Introduction to
Digital Badges
Oakland Community College,
Faculty Showcase, January 2014
Angela Elkordy
Doctoral Candidate
Eastern Michigan University
College of Education
Leadership and Counseling Dept.
aelkordy@emich.edu
Digital promise.
Collaborate -- backchannel:
https://todaysmeet.com/DigitalBadges
Follow along: http://wp.me/P32VOA-c9
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Participants will:
Engage in conversation! (Today’s Meet Link)
Understand:
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Explore
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Goals
What are “digital badges”
History and recent context
How digital badges can transform instruction,
add value and transparency in learning
environments
View examples of badging systems
Where to find additional resources
What are digital badges?
Where do digital badges
“live”? What’s an OBI?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQxEszFeKmk
DML Competition:
Digital Badge Development
• A validated indicator of accomplishment
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• A web-enabled token with metadata
attached….
• An image with metadata attached …
• Metadata can include information about:
• Issuer
• Date of Issue
• Badge criteria
• Date of expiry (if applicable)
• Link to digital artifact/product
(evidence of learning)
• Link to an image
• Other metadata…”standards”
What is a digital badge?
Track student learning over time
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Source: Building Badges for Informal Learning Environments: http://fastapps.hri.uci.edu/files/2423/files/BADGEworkshopsheets.pdf
Digital age
learners….
Socio-cultural
context …
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Achievement (specific criteria)
Affiliation (belonging)
Behavioral
Demonstration of specific skills (products)
Incremental (toward a goal)
Participation (events, classes, meetings)
Social capital (mentoring, collaborating, team
building)
Kinds of badges
Measure “new” skills;
 Differentiate instruction;
 Communicate expectations;
 Provide essential formative feedback;
 Increase learners’ metacognitive skills
and self-efficacy;
 Share ideas!
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How can I use digital
badges?
evidence-based;
 acknowledge and communicate skills;
 flexible;
 granular;
 “common assessments;”
 competency-based;
 performance based.
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Digital badges “of” learning
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Blackboard
Moodle
Learn 9.1 (U of T, San Antonio)
Edvance360
Desire2Learn (?)
Digital Badges and LMS
Who’s Badging?
Clinton Global Initiative
Badgekit from Mozilla
http://badgekit.openbadges.org/
Spring Beta release
Badging in the City:
Chicago Summer of Learning
Digital Badging Systems:
Passport
Mozilla’s Badge Kit:
http://badgekit.openbadges.org/
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Understanding by Design
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What are the learning targets?
What kind of products will evidence learning?
What kinds of activities and experiences will support
mastery learning?
Bonus: instantly reflective! How can I *teach* these
concepts to ensure learning?
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Digital badge assessments can align well with the idea of
critically looking at learning and mastery of concepts can
be evidenced
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Digital badges can guide or scaffold learning, leading to
greater understanding
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Through performance activities, learning is made
“visible”
Design for Understanding
Sample badge design
Design Tools
Badges Examples & Ideas
Digital badge webinar: Feb. 6, 2014
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TITLE OF WORKSHOP:
Getting Started with Digital Badges
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DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP: Merit badges have
gone digital! Digital badges contain information
about who issued a learning challenge, who earned
the badge, and the evidence of learning that was
required to earn it. Badges help bridge the gap
between formal and informal learning. Participants
in this workshop will learn how to make digital
badges and how to use them in instruction and
assessment.
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Learn More!
MACUL Pre- Con Session,
March 12, 2014
Resources:
Digital Badges Pearltrees
(http://goo.gl/0SqVWG)
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K. Fontichiaro, A. Elkordy, From Stars to
Constellations: Digital Badges Can Chart Growth
ISTE Leading & Learning, Dec. 2013/ Jan.
2014 http://goo.gl/uqEQKI
K. Fontichiaro, A. Elkordy, Getting Started
with Digital Badges, MACUL Journal, Fall
2013, p. 30 http://goo.gl/VlJLlw
Open Badges: http://openbadges.org/
Passport Studio (Digital Badging Platform):
www.openpassport.org
Pearltrees Collections of Digital Resources
(curated by A. Elkordy):
http://goo.gl/0SqVWG
Resources / Sites:
Thank you!
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For more information, visit
http://www.badgebox.net/
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Or contact Angela Elkordy
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aelkordy@emich.edu
call (734) 494-0640 (Google voice)
Questions?