Showcase Learning with Digital Badges
Angela Elkordy
Doctoral CandidateEastern Michigan UniversityCollege of EducationLeadership and Counseling [email protected]
Collaborate: backchannel:https://todaysmeet.com/badges
Teacher JOY!
Objective
What are “digital badges”? Why digital badges for learning
and assessment? View examples of badging systems Understand how digital badges
can add value and transparency in learning environments
Digital badges study: Opportunity! Where to find additional resources
Overview
Why?What?When?How?
In brief….
Digital age learners….
Socio-cultural context …
DML Competition: Digital Badge Development
Where do digital badges “live”? What’s an OBI?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQxEszFeKmk
Source: Building Badges for Informal Learning Environments: http://fastapps.hri.uci.edu/files/2423/files/BADGE-workshopsheets.pdf
Track student learning over time
Learning targets (knowledge);
Behavioral targets;
Socio-emotional targets;
Soft skill targets;
Skill based targets (competencies);
Proficiency (or Mastery) targets;
Motivation targets;
How can I use digital 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.”
Digital badges “of” learning
Robust digital badge assessments :
are transparent; scaffold learning; motivate learners; provide critical formative feedback; communicate expectations widely; reinforce and strengthen important metacognitive
skills can be used to recognize, assess and communicate a
wide variety of skills; differentiate.
Digital badges “for” learning
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
What do you think?(https://todaysmeet.com/badges)
How would you use digital badges? Take the survey: http://goo.gl/5RhkfR
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
Opportunity to participate in award winning research … Grades 6-12
Digital Badges
Badge Design:
• Learning trajectory with increasing cognitive difficulty• Standards alignment• Performance assessment / suggested activities to
demonstrate content mastery• Resources and ideas
This digital badge trajectory scaffolds learning in basic data and statistical concepts for middle and high school age learners. It is designed to be used in a variety of content areas in addition to science and math.
4 levels plus one challenge level
Aligned with Next Generation Science Standard, Practice: “Analyzing and Interpreting Data”
Aligned with CCSS Math (Data and Statistics, for grades 6-10) Also, alignment with NETS-S and P21
Includes: Learning Targets, Badge Requirements, Performance Tasks, Evidence of Learning
Suitable for grades 6 and up (meets 6-8 standards)
Data Whiz Badge Track
This digital badge trajectory scaffolds intermediate and advanced learning in data and statistical concepts for middle and high school age learners. It is designed to be used in a variety of content areas in addition to science and math.
4 levels plus one challenge level ;
Aligned with Next Generation Science Standard, Practice: “Analyzing and Interpreting Data”
Aligned with CCSS Math (Data and Statistics, for grades 8-10) Also, alignment with NETS-S and P21
Includes: Learning Targets, Badge Requirements, Performance Tasks, Evidence of Learning
Suitable for grades 8-12 and up (meets 9-12 standards)Data Hacker Badge Track
The focus of this badge series is: “learner as innovative problem solver.” “Design” is viewed as a cyclical process, during which the learner is immersed in “design thinking:”
defines a problem or a challenge;
seeks information to inform a design solution (previous research and needs analysis);
proposes a potential solution;
communicates outcomes, including reflections/ recommendations on how to improve or refine the design for another iteration of design cycle. InfoMaker Badge
Track
To participate, contact [email protected]
Joy or No Joy? Online Evaluation Form:
http://goo.gl/kOGR6r
Want to learn how to make your own? Attend the SIGMS Sponsored PreCon workshop at MACUL
Evaluation – Thank you!
Ann Arbor District Library Badges http://play.aadl.org/badgelist
CORONA-NORCO: ‘Digital badges’ inspire students to learn (online article):
http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/corona/corona-headlines-index/20131011-corona-norco-digital-badges-inspire-students-to-learn.ece
Classbadges.com http://www.classbadges.com/
Makewav.es Social Learning System www.makewav.es
Smithsonian Quests http://shout.smithsonianquests.org/badges/?view
Resources / Sites:
Thank you!
Mission accomplished? Do we have Teacher Joy?? (comments in Todaysmeet, the survey, evaluation
form, email, Twitter… )
For more information, visit http://www.badgebox.net/
Or contact Angela Elkordy [email protected] call (734) 494-0640 (Google voice)
Questions?
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