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Introduction to Digital Badges. Oakland Community College, Faculty Showcase, January 2014. Angela Elkordy Doctoral Candidate Eastern Michigan University College of Education Leadership and Counseling Dept. [email protected]. Digital promise. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Introduction to Digital Badges
Angela Elkordy
Doctoral CandidateEastern Michigan UniversityCollege of EducationLeadership and Counseling [email protected]
Oakland Community College, Faculty Showcase, January 2014
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
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
Spring Beta release
Badgekit from Mozilla http://badgekit.openbadges.org/
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
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
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 [email protected] call (734) 494-0640 (Google voice)
Questions?
