what are digital badges

What are Digital Badges?

Kathleen Radionoff Dean of Continuing Education Madison College kradionoff@madisoncollege.edu (608) 258-2309

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Digital Badge Definition

An open standard to recognize and verify learning using a rigorous curriculum, clear

learning outcomes and issued by a trusted source.

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{ "uid": "f2c20", "recipient": { "type": "email", "hashed": true, "salt": "deadsea", "identity": "sha256$c7ef86405ba71b85acd8e2e95166c4b111448089f2e1599f42fe1bba46e865c5" }, "image": "https://example.org/beths-robot-badge.png", "evidence": "https://example.org/beths-robot-work.html", "issuedOn": 1359217910, "badge": "https://example.org/robotics-badge.json", "verify": { "type": "hosted", "url": "https://example.org/beths-robotics-badge.json" } }

Metadata standardizes information ensuring that the badge is genuine.

• Name • Description • Issuer • Criteria • Evidence • Standards • Dates: Issue /

Expiration • Keyword tags

(skills)

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Open Badges Simplified

What did they do? Who did it?

Who says they did it?

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Elements of a Quality Badge

• Must come from a recognized brand

• Must have some form of rigor behind it

• Must represent marketable skills

• Should have resume potential

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Madison College Continuing Education Program

• Madison Area Technical College serves more than 44,000 students at 11 locations in portions of 12 counties

• Continuing Education served 14440 during FY12-13 individuals and year-to-date FY13-14 14265

• Broad programming range

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Madison College Non-Credit Badges

Madison College Continuing Education Department is a recognized national leader and expert in the development, design and implementation of rigorous digital badges.

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1st badge in the series to earn the Food Service Management 1 course completion badge.

This image is what the issuer would see.

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The email that the student receives upon earning a badge

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What the student sees upon clicking “view this and your other accepted badges” from the previous

email

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Sharing Badges Earned

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Instructional Design Plan

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Questions?

• Thank you! • Contact information:

• kradionoff@madisoncollege.edu • (608)258-2309