital badges “live”? What’s an OBI?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQxEszFeKmk

DML Competition: Digital Badge Development

What is a digital badge?

• A validated indicator of accomplishment …

• A web-enabled token with metadata attached….

• An image with metadata attached …

• Metadata can include information about: • Issuer • Date of Issue• Badge criteria• Date of expiry (if applicable)• Link to digital artifact/product

(evidence of learning)• Link to an image• Other metadata…”standards”

Source: Building Badges for Informal Learning Environments: http://fastapps.hri.uci.edu/files/2423/files/BADGE-workshopsheets.pdf

Track student learning over time

Digital age learners….

Socio-cultural context …

Achievement (specific criteria) Affiliation (belonging) Behavioral Demonstration of specific skills (products) Incremental (toward a goal) Participation (events, classes, meetings) Social capital (mentoring, collaborating,

team building)

Kinds of badges

Measure “new” skills; Differentiate instruction; Communicate expectations; Provide essential formative

feedback; Increase learners’ metacognitive

skills and self-efficacy; Share ideas!

How can I use digital badges?

evidence-based; acknowledge and communicate

skills; flexible; granular; “common assessments;” competency-based; performance based.

Digital badges “of” learning

Blackboard Moodle Learn 9.1 (U of T, San Antonio) Edvance360 Desire2Learn (?)

Digital Badges and LMS

Who’s Badging?Clinton Global Initiative

Spring Beta release

Badgekit from Mozilla http://badgekit.openbadges.org/

Badging in the City: Chicago Summer of Learning

Digital Badging Systems: Passport

Mozilla’s Badge Kit: http://badgekit.openbadges.org/

Understanding by Design What are the learning targets? What kind of products will evidence learning? What kinds of activities and experiences will support mastery

learning? Bonus: instantly reflective! How can I *teach* these concepts

to ensure learning?

Digital badge assessments can align well with the idea of critically looking at learning and mastery of concepts can be evidenced

Digital badges can guide or scaffold learning, leading to greater understanding

Through performance activities, learning is made “visible”

Design for Understanding

Sample badge design

Design Tools

Badges Examples & Ideas

Digital badge webinar: Feb. 6, 2014

TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Getting Started with Digital Badges

DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: Merit badges have gone digital! Digital badges contain information

about who issued a learning challenge, who earned the badge, and the evidence of learning that was

required to earn it. Badges help bridge the gap between formal and informal learning. Participants in this workshop will learn how to make digital badges and how to use them in instruction and assessment.Learn More!

MACUL Pre- Con Session, March 12, 2014

Resources: Digital Badges Pearltrees (http://goo.gl/0SqVWG)

K. Fontichiaro, A. Elkordy, From Stars to Constellations: Digital Badges Can Chart Growth ISTE Leading & Learning, Dec. 2013/ Jan. 2014 http://goo.gl/uqEQKI

K. Fontichiaro, A. Elkordy, Getting Started with Digital Badges, MACUL Journal, Fall 2013, p. 30 http://goo.gl/VlJLlw

Open Badges: http://openbadges.org/ Passport Studio (Digital Badging

Platform): www.openpassport.org Pearltrees Collections of Digital Resources

(curated by A. Elkordy): http://goo.gl/0SqVWG

Resources / Sites:

Thank you! For more information, visit

http://www.badgebox.net/

Or contact Angela Elkordy aelkordy@emich.edu call (734) 494-0640 (Google voice)

Questions?