Post on 19-Jan-2015
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Exploring the Potential of Open Badges in Blog-
Based University Courses
Hans Põldoja, Mart Laanpere Tallinn University
1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (OBIE2014) Tallinn, Estonia, 17 August 2014
Blog-based courses
Assessment issues in blog-based courses
• Private grading in open learning environment
• Recognizing the learning outcomes of informal participants
Badge design patterns?
Composite badges
Blog posts on each of the 13 course topics
OpenEd Overview
Badge
In-depth blog posts on 3 selected course topics
OpenEd Researcher
Badge
(Wiley, 2013)
Activity-based badges
N blog posts or tweetsActivity Badge
N received comments or retweets
Quality Badge
Completed milestone or assignment
Result Badge
(Santos, Charleer, Parra, Klerkx, Duval, & Verbert, 2013)
Grade-based badges
95% of points or more Gold Badge
85% of points or moreSilver Badge
75% of points or moreBronze Badge
(Rughiniș & Matei, 2013)
Hierarchical badges
Course Level Badge
Project Level Badge
Lower Level Badge
Lower Level Badge
Lower Level Badge
Project Level Badge
Lower Level Badge
Lower Level Badge
Lower Level Badge
(Randall, Harrison, & West, 2013)
Our proposal: outcome-based badges
Basic knowledge badges
Basic knowledge on
learning objects and repositories
Basic knowledge on authoring tools
Basic knowledge on
computer-based
assessment
Basic knowledge on
new technologies
Basic knowledge on copyright of
digital learning
resources
Basic knowledge on
quality of digital
learning resources
Content package author
Assessment test author
e-Textbook author
Advanced knowledge on
learning objects and repositories
Advanced knowledge on authoring tools
Advanced knowledge on
computer-based assessment
Advanced knowledge on
new technologies
Advanced knowledge on copyright of
digital learning resources
Advanced knowledge on
quality of digital learning
resources
Blogging assignment 1 Blogging assignment 2 Blogging assignment 3 Blogging assignment 4 Blogging assignment 5Group assignment on developing a digital learning resource
Blogging assignment 6 Literature review
Describing the advantages and
disadvantages of learning objects approach
Searching for learning objects from learning object repositories by metadata and licenses
Creating simple content packages, tests and e-
textbooks, and describing these with metadata
Following copyright principles for digital learning resources
Evaluating the quality of a learning resources using an evaluation framework
Using one authoring tool to create a more
comprehensive digital learning resource
Analyzing the current issues, research studies and trends in one sub-topic related to digital
learning resources
Learning outcomes
Assignments
Advanced knowledge badges
Skills badges
Students' perspectives on Open Badges
• Main benefits: feeling of recognition and confirmation about accepted assignments
• Badges would become more valuable, if they are used in several courses, not as a one time experiment
• Students are interested in recognizing prior learning with badges
Recommendations for future courses
• Offer at least two levels of badges for each assignment
• Provide more choice of different badges / learning paths
• Visual aesthetics of badges is also important for learners
Food for thought
• Extending the badge metadata (“weight”, etc)
• Combining outcome-based badges with other types of badges
• Student-designed and student-awarded badges for peer-assessment
• Combing personal learning contracts and badges
References• Wiley, D.: Assignments: Introduction to Openness in Education, https://
learn.canvas.net/courses/4/assignments
• Santos, J.L., Charleer, S., Parra, G., Klerkx, J., Duval, E., Verbert, K.: Evaluating the Use of Open Badges in an Open Learning Environment. In: Hernández-Leo, D., Ley, T., Klamma, R., Harrer, A. (eds) EC-TEL 2013. LNCS, vol. 8095, pp. 314–327. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg (2013)
• Rughiniș, R., Matei, S.: Digital Badges: Signposts and Claims of Achievement. In: Stephanidis, S. (ed) HCI International 2013 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts, pp. 84–88. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg (2013)
• Randall, D.L., Harrison, J.B., West, R.E.: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Designing Open Badges for a Technology Integration Course. TechTrends. 57, 88–95 (2013)
Thank You!
Mart Laanpere !mart.laanpere@tlu.ee @martlaa
Hans Põldoja !hans.poldoja@tlu.ee @hanspoldoja http://www.hanspoldoja.net