1. RETHINKING REWARDS IN THE DIGITAL AGE Managing an Ecosystem
of Digital Badges Jaime M Goldman
2. PART I INTRO TO DIGITAL BADGES Introduction to Digital
Badges webinar originally presented on September 17, 2014 is
available online at:http://tinyurl.com/flwdigitalbadges1
3. WHAT ARE BADGES? http://openbadges.org/
4. BADGES The badge is not the reward the accomplishment is!
Earn badges when you achieve something and display them proudly
Badges communicate the value of what you learned A way to organize
and recognize learning Have you ever earned a badge before?
Scouting Military Gaming Social Media
5. WHAT ARE DIGITAL BADGES? Digital badges are a powerful new
tool for identifying and validating the rich array of people's
skills, knowledge, accomplishments, and competencies. Digital
badges inspire new pathways to learning and connect learners to
opportunities, resources, and one another.
6. THE OPEN BADGE MOVEMENT
7. WHY DIGITAL BADGES?
8. DIGITAL BADGES PROS/CONS Autonomy Interest-driven learning
(motivation) View progress directly & visually Individual
feedback & improvement Recognition Engaged learners Verify
skills Procrastination (self-paced learning) Extrinsic motivator
that competes with intrinsic motivation for accomplishment &
mastery (is reward desirable?) May not motivate all learners
Learners must be comfortable using technology
9. WHO COULD USE DIGITAL BADGES? 1. Employers 2. Schools 3.
Universities 4. Community programs 5. Libraries
10. PART II DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM
11. WHY CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM OF DIGITAL BADGES? Goal to create a
digital badge platform that is designed to encourage, support and
acknowledge informal learning.
12. ECOSYSTEM PARTS Ecosystem parts: Having your own digital
badge system is only one piece of the puzzlefor any badging
initiative to flourish, you must have all of ALL of the components
of a digital badge ecosystem.
13. DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM - EARNER Earner an individual who
wants to demonstrate their achievements to various audiences
14. DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM - ISSUER Issuer defines, creates,
organizes, verifies, and issues badges
15. DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM - CONSUMER Consumer education
providers, individuals, employers, communities, or other groups
that are looking for people who possess the skills or achievements
symbolized by a badge
16. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK Badges Assessment Infrastructure
Open Badges for Lifelong Learning White Document:
http://tinyurl.com/qfcawlq
17. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK - BADGES Badges that represent a
variety of skills, competencies, qualities, achievement, and
interests Stand alone badges or part of a learning path Wide range
of learning and interactions can be used as evidence for achieving
a badge Metadata attached to badges Meta-badges Can create a
roadmap of sequential skills that build upon each other, or have a
set of accomplishments that together help you get to a higher level
GOAL Level 1 Level 3 Level 2 Level 4 Badges Assessment
Infrastructure
18. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK - ASSESSMENT Quality and vetted
assessment is key to ensure that the badging system has value
Valuable and relevant outside of the badging system This is an
important aspect that issuers must focus on Criteria and
achievements must be outlined clearly and included in the metadata
behind the badge and vetted by the issuer Multiple paths for
assessment, not just the traditional instructor assessment, leads
to an interest-driven and more flexible system Course organizers
Peers Online system Learner Badges Assessment Infrastructure
19. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK - INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure
supports the issuing, collection, and display of badges Gives
learners control Helps learners capture their learning Allows
learner to communicate and share their learning and skills Open
badge infrastructure should support: Independent-Source Badge
Issuer Badge Collection Badge Display Badge Endorsement Badges
Assessment Infrastructure
20. PART III: HOW TO BUILD YOUR ECOSYSTEM
21. DIGITAL BADGE CREATORS 1.Credly - https://credly.com/ 2.
Open Badge Designer - https://www.openbadges.me/ 3. Official Badge
Generator - http://www.says- it.com/badge/ 4. Passport by Purdue
University- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/passport/ 5.
Achievery - http://www.achievery.com/
22. DIGITAL BADGE CREATORS Credly: www.credly.com 3 ways to
create badges 1. Use their online tools and resources 2. Use their
online tools but upload your own images/icons 3. Create your own
badge and upload to Credly
23. IVE EARNED A BADGE NOW WHAT?
24. DIGITAL BADGE MANAGERS Display your badges across the web
Earn badges from anywhere, then share them wherever you want on
social networking profiles, job sites or on your website. Your
Mozilla Backpack makes it easy to earn badges from multiple
sources, both online and offline. Then sort them into categories
and choose where theyre shared, through a single interface. How can
I display my Open Badges? Using your Mozilla Backpack, which
collects, manages and displays badges anywhere on the web across
job networks, community portals, websites and more. On WordPress
blogs and websites, using the WPBadger plug-in. Through Twitter,
with status updates like this one. Through LinkedIn, thanks to
community member Grainne Hamilton sharing this handy trick More
coming soon! Were working with a number of professional and
personal networks to integrate our Displayer API. Check out our
onboarding documentation and technical documentation.
25. EXAMPLE OF A BADGE ECOSYSTEM: Badges Assessment
Infrastructure
26. EXAMPLE OF A BADGE ECOSYSTEM: Badges Assessment
Infrastructure Badges Assessment Infrastructure
27. EXAMPLE OF A BADGE ECOSYSTEM: Digital Badges Certification
Badge 3: Creation exercises Sign up for Credly and create 3 badges
Sign up for Mozilla Backpack and organize badges Badges Assessment
Infrastructure
28. Badges Assessment Infrastructure Technology Certification
Open Source Apps Meta-Badge Social Media Meta-Badge Digital Badges
Meta-Badge Badge 3: Creation exercises Sign up for Credly and
create 3 badges Sign up for Mozilla Backpack and organize badges
Self-paced learning
29. MOZILLA OPEN BADGES + CREDLY 1. Credly Badge Creator &
Issuer www.credly.com 2. Mozilla Backpack Manager Welcome to your
Backpack Celebrate your skills & passions Log In or Sign
Up
30. EXAMPLES OF BADGE ECOSYSTEMS Badges in Action: Worlds of
Learning @ New Milford High School: http://www.worlds-of-learning-
nmhs.com/ Boys and Girls Club of Canadas Badge Centre:
http://badgecentre.ca/ stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/help/badges Chicago Summer of Learning:
http://www.chicagosummeroflearning.org/
http://downloads.sproutfund.org/badges/CSOL.pdf Open Badges for
Foreign Language Education @ UT:
http://openbadges.coerll.utexas.edu/ Khan Academy:
https://www.khanacademy.org/badges Providence After School
Alliance: http://downloads.sproutfund.org/badges/Providence.pdf
http://www.reconnectlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pasa_case_study_final.pdf
Young Adult Library Services Association
http://www.reconnectlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/YALSA_case_study_final.pdf
University of California at Davis:
http://dpdproject.info/details/safs/
http://www.reconnectlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/UC-
Davis_case_study_final.pdf Badges for Lifelong Learning:
http://downloads.sproutfund.org/badges/DML4.pdf
31. RESOURCES Credly: https://credly.com/ Mozilla Backpack:
http://backpack.openbadges.org/backpack/login Mozilla Open Badges:
http://www.openbadges.org/Badges HASTAC Digital Badges:
http://www.hastac.org/digital-badges MacArthur Foundation Digital
Badges: http://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/
Bibliography:
http://www.hastac.org/digital-badges-bibliography
32. WEBINAR BADGE Heres your badge! Questions?
[email protected] Credly Claim Code: 1. Go to: www.credly.com
2. Sign in or set up your account 3. Click on CLAIM CREDIT at top
4. Paste in code & claim!