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Webinar series produced by Tagoras
Badging to Support Professional Development and Career Building
Agenda
• Brief background • Badging 101 • Badging for Professional Development • EDUCAUSE Badging Program • Evolution of Badging • Lessons Learned from Launching a Program • Your Questions
Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele
Who Tagoras Is • Combined 30+ years in education and
technology • Extensive association experience • Association-focused reports
• Association Learning Management Systems • Association Learning + Technology • Professional & Industry Speaker Report • Association Virtual Events • Learning 2.0 for Associations
• Events for leaders of learning • Leading Learning Symposium
(leadinglearning.tagoras.com)
About Digitec Interactive
• Focused on association learning since 2002 • 60 leading association partners • Delivering more than a million courses
to 600,000 learners worldwide
Jack McGrath
Association Partners
About EDUCAUSE
• Community of IT leaders and professionals in higher education
Veronica Diaz Director of Online Programs, EDUCAUSE, and Associate Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)
Sondra Smith Director of Special Projects, EDUCAUSE
Badging 101: What is Badging?
POLL 1
In the past twelve months, I have earned _____ badges.
! 0 ! 1-5 ! 6-10 ! More than 10
Badging 101: What is Digital Badging?
! Microcredentials of achievement reflecting experiences, opportunities, learning and engagement
! Criteria-based acknowledgments; metadata optimized for digital portfolio
Badging 101: What is Digital Badging?
! Public and progressive digital transcript
! Evidence for a lifelong learning cycle ! Professional service ! Community engagement ! Competencies and skills ! Subject matter expertise
Badging 101: What is Digital Badging?
! Signals for yourself ! New knowledge and competencies ! Developing and supporting your brand ! Wayfinding: making the career path visible
! Signals for others ! Current employer ! Future employers ! Colleagues and staff
Badging 101: Unpack a Digital Badge
Badging 101: Unpack a Badge
!Credly!Profile!
Badges!Earned!&!Publicly!Displayed!
Badging 101: Unpack a Badge
!Descrip8on!!
!Criteria!
Tes8monial!
!Issuer!
!Evidence!
!Graphic!&!Title!
!>>>!!
Badging 101: Unpack a Badge
!LinkedIn!Profile!
POLL 2
I am enthused about the potential for badges to support professional development offered by my organization.
! Yes ! Maybe ! No
Badging for Professional Development
Sample Badges www.educause.edu/badging!
“Sheryl”: A Badging Profile
POLL 3
How do learners currently view badging to support professional development?
! They are not aware of badging ! With some skepticism; they don’t get the connection ! With some awareness; they don’t recognize the
potential ! With positive and supportive attitudes ! Other
Evolution of Badging
Who is Awarding Digital Badges?
• Professional!Associa6ons!– American!Alliance!of!Museums!
• Corporate!Workplace!
– Wal>Mart!
• Workforce!Development!
– Badges!for!Vets!– Manufacturing!Ins6tute!
• Higher!Educa6on!– Harvey!Mudd!College,!CIS!Program!
– University!of!Central!Florida!InfoLit!Program!
Badging!Futures!
Today’s!Learners:!
• Look!for!“just>in>6me”!
learning!
• Want!to!be!heard!
• Seek!mentoring!
• Demand!
acknowledgement!
• Expect!regular!reward!for!effort!
Challenges:!!
• Building!Credibility!• Lack!of!Tradi6onal!Assessment!
• Standards!for!Providers!• Portability!of!Badges!
Lessons Learned in Launching
Lessons Learned
Badge what you have.
Flickr!Photo,!!hellolapomme,!hSps://flic.kr/p/4TxryM!
hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/!!
Lessons Learned
Stack with care.
Flickr!Photo,!Jeff!Lai6la,!hSps://flic.kr/p/6pwSCU!
!hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by>nc>nd/2.0/!
Lessons Learned
Educate and communicate.
Flickr!Photo,!Chris!Perriman,!hSps://flic.kr/p/f8JP7q!
!hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by>sa/2.0/!
Lessons Learned
Design matters.
Flickr!Photo,!James!Bea^e,!hSps://flic.kr/p/5APTfY!
!hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/!
Lessons Learned Metadata matters.
Lessons Learned
Program planning is challenging.
Flickr!Photo,!Kim!Quintano,!hSps://flic.kr/p/oC6mFg!!
!hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/!
POLL 4
I am ____________ enthused about the potential for badges to support learners and their professional development as I was at the beginning of this session.
! More ! Less ! About the same amount
Badging Resources ! Developing a Higher Education Badging Initiative
! http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/developing-higher-education-badging-initiative
! The Potential and Value of Using Digital Badges for Adult Learners ! https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/AIR_Digital_Badge_Report_508.pdf
! 7 Things You Should Know About Badging for Professional Development ! http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-badging-
professional-development
! 10 Lessons Learned in Launching and Award Winning Digital Badging Program ! http://nextgenlearning.org/blog/10-lessons-learned-award-winning-digital-badging-
program ! EDUCAUSE Badging Program
! http://www.educause.edu/badging
! Microcredentials and Badging Constituent Group ! http://www.educause.edu/discuss/information-technology-management-and-
leadership/microcredentials-and-badges-constituent-group
! EDUCAUSE Badging Resource Library ! http://www.educause.edu/library/badges
Recap
• Brief background • Badging 101 • Badging for Professional Development • EDUCAUSE Badging Program • Evolution of Badging • Lessons Learned from Launching a Program • Your Questions
Tagoras [email protected] 800.867.2046 @tagoras tagoras.com
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