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Digital Badges

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Presenters  Jed Duggan and Susie Bussmann

21st century lifelong learning requires different and expanded ways to recognize accomplishments, knowledge, and skills acquisition. 

 

Digital Badges NM TIE.pdf

 

Objectives

 

  • Explain what a digital badge is
  • Identify pros and cons of digital badges
  • Explain the process of digital badging Identify some digital badging tools  
  • Identify ways to use digital badges in education 

 

 

 

 

Digital Badges 
 

MacArthur Foundation " …. an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online.  Badges are designed to make visible and validate learning in both informal and formal settings, and hold the potential to transform where and how learning is valued."  http://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/
 

 

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 At it's simplest:

 

 

 

and then some!  

 

   


 

Pros 

  • Motivation

  • Recognition

  • Validation

  • Advancement

  • Real world connections

  • Soft skills recognition
  • Competency based achievement 
  • Flexibility  

Cons 

  • Buy in 

  • Taxonomy

  • Design

  • Maintenance

  • Gamification of learning
  • Validity 
  • Acceptance
  • Time & Resources 

 

 

Resources

7 Things to Know About Digital Badges 

Digital Badges Instead of Grades: Pros and Cons

The Teacher's Guide to Badges in Education 

Digital Badging Pinterest Board - a variety of additional DB resources. 

Digital Badge Platforms - and overview of digital badging from the Center for Scholarly Technology at University of Southern California

 

The Process of Badging 

 

 

Define- What is the purpose? 

Deciding what is or are the badge(s) for - audience, purpose, short or long term, recognition of what, and how does it fit in with the project, event or organization.

Design - What does the badge represent? 

Metadata

Badge metadata is defined as an assertion, which contains multiple required and optional fields. The structure has evolved over time - see the assertion specification for complete details. Verified issuer, Issuer URL, Name, Description, Criteria, Evidence, Date

Issuers can put a reasonable amount of extra material into a badge, but that material must be static - once the badge is issued, any change to the information must not change. This is to prevent someone from issuing one badge, then sneakily changing it later to another badge unbeknownst to the earner.

Create - What does the badge look like? 

There are a number of design considerations for digital badges-who creates & maintains, brand voice, audience, legibility, shape, logo, imagery, constellation, and more. Decide on the qualities and sketch out the prototype designs.

Issue - What platform? 

There are several badge creation tools. Most of them are free and some have paid for services. Things to consider ease of badge designing, variety of design options, ability to upload your own design, display options, and import and export functionality.

Display - Where do people see them?

Many of the services provide options for displaying badges, such as via the platform webpage or backpack, provide a link to the badge, and generate embeddable code. 

 

Badging Examples

 

Pierce County Library   The digital badging system for the Pierce County Library supports exploration of the library. The taxonomy of 52 badges is organized into four categories Food, Do-It-Yourself, Local, and Books.   The badges are for all age groups.  
CSU Master Gardner   Colorado State University's Online Plus badges recognize demonstration of competencies in the Master Gardner Program.  The taxonomy badging system is organized into three levels of Trek, Quest, and Mastery Badges that feed into each other. There are multiple badges at the Trek and Quest levels.  The badges are for adult non-traditional learners.  
Badges for Vets   Veterans can show their skills in the form of badges for the purpose of gaining employment.   The badges are issued to veterans. 
Smithsonian Quests  The Smithsonian offers to quests for your students to explore their interests and make connections across subjects. They earn digital badges as credentials as part of the doing the quests.  The badges are for K-12 students.  
stackoverflow  It's a community of programmers who log in to post a programming challenge or to solve those posted by others. Participants can build their reputation with the amount of help they provide and are rewarded with badges of different levels. It also rewards correction and improvement of information posted by others for the good of the community. Participation in stack overflow can lead to a job since companies advertise and search for employees at this site.  The badges are for all age groups. 
Passport  Passport combines digital badges with an eportfolio to show what you know. The Purdue School of Nursing uses Passport so their graduates can demonstrate competencies for real-world healthcare knowledge, skills and attitudes.   

 

 

Badging Process - Pilot Example 

 

What is the purpose of the digital badges?     

 

Provide recognition for meeting the requirements of the New2Online professional development program. 
Faculty in higher education 
Pilot program
Long term 

What does/do  the badge(s) represent? 

 

 

Getting Started, Professional Development, Course Map, New2Online graduate

 

Professional Development Hours Badge Description
 

This badge signifies completion of a minimum of 22 hours of professional development for blended and online learning.

 

Explanation of Badge Requirements

The 22 hours of professional development for attending an Introduction to Canvas workshop, (1.5 hours), self-selected
Canvas workshops (7 hours), additional self-selected professional development for blended/online learning (7 hours),
and monthly mentor meetings (7 hours). The required documentation of professional development for attendance, three take-away  ideas, and one follow up action item were submitted.
 

22 Hours 

 

View Evidence 

What does/do the badge(s) look like?
Notice the OCIP branding, the NMSU color scheme, logo and brand voice,  legibility,  consistency across the badges (constellation), shape appropriate for faculty audience. 

 

  
       

 
What platform? These badges were created in Canvabadge using the templates and available color schemes.
How will be the badge(s) be displayed?  There's a Canvabadge plugin. So the badges will be awarded in Canvas in the New2Online professional development course and displayed in the user's Canvas profile.  

 

Digital Badge Platforms
 

Mozilla Open Badges   Free  Earn, issue & display badges from multiple sources on the Mozilla Backpack 
Credly   Free and Pro Levels provides branding 

Earn,issue, & display badges from Credly. Create your Credly page to display badges. Import and export badges, use your own badge designs. Link to additional evidence.  
Class Badges   Free   Earn, issue, & display badges.  More K-12 focused. A easily navigated badge catalog, lots of example badges, and curriculum integration ideas. 

BadgeStack, Canvabadge,

Achievements

 Free context specific badging platforms  

BadgeStack Word Press plug-in

Canvabadge Canvas specific app

Achievements Blackboard specific app  

 

 

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