Carpe Diem MOOC 10th March – 17th April

Badges in the Carpe Diem MOOC

Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2014

Dr. Kulari Lokuge Dona

Prof. Janet Gregory

Prof. Gilly Salmon

Dr. Ekaterina Pechenkina

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Swinburne University of Technology

Digital BadgesAre symbols of…

Participation

Contribution

Recognition

Achievements

Examples

Peer to Peer University (P2PU)

Mozilla Foundation

Khan Academy

Five-Stage Model

Carpe Diem MOOCCarpe Diem Learning Design

Process

Groups

Badges

Social Media

CARPE DIEM

PROCESS

1. Blue Print

2. Storybo

ard

3. E-tivity

Creation4.

Reality Checkin

g

5. Review

and Adjust

6.Plannin

g

The Carpe Diem Process

Website for Carpe Diem handbook and papers: www.gillysalmon.com/carpe-diem

Week 6

Week 1

Week 4

Week 5

Week 3

Week 2

Look & Feel

Badge

Storyboard Badge

Create e-tivity Badge

Reality Checker Badge

Action Plan

Badge

Carpe Diem MOOC: Badges

Badges awarded

2.2: Look and Feel 3.1: Storyboard 4.1: Create an E-tivity

5.1: Reality Check 6.1: Action Plan Carpe Diem Badge

Collaborating in Small Groups &

Earning Badges

Collaboration InformationSharing

KnowledgeCreation Application

Online Activities

Verification and Validation

Participation

Submission

Evaluation by MOOC moderators

Numbering and pacing & sequencingTitlePurposeBrief summary of overall taskSparkIndividual contributionDialogue beginsE-moderator interventionSchedule & TimeNext

Template for Creating E-tivities

Marking Made

Manageable

Template for Reality Checking

• First Impression• How easy to navigate• Is it clear what you are supposed to

do? Describe any issues.• List two features of the e-tivity you

found enjoyable or effective.• How would you improve the e-tivity?• Overall Comments

Marking Made

Manageable

Carpe Diem MOOC: Participation Data

Survey (N=155) : Gender Distribution

Survey (N=155): Level of Education

14% 8%78%

Bachelor Degree

Post Graduate

Other

FindingsOut of 1029 participants who commenced the CD

MOOC

Earned the first badge Earned all the badges Earned MozillaOpen Badge

30.7% 17% 17%

Badge Completion RatesLook and Feel

Storyboard

Create an e-tivity

Reality Checker

314

209

189

181

183 Action Plan

Mozilla Open Badge 181

Carpe Diem MOOC: Completion Rates

No. of Participants registered1426

No. of participants started1029

No. of Participants – earned all the badges181 (17.3%)

No. of participants accessing course at the end335 (23%)

Badges: Quotes from survey

“[A badge] keeps you on track to actually complete things and keeps you a bit more committed and motivated.”

Badges: Quotes from survey

“I felt the badges were a good method to push me into doing what was needed to study the subject matter.”

Badges: Quotes from survey

“I think we all have a competitive streak in us and that we want to be rewarded is a basic psychological need. There is a satisfaction in the knowledge that you are actually doing well and that’s a confirmation of that.”

Survey results: “Did you enjoy earning

badges?”Response %(Strongly) Agree 74.4

Neither Agree Nor Disagree 18.5

(Strongly) Disagree 7.1

Survey results: “Would you use badges in

your practice?”Response %Yes 72.4

No 13.8

Answer not given 6.9

ReferencesCarpe Diem is based on original research by Prof Gilly Salmon at the Universities Glasgow Caledonian, Bournemouth and Anglia Ruskin. It was developed further at the Universities of Leicester, Southern Queensland, Northampton and Swinburne University of Technology.

See E-tivities 2nd Edition 2013 www.e-tivities.com Chapter 5 gives full details of Carpe Diem.

Web site for Carpe Diem, handbook and papers : www.gillysalmon.com/carpe-diem

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