1. 1. RETHINKING REWARDS IN THE DIGITAL AGE Managing an Ecosystem of Digital Badges Jaime M Goldman
2. 2. PART I INTRO TO DIGITAL BADGES Introduction to Digital Badges webinar originally presented on September 17, 2014 is available online at:http://tinyurl.com/flwdigitalbadges1
3. 3. WHAT ARE BADGES? http://openbadges.org/
4. 4. BADGES The badge is not the reward the accomplishment is! Earn badges when you achieve something and display them proudly Badges communicate the value of what you learned A way to organize and recognize learning Have you ever earned a badge before? Scouting Military Gaming Social Media
5. 5. WHAT ARE DIGITAL BADGES? Digital badges are a powerful new tool for identifying and validating the rich array of people's skills, knowledge, accomplishments, and competencies. Digital badges inspire new pathways to learning and connect learners to opportunities, resources, and one another.
6. 6. THE OPEN BADGE MOVEMENT
7. 7. WHY DIGITAL BADGES?
8. 8. DIGITAL BADGES PROS/CONS Autonomy Interest-driven learning (motivation) View progress directly & visually Individual feedback & improvement Recognition Engaged learners Verify skills Procrastination (self-paced learning) Extrinsic motivator that competes with intrinsic motivation for accomplishment & mastery (is reward desirable?) May not motivate all learners Learners must be comfortable using technology
9. 9. WHO COULD USE DIGITAL BADGES? 1. Employers 2. Schools 3. Universities 4. Community programs 5. Libraries
10. 10. PART II DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM
11. 11. WHY CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM OF DIGITAL BADGES? Goal to create a digital badge platform that is designed to encourage, support and acknowledge informal learning.
12. 12. ECOSYSTEM PARTS Ecosystem parts: Having your own digital badge system is only one piece of the puzzlefor any badging initiative to flourish, you must have all of ALL of the components of a digital badge ecosystem.
13. 13. DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM - EARNER Earner an individual who wants to demonstrate their achievements to various audiences
14. 14. DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM - ISSUER Issuer defines, creates, organizes, verifies, and issues badges
15. 15. DIGITAL BADGE ECOSYSTEM - CONSUMER Consumer education providers, individuals, employers, communities, or other groups that are looking for people who possess the skills or achievements symbolized by a badge
16. 16. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK Badges Assessment Infrastructure Open Badges for Lifelong Learning White Document: http://tinyurl.com/qfcawlq
17. 17. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK - BADGES Badges that represent a variety of skills, competencies, qualities, achievement, and interests Stand alone badges or part of a learning path Wide range of learning and interactions can be used as evidence for achieving a badge Metadata attached to badges Meta-badges Can create a roadmap of sequential skills that build upon each other, or have a set of accomplishments that together help you get to a higher level GOAL Level 1 Level 3 Level 2 Level 4 Badges Assessment Infrastructure
18. 18. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK - ASSESSMENT Quality and vetted assessment is key to ensure that the badging system has value Valuable and relevant outside of the badging system This is an important aspect that issuers must focus on Criteria and achievements must be outlined clearly and included in the metadata behind the badge and vetted by the issuer Multiple paths for assessment, not just the traditional instructor assessment, leads to an interest-driven and more flexible system Course organizers Peers Online system Learner Badges Assessment Infrastructure
19. 19. BADGE ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORK - INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure supports the issuing, collection, and display of badges Gives learners control Helps learners capture their learning Allows learner to communicate and share their learning and skills Open badge infrastructure should support: Independent-Source Badge Issuer Badge Collection Badge Display Badge Endorsement Badges Assessment Infrastructure
20. 20. PART III: HOW TO BUILD YOUR ECOSYSTEM
21. 21. DIGITAL BADGE CREATORS 1.Credly - https://credly.com/ 2. Open Badge Designer - https://www.openbadges.me/ 3. Official Badge Generator - http://www.says- it.com/badge/ 4. Passport by Purdue University- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/passport/ 5. Achievery - http://www.achievery.com/
22. 22. DIGITAL BADGE CREATORS Credly: www.credly.com 3 ways to create badges 1. Use their online tools and resources 2. Use their online tools but upload your own images/icons 3. Create your own badge and upload to Credly
23. 23. IVE EARNED A BADGE NOW WHAT?
24. 24. DIGITAL BADGE MANAGERS Display your badges across the web Earn badges from anywhere, then share them wherever you want on social networking profiles, job sites or on your website. Your Mozilla Backpack makes it easy to earn badges from multiple sources, both online and offline. Then sort them into categories and choose where theyre shared, through a single interface. How can I display my Open Badges? Using your Mozilla Backpack, which collects, manages and displays badges anywhere on the web across job networks, community portals, websites and more. On WordPress blogs and websites, using the WPBadger plug-in. Through Twitter, with status updates like this one. Through LinkedIn, thanks to community member Grainne Hamilton sharing this handy trick More coming soon! Were working with a number of professional and personal networks to integrate our Displayer API. Check out our onboarding documentation and technical documentation.
25. 25. EXAMPLE OF A BADGE ECOSYSTEM: Badges Assessment Infrastructure
26. 26. EXAMPLE OF A BADGE ECOSYSTEM: Badges Assessment Infrastructure Badges Assessment Infrastructure
27. 27. EXAMPLE OF A BADGE ECOSYSTEM: Digital Badges Certification Badge 3: Creation exercises Sign up for Credly and create 3 badges Sign up for Mozilla Backpack and organize badges Badges Assessment Infrastructure
28. 28. Badges Assessment Infrastructure Technology Certification Open Source Apps Meta-Badge Social Media Meta-Badge Digital Badges Meta-Badge Badge 3: Creation exercises Sign up for Credly and create 3 badges Sign up for Mozilla Backpack and organize badges Self-paced learning
29. 29. MOZILLA OPEN BADGES + CREDLY 1. Credly Badge Creator & Issuer www.credly.com 2. Mozilla Backpack Manager Welcome to your Backpack Celebrate your skills & passions Log In or Sign Up
30. 30. EXAMPLES OF BADGE ECOSYSTEMS Badges in Action: Worlds of Learning @ New Milford High School: http://www.worlds-of-learning- nmhs.com/ Boys and Girls Club of Canadas Badge Centre: http://badgecentre.ca/ stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/help/badges Chicago Summer of Learning: http://www.chicagosummeroflearning.org/ http://downloads.sproutfund.org/badges/CSOL.pdf Open Badges for Foreign Language Education @ UT: http://openbadges.coerll.utexas.edu/ Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/badges Providence After School Alliance: http://downloads.sproutfund.org/badges/Providence.pdf http://www.reconnectlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pasa_case_study_final.pdf Young Adult Library Services Association http://www.reconnectlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/YALSA_case_study_final.pdf University of California at Davis: http://dpdproject.info/details/safs/ http://www.reconnectlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/UC- Davis_case_study_final.pdf Badges for Lifelong Learning: http://downloads.sproutfund.org/badges/DML4.pdf
31. 31. RESOURCES Credly: https://credly.com/ Mozilla Backpack: http://backpack.openbadges.org/backpack/login Mozilla Open Badges: http://www.openbadges.org/Badges HASTAC Digital Badges: http://www.hastac.org/digital-badges MacArthur Foundation Digital Badges: http://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/ Bibliography: http://www.hastac.org/digital-badges-bibliography
32. 32. WEBINAR BADGE Heres your badge! Questions? jaime.goldman@gmail.com Credly Claim Code: 1. Go to: www.credly.com 2. Sign in or set up your account 3. Click on CLAIM CREDIT at top 4. Paste in code & claim!