What are Digital Badges?
Kathleen Radionoff Dean of Continuing Education Madison College [email protected] (608) 258-2309
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Digital Badge Definition
An open standard to recognize and verify learning using a rigorous curriculum, clear
learning outcomes and issued by a trusted source.
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{ "uid": "f2c20", "recipient": { "type": "email", "hashed": true, "salt": "deadsea", "identity": "sha256$c7ef86405ba71b85acd8e2e95166c4b111448089f2e1599f42fe1bba46e865c5" }, "image": "https://example.org/beths-robot-badge.png", "evidence": "https://example.org/beths-robot-work.html", "issuedOn": 1359217910, "badge": "https://example.org/robotics-badge.json", "verify": { "type": "hosted", "url": "https://example.org/beths-robotics-badge.json" } }
Metadata standardizes information ensuring that the badge is genuine.
• Name • Description • Issuer • Criteria • Evidence • Standards • Dates: Issue /
Expiration • Keyword tags
(skills)
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Open Badges Simplified
What did they do? Who did it?
Who says they did it?
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Elements of a Quality Badge
• Must come from a recognized brand
• Must have some form of rigor behind it
• Must represent marketable skills
• Should have resume potential
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Madison College Continuing Education Program
• Madison Area Technical College serves more than 44,000 students at 11 locations in portions of 12 counties
• Continuing Education served 14440 during FY12-13 individuals and year-to-date FY13-14 14265
• Broad programming range
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Madison College Non-Credit Badges
Madison College Continuing Education Department is a recognized national leader and expert in the development, design and implementation of rigorous digital badges.
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1st badge in the series to earn the Food Service Management 1 course completion badge.
This image is what the issuer would see.
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The email that the student receives upon earning a badge
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What the student sees upon clicking “view this and your other accepted badges” from the previous
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Sharing Badges Earned
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Instructional Design Plan