Badges: New Currency for High-Value Credentials

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Badges: New Currency for High-Value CredentialsAnne Derryberry (Sage Road Solutions), Carla Casilli (Badge Alliance), Bernard Bull (Concordia U.), Veronica Diaz (EDUCAUSE), Megan Raymond (WCET)

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Introduction to BadgesCarla Casilli, Badge Alliance

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Open Badges act as representations of achievements, learning, skills, interests, competencies, etc.

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They map learning pathways connecting formal & informal learning

Earned across a lifetime,open badges become a personal portfolio of what you know and can do

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The core tenets of open badges:interoperable, flexible, digital,granular, transferable, connected

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Made possible through ashared infrastructure:a universal metadata standard

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Badge metadata spec + Issuer API

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badge imagebadge namebadge URL (description) badge criteriaissuerissue daterecipientalignment (standards)expiration dateevidence URL

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A network of organizations and individuals building and enhancing an open badges ecosystem

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Leveraging the constellation modelfor social change

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Uniting multiple groups and sectors into working groups

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open badges standardendorsement workforcehigher edmessagingglobalizationpolicydigital / web literacyresearchcitieseducator badges

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Join us!http://badgealliance.org

@carlacasillicarla@badgealliance.org

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What Do Badges Offer Higher Ed?Bernard Bull, Concordia University

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M.S. in Educational Design & Technology

Dr. Bernard BullBernard.bull@cuw.edu@bdean1000online.cuw.eduwww.etale.org

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Port 1 - 0 Credits

Elective - 3 Credits

EDT 893 - 3 Credits

EDT 892 - 3 Credits

EDT 970 - 3 Credits

EDT 885 - 3 Credits

EDT 890 - 3 Credits

EDT 908 - 3 Credits

EDT 889 - 3 Credits

Elective - 3 Credits

Port 2 - 0 Credits

Port 3 - 0 Credits

=M.S. in Educational Design & Technology

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EDT 889 - 3 Credits

Learning Objectives

Required Learning Activites

Units of Instruction

Assessments

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EDT 889 - 3 Credits

Flipped Classroom

Strategies for Interactive

Lecture

Learning Experience

Design Essentials

Digital Storytelling

Gamification & Game-based Learning

Project-based Learning

Digital Discussion

-based Learning

Inquiry-based Learning

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Project-basedLearning

Competency introduction and instructions

Badge Host

Practice exercises to help reach the competency

Access to content and resources about PBL

Opportunities to connect and collaborate on PBL

Worked examples of PBL

Criteria for earning the badge

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=M.S. in Teaching &Learning

Graduate Certificatein Assessment Strategies

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5 Badge Design Tips

• Beware of badges as biscuits.

• Create great criteria.

• Make the badges mean something.

• Make the badges mean something beyond your classroom/school.

• Value OBI.

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The Open Badges EcosystemAnne Derryberry, Sage Road Solutions

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No badge is an island.

Open badges exist within a complex

ecosystem.

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badges.coursesites.com

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Anne Derryberryanne@sageroadsolutions.com

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The EDUCAUSE Badging InitiativeVeronica Diaz, EDUCAUSE

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BADGING AND THE PROFESSIONAL

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PD and Badging

• Signaling and tracking engagement

• Wayfinding and career pathing

• The personal brand (developing and showcasing new areas of competence)

• Leadership signals

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EDUCAUSE BADGE CONSTELLATION

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Community Service

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Leadership Awards and Development

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Communication

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Subject Matter Expert

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Mastery

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EDUCAUSE BADGING INITIATIVEhttp://www.educause.edu/badging

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Veronica Diaz, PhD

Associate Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

Director, EDUCAUSE Online Programs

EDUCAUSE

@drvdiaz

vdiaz@educause.edu

http://www.educause.edu/eli

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Badges as Alternate CredentialsMegan Raymond, WCET

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WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)

• Founded in 1989 for WICHE states.

• Now 332 members nationally, all sectors of higher ed, nonprofits, corporations.

• Members include technology innovators from U.S. and Canada.

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What exactly is competency-based education?

Educause: Competency-based education (CBE) allows students to advance based on their ability to master a skill or competency at their own pace regardless of environment. This method is tailored to meet different learning abilities and can lead to more efficient student outcomes.

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CBE Cont

• Increases access.

• Increases completion.

• Flexible.

• Meet President’s 2020 Goal “America would once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/higher-education

• Prior Learning Assessment - enables learners to gain credentials for work/military experience.

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Why Badges for CBE?

• Badges represent knowledge/skill attainment that employers are looking for.

• Verify that a competency has been achieved.

• Badges are an increasingly accepted form of credential.

• Badges rely on competency frameworks and use industry standards.

• Valid assessment strategies

• Portable - the student can bring their badges to different institutions and employers.

• Valuable to the student, inst., and employer because the metadata shows what level of competency has been achieved.

• Demonstrate competencies and substantiate with evidence.

• Empowers learners.

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Accreditors Views

• Pat O’Brien, NEASC– Is credit involved? Accreditation is concerned with credit-bearing

experiences, link to financial aid.– Quality - Is the ed. experience for what is being earned of high quality?

How do you know?– Who awards the badges/accepts prior learning credit that a student

brings in in the form of a badge? Oversight and faculty participation are fundamental in assessing the quality of the educational experience.

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Accreditors views cont.

• What about the student who brings badges to my institution?– Most accreditation agencies leave to the institution the number of

credits that can be transferred in that are “credit for experimentation or non-collegiate sponsored learning.”

– Student must demonstrate academic content is tied to the experience.– Transparency- students need to know clearly what will happen to the

badges, i.e. credit acceptance, credit limits.

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Megan Raymond

Manager, Events and Programs

303.541.0233

mraymond@wiche.edu

@meraymond

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