Digital Badges: Lessons Learned

Dr. Lisa Dawley, GoGo LabsJulie Stratton, Cape May County Technical High School

Badges videohttp://youtu.be/Kpk5W2hL9IU

Visit a Mozilla Backpack

http://bit.ly/17r6Aos

Nine Principles for Recognizing Learning with Badges

Andi Rehak & Dan Hickey

http://bit.ly/10IzqIB

1. Use badges to map learning trajectories

http://noaaplanetstewards.org

2. Align badges to standards

3. Have experts issue badges

4. Seek external backing

5. Recognize diverse learning

6. Use badges as means of external communication of knowledge and/or skills.

7. Make badges permanent.

8. Recognize educator learning, as well.

9. Award formal academic credit for badges.

Earn Your Teacher Badges

Quest-Based Professional Development

How I Used Planet Stewards and Digital Badges

Environmental Literacy – elective courseo Face-to-face deliveryo 19 seniors and 1 junioro Open delivery over two weekso Students could complete any quest, had to obtain XP levels for grade

What this class is saying about

What this class is

saying about

Favorite Reply of the week

Oceanography

o taken as an elective or science lab courseo Online only deliveryo Mix of 10 – 12th grade – 16 total studentso Structured delivery over 7 weeks with weekly expectationso Specific pathway focus – Marine Biologist, some quests required, students

allowed to choose some quests

Student Wiki for Mitigation Plan for Beluga Whale

Student Wiki for Mitigation Plan for Ringed Seal

Lessons Learned Digital Badges

• Many students are not used to being self-driven – build towards this goal

• Students like the ability to use different formats to submit work

• Students have short patience/attention span• Digital Badges give authenticity to my classroom,

students can see links outside of classroom