insignia open badges design workshop

OPEN BADGES DESIGN WORKSHOP ANU 21 MARCH 2014

INSIGNIA PROJECT JOYCE SEITZINGER

Joyce Seitzinger @catspyjamasnz #insignia project Led by Dr Inger Mewburn

WORKSHOP

•  Introductions •  Badge Design Activity (1 hr) •  Visual Badge Design (30 mins)

•  Options: – Brainstorm Badge System Design

INSIGNIA (30 mins) – Explore Tech Solutions for INSIGNIA (30

mins)

LINK TO DIGITAL HANDOUT

http://tiny.cc/feralhandout

INTRODUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY

•  Create a small name badge using the post-it and stick it in front of you on the table

•  Around the room, please share –  Your name, institution and

role –  Interest in badges –  Current badge project? –  What informal learning or

skill would you have loved to have gotten a badge for?

Joyce

OPEN BADGES RECAP

BADGE DEFINITION

•  “Digital credential that represents skills, interests and achievements earned by an individual through specific projects, programmes, courses or other activities.” (Mozilla, 2013)

WHO IS USING DIGITAL BADGES?

•  Khan Academy •  LinkedIn •  Deloitte

•  Gamification

•  Do not talk to each other. •  Not transferable

CODEACADEMY

MOZILLA’S OPEN BADGES

“Learning today happens everywhere. But it's often difficult to get recognition for skills and achievements that happen online or out of school. Mozilla Open Badges helps solve that problem, making it easy for any organisation to issue, manage and display digital badges across the web.”

EARNER, ISSUER, DISPLAYER, AUDIENCE

Image: Mozilla Foundation

BADGE DESIGN Activity

TABLE ACTIVITY 1: BASICS

•  At your table, pick a skill or achievement you want to design a badge for.

•  Fill out the left hand portion of the template incl, badge name, skills & knowledge, behaviour, criteria and evidence.

•  One person to pitch your badge in 30 sec. •  10 mins

TABLE ACTIVITY 2: PEOPLE

•  Fill out the right hand portion of the template starting with users.

•  Then move on to endorsers, channels and awarded.

•  10 mins

TABLE ACTIVITY 3: VALUE PROPOSITION

•  Fill out the value proposition for each user group for your badge

•  This is all about motivation for participation in the learning process

•  10 mins

TABLE ACTIVITY 4: YOUR CONTEXT

•  Fill out the learning pathways and resources for your badge

•  Under resources, consider also which backpack your users might use

•  10 mins

VISUAL DESIGN Activity

GROUP ACTIVITY

•  Let’s analyze the visual cues of badges

•  What are other cues you could use?

•  What are issues for creating visuals in your context? What are opportunities?

CODEACADEMY

DIGITAL ME / MAKEWAV.ES

OLDS MOOC

TABLE ACTIVITY

•  Using the templates provided, create 3 visual designs for 3 related badges

•  Pitch your design

BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR INSIGNIA

Activity

@THESISWHISPERER’S INSIGNIA PROJECT

http://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/badge-pathways-part-1-the-paraquel/

BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN

DESIGNING BADGE SYSTEMS

LEAN STARTUP CYCLE FOR BADGE SYSTEMS

IDEAS

BADGES DATA

BUILD

MEASURE

LEARN

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Build faster Incremental deployment

Just-in-time scalability Developer sandbox

Usability tests

Measure faster Have a clear badge owner Optimise your badge marketing Real time alerts on badge issue Usability tests

Learn faster Do user interviews Work on user development User surveys

GROUP ACTIVITY

•  Let’s brainstorm a badge system for the INSIGNIA project

•  In an evolving system, what are options for feedback loops from earners? From audience?

TECH SOLUTIONS FOR INSIGNIA

Activity

@THESISWHISPERER’S INSIGNIA PROJECT

Joyce Seitzinger @catspyjamasnz joyceseitzinger@gmail.com academictribe.co

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