an introduction to open badges
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What are Badges and how do they motivate or encourage learning in society? The powerpoint is a discussion of how badges may be integrated into an existing learning systems platform such as Moodle.TRANSCRIPT
Badges
An introductionJane Kanas
Instructional DesignerCentre for Flexible Learning, USP
3 June 2014
What are they?
Badges are digital records of skills, achievements and participation.
Source: http://robdarrow.wordpress.com/
Where do people learn or acquire skills?
• Formal context• Informal context• Online• Offline, etc.
How can you show for these skills, achievements?
Digital vs Open Badges• Open Badges are:
• Free and open• Transferable• Stackable• Evidence-based
• Open Badges make it easy to: • Get recognition for the things you learn; • Give recognition for the things you teach; • Verify skills; and • Display your verified badges across the web.
Sources: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
What makes up a badge?•Issuer – Who made the badge•Criteria – What it takes to earn a badge•Evidence – demonstrates proof of earning the badge and provides evidence for assessment
Source: http://achievery.com/how-it-works/
Source: http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/blogs/brett_bixler_e-portfolio/blog/
Applying for a badge
Source: http://moodlebadges.com/?dlm_download=presentation-skillspersuasion-badge
Source: http://achievery.com/apply/1197
An example of an Open Badge Backpack
Source: http://criticaltechnology.blogspot.com/2012_12_01_archive.html
Who uses Badges?
• Moodle• Open University / Cloudworks
Who designs Badges?
• Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy• Disney-Pixar• Microsoft
Source: http://www.openbadges.org/participating-issuers/
Some examples
My Backpack on Mozilla Backpack
Badge 2
Badge 1
Learn more about badges
• Gavin Henrick:
http://www.slideshare.net/ghenrick/open-badges-and-moodle-what-and-why
• Mozilla Open Badges:
http://openbadges.org/
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About
Our current constraints
• Our Moodle platform has badges deactivated – server overload fears
• Course designers need to be thoroughly trained so they can create a well-balanced fusion between technology and pedagogy:
• Moodle’s Activity completion, • Course completion, • Conditional access and • Marksheet
How can badges be used in our context?• With your neighbour, discuss how badges can be used in
our context.• Think about who will be issuing the badge, for what
purpose, whether it can be stackable, etc.• What are some advantages or disadvantages?• How can it be used for staff or students?
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Any questions?
References• http://criticaltechnology.blogspot.com/2012_12_01_archive.html• http://moodlebadges.com/• http://moodlebadges.com/?dlm_download=presentation-skillspersuasion-badge• http://openbadges.org/• http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/blogs/brett_bixler_e-portfolio/blog/• http://robdarrow.wordpress.com/• http://www.slideshare.net/ghenrick/open-badges-and-moodle-what-and-why• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges/About
• Rajneel Totaram• Mojito Jione
Acknowledgement