TCEA 2015
Austin, TX
Dr. Mary Ann Bell
Dr. Holly Weimar
Digital Badges
Rock with
Kids
Badging: Learning with tech
Engage in an online
workshop
Collaborate to create a wiki on a topic of
interest
Create an educational
game
Use online games and simulations
Use of e-books and online databases
Use of how-to videos and
demonstrations
Contributions to
asynchronous discussions
Completion of computer-supported learning
Participation in live chats
Motivation
• Pleasure in achievement
• Personal
• Persistence in difficult situations
• Activating
• Energizing
• Goal-directed
• More willing to approach challenging tasks
• Influences learning
• Initiates and maintains behavior
• Internal state
Motivation:
• What is it?
• How do we identify it?
Moti
vati
on is
vit
al
Successful completion
Persistence to completion
Acquiring new skills or content knowledge
Choosing behavior that is appropriate for
completion
Engagement in learning task
Approaching challenging tasks
*Video available from You Tube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSt5V-XhF1o
For more information about digital badging from iQ: Smartparent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ut62ns8ajM
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Choice of task
Effort
Persistence
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Where does motivation come from?
Quality of tasks/
assignments
Engagement
Technologies
Format for
learning
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Learning
Engagement
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Acquisition of new skills
Experience of being competent
Rewards use of prior knowledge
Increases number of attempts
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*Display learning achievements
*Acknowledge non-credit learning experiences
*Showcase individual’s uniqueness
(Zuniga and Macumber, 2014)
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Questioning
Exploration
Assimilation
Inference
Reflection
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Success
Patience Support
UnderstandingtoGeneral
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Netiquette
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*Design Principles Documentation Project: http://dpdproject.info/details/category/badge-system-analysis/
*Studied 30 Open Badges Initiatives
*Examples provided:
* 4-H UDSA Robotics Digital Badges
* BuzzMath (Middle School)
* EarthWorks (K-12)
* Intel and Society for Science (middle and high school)
* LevelUp (K-12)
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*Credly.com
*Email badges
*Community/membership
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** Ahn, J. Pellicone, A., & Butler, B. S. (2014). Open badges for education: What are the implications at the intersection of open systems and badging? Research in Learning Technology,
22(23563), http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v22.23563
* Barack, L. (2013, December 11). Librarian creates site for teachers to earn digital badges for new skills. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/12/k-
12/badge-teacher-librarian-laura-flemings-site-educators-earn-digital-badges-new-skills-trend-watch-december-2013
* Bekele, T. A. (2010). Motivation and satisfaction in Internet-supported learning environments: A review. Journal of Educational Technology and Society, 13(2), pp. 116-127.
* Callison, D., & Preddy, L. (2006). The blue book on information age inquiry, instruction, and literacy. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
* DeDecker, J. (2014, September 2). Digital badging: What do high school students think of digital badges? – Part 2. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/digital_badging_what_do_high_school_students_think_of_digital_badges_part_2
* DeDecker, J. (2014, November 14). Digital badging Part 5: Could digital badges be designed to represent different levels of learning? Retrieved January 15, 2015 from
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/digital_badging_part_5_could_digital_badges_be_designed_to_represent_differ?
* Ebizon. (2013, May 28). What is an open badging system and how to implement. Retrieved October 24, 2013 from http://www.slideshare.net/Ebizon/what-is-an-open-badging-system-
and-how-to-implement-it
* Educause. (2014, April 23). Badging. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-QD-wRJ3No
* Fleming, L. (2013). Worlds of learning @ New Milford High School: Digital badges in professional learning. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from http://www.worlds-of-learning-nmhs.com/
* Foursquare Badges. (2015). Foursquare badges information. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from http://www.4squarebadges.com/
* Gamrat, C., Zimmerman, H. T., Dudek, J., & Peck, K. (2014, August 20). Personalized workplace learning: An exploratory study on digital badging within a teacher professional
development program. British Journal of Educaitonal Technology. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12200.
* Hart, M. (2015, January 14). Badges: A new measure of professional development. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/01/14/badges-a-
new-measure-of-professional-development.aspx
* Hickey, D. (2014, August 7). Of course Alfie Kohn dislikes Open Digital Badges: Transcending a 40-year old debate. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from
http://remediatingassessment.blogspot.com/2014/08/of-course-alfie-kohn-dislikes-open.html
* iQ: Smartparent. (2014, November 13). Digital badging. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ut62ns8ajM
* Kim, J. (2015, January 5). The value problem in digital badging (Guest post: Mike Goudzwaard and Michael Evans). Retrieved January 20, 2015 from
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/value-problem-digital-badging
* Kohn, A. (1999). Punished by rewards: The trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A’s, praise, and other bribes, 2nd Ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
* Liu, M., Horton, L., Olmanson, J. & Toprac, P. (2011). A study of learning and motivation in new media enriched environment for middle school science. Education Technology
Research & Development, 59(2), pp. 249-265.
* Mayer, R. (2011). Towards a science of motivated learning in technology-supported environments. Educational Technology Research & Development, 59(2), pp. 301-308.
* Pink, D. (2011). Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. Riverhead Books.
* Reid, A., & Paster, D. (2013, October 11). Digital badges in the classroom. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved October 24, 2013 from
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/10/11/how-use-digital-badges-help-your-classroom-teaching-essay
* Saskatchewan School Library Association. (2015). Welcome to SSLA’s digital fluency badges! Retrieved January 15, 2015 from http://ssla.ca/badge-system/
* Toner, M. (2014, November 3). Building a better badging system. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2014/10/Building-a-Better-Badging-
System
* Vandewaetere, M., Vandercruysse, S., & Clarebout, G. (2012). Learners’ perceptions and illusions of adaptivity in computer-based learning environments. Educational Technology
Research & Development, 60(2), pp. 307-324.
* Waters, J. K. (2013, May). Digital Badges. T.H.E. Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2013 from http://online.qmags.com/TJL0513/default.aspx?pg=14&mode=1#pg14&mode1
* Zuniga, K., & Macumber, M. (2014, May 19). Digital badging. Retrieved January 15, 2015 from https://edtechdigest.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/digital-badging/
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