Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

disruption:  uncomfortable but necessary!  making learning design visible and accountable, collaborative  prioritising meaningful learning   

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

case study on INTENT EU project report  large scale, intercultural (languages/religions/backgrounds) heterogenous groups find affinities, work together  provide audience for each other, co-create  crosses formal and informal spaces #warcler #clerwar and many more! sutdents and staff learning together.  tasks on unicollaboration.eu      

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

DeSeCo report - transversal skills tasks sit at overlaps:  use tools interactively/act in heterogenous groups/act autonomously  embedded into teaching

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

see handout  O'Dowd and Ware: taxonomy of OIE tasks Cross and Galley's badge typology  use of open badges in mooc settings 

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

language learning informed by sociological or psychological approaches to understanding acquisition - this activity draws together learning from both   CALL investigation - CMC what happens when the communication is mediated through tools. (cf telephone conversations)  

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

not prescriptive but based on practitioner experience, still a work in progress  need to create an ecosystem   wider recognition needed, are these transversal skills yet recognised by employers?   helps to focus attention on task design - dangers of misplacement, investigated through mixed methods approach, importance of collaboration and student leadership    

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

soft certification, micro-credentials, raises visibility of skills acquisition which is not formally recognised  learner centric, supports autonomy  

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Implementing Open Badges in Online Intercultural Exchange

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