Open Badges: Making Learning Visible (MADLaT 2014)

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Open Badges Making Learning Visible MADLaT 2014 May 2, 2014 Don Presant PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE: bit.ly/ ep_ccr

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Emerging research and practice on the impact of Open Badges on learning in higher education.

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Open BadgesMaking Learning Visible

MADLaT 2014

May 2, 2014

Don PresantPRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:

bit.ly/ep_ccr

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About Don and Learning AgentsePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia

http://donpresant.ca

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New service: savvyfolio.netMulti-institution ePortfolio community

University

College

Adult Learning Centre

Professional Body Workplace Trainer

Employability Agency

Employer Industry Sector Body

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Agenda

• Straw poll:– Learning sectors– Roles– Fans vs Sceptics vs Don’t Knows

• What are Open Badges?• How do Open Badges support learning?• How do I get started?• Badge Challenge!

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What are Open Badges?

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Brief introduction

http://www.savvyfolio.net/user/don/overview-open-badges

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Origins

• Badges, medals, ribbons since pre-Roman times

• Military, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides • Public recognition rewarding positive

(desired) behaviour• More recently: video games – “leveling up”

Girl Guides of Canada via Flickr CCBY

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Leveling up at Khan AcademyInternal Badges for Learning

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Digital certificates with Open Badges Think: “online micro credential”

Richard Wyles, Totara LMS at MaharaUK12http://maharauk.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=117 Video: Chicago Summer of Learning

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Open Badges Simple structure: image + data

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

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Open Badges An evolving ecosystem

http://openmatt.org/

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Badge PathwaysMozilla Webmaker

http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2012/08/15/what-were-up-to-with-mozilla-webmaker-open-badges/

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Open Badges and Digital Certification

• Competency based– Can parallel formal certification, or feed into it

• Visually efficient and appealing– Fun, motivating to earn (?)

• Transparent, trustable– Criteria, evidence, issue/expiry date– Ongoing connection to issuer

• Individual learning pathways– Granular milestones; see progress in MOOCs, OERs

• Progress in incomplete programs can still be recognized

– Flexible, diverse, blendable, portable, shareable

• Automatically / manually awarded

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How do Open Badges support learning?

Inside Higher Ed, Jan 2014

Badging “can help speed the shift from credentials that simply measure seat time, to ones that more accurately measure competency.”Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, 2011

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Open Badges Assessment and display

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

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Badges in PSE Purdue

Video playlist: http://www.savvyfolio.net/user/don/open-badges-and-higher-education

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Badges in PSE University of California – Davis

• “media-rich, tiled portfolios”

Inside Higher Ed article: bit.ly/UCDbadgesUC Davis article: bit.ly/1cvvfW0

Presentation: bit.ly/KyDdrx HASTAC case study: bit.ly/1hXPQ8I

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Badges in PSE University of California - Davis

Presentation: bit.ly/KyDdrx

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Badges in PSE UCD high level walkthrough

bit.ly/193Tvnl

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Open UniversityMOOC Motivator?

http://www.slideshare.net/sjc36/badges-at-theformalinformalinterfacecrossgalley2013

BadgeAttainment

Badge Display

IntrinsicMotivation

Extrinsic Motivation

Formative Summative

‘They make me smile! Which is a good thing – learning should be fun and I think this was a fun element of the course’

‘Earned my Week 1 Badge from #oldsmooc! Unexpectedly pleased to have a reward for effort! What fun and motivates

‘I’m not sure yet if I’ll really use them [externally]’

‘I decided that they might be useful as evidence of professional development … I don’t know if anyone in my institution will care, but in case they do, I have the badges.’

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Open UniversityOpen Learning Design Studio (OLDS) MOOC

http://www.olds.ac.uk/badges

See analysis: MOOC Badging and the Learning Arc

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Open UniversityBeyond the MOOC

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Another MOOC with BadgesDavid Wiley makes you work…

https://learn.canvas.net/courses/4

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Pearson getting involvedAcclaim

http://www.pearsonvue.com/sponsors/acclaim/

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Orientation/OnboardingSurvival skills at George Brown College

http://www.badgecentre.ca/

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Open BadgesMaking learning visible

• Progress markers– Motivating learners,

supporting advisors

• Learning pathways– Granular, incremental, flexible

• Visual branding– Issuers and learners

• Online trust system– Demonstrate skills &

capabilities

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Six Ways to Look at Badging Systems Designed for Learning

• Alternative Assessment• Gamifying Education• Learning Scaffolding• Develop Lifelong Learning Skills• Driver for Digital Media & Learning• Democratize Learning

Barry Joseph, Global Kids, IncQuoted by David Wiley

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Emerging Research

• Digital Badges: An Annotated Research Bibliography v1

Curated by HASTAC

• Badges for Learning ResearchHASTAC blog

• DML Design Principles Documentation ProjectDigital Media and Learning; 30 funded projects

• Remediating Assessment Blog: Daniel Hickey et al, Indiana University

• Do badges work?Internal badge system in Peerwise (n>1000)

• Open University (Simon Cross)Upcoming journal article, Slideshare

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SWOTAudience Participation

• Strengths

• Weaknesses

• Opportunities

• Threats

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How do I get started?

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Incremental stepsGet your feet wet and keep on wading in

• Set up your personal Backpack account– http://backpack.openbadges.org/

• Earn your first badge– http://openbadges.org/earn/

• Create and issue your first badge– http://badg.us/ is a good exploratory platform– Visual design: custom is best, but experiment with this online

designer: https://www.openbadges.me/

• Research and reflect– http://www.savvyfolio.net/user/don/open-badges-and-higher-ed

ucation

• Design and implement a small system…– Sound pedagogy, robust technology

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Open Badges Designing a badge for your context

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

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Recommended Badge Practices

• Set clear, objective criteria to make them easy to understand

• Make them easy to accept and display• Make them a valued “currency”

– Easy to start, getting harder

• Add new ones on a regular basis to maintain interest

• Use technical support wisely to support educators, solve problems and ensure sustainability

Based on: MichaelBoll.me

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Templates

http://www.digitalme.co.uk/badgecanvas

See also: http://bit.ly/BadgeSystemDesignTemplate

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TechnologyGetting serious about implementation

• Badge Creation and Issuing Platforms– Badg.us– Cred.ly– Wordpress: BadgeOS, WPBadger– Moodle, Blackboard (D2L – coming?)– Mozilla Badge Kit– Openbadgefactory.com (Moodle/Mahara/Open

API)– Mozilla spreadsheet:

“Platforms for issuing Open Badges”: bit.ly/openbadges-platforms

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TechnologyLMS and ePortfolio example

http://docs.moodle.org/dev/openbadges

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TechnologyOpen Badge Factory

bit.ly/ePIC2013_Rousselle

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Bringing Badges in……should you decide to do so

• Begin with “why”? (lead with the need)– Engagement, retention, behaviour change, branding, etc.

• Consider building a logic model• Find early adopters• Start small, get it working, improve over time• Insist on excellent visual design• MAKE THE MECHANICS EASY for both issuers and earners• Get admin support to scale up• Get appropriate technical resources• Market!

– Presentations, elevator pitches, gentle nagging– Publicize adopters (news, awards, etc.)– Reports, statistics

Based on: MichaelBoll.me

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Badge Challenge!

http://bit.ly/challenge_dl_badges

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