Achievement Unlocked! A Digital Badge Primer & Workshop
- 1. A Digital Badge Primer & Workshop Presented by: Emily Ford Urban & Public Affairs Librarian Portland State University forder@pdx.edu www.slideshare.net/forder
- 2. Outcomes: Create & use a Credly account Understand basic theory & use of badges Brainstorm & explore potential badge implementations in libraries Agenda: Credly Challenge Badges 101 theories & uses Using badges planning & implementing Caring & Sharing what we made Todays Agenda & Outcomes
- 3. 1. Go to www.credly.com and make an account. 2. Make a badge at Credly. 3. Award your badge to someone at your table (or to me! forder@pdx.edu) 4. Accept a badge awarded to you. Credly Challenge 10 minutes
- 4. Credly Challenge: Questions 5 minutes
- 5. Badges are visual representations of skills, achievements, or knowledge gained. Badges 101:Theory
- 6. Badges 101:Theory Higher Education
- 7. Badges 101:Theory Games & Motivation flic.kr/p/5b5MGR
- 10. Badges 101: Badge Anatomy
- 11. Badges 101: Badge Anatomy
- 12. Badges 101: Recapitulation Badges are a visual representation of skills, achievements, or knowledge gained; can effectively communicate to a user/student/patron what she will be learning and what she already has learned; can motivate a user/student/patron to keep learning; can facilitate user/student/patron engagement; record and display granting authority, criteria, and evidence of earner accomplishments; and provide a new assessment paradigm.
- 13. flic.kr/p/5pQ2v Using Badges: Brainstorm 5 minutes
- 14. 1. What program or project will use badges? What are this programs goals? 2. What skills, achievements, or knowledge will be credentialed with badges? 3. What is the primary function served by badges in your project? 4. Who are the earners, issuers, and observers of the project? 5. What are the rewards, benefits, or opportunities offered to badge earners? Access the worksheet: http://bit.ly/1hMpzee Using Badges: PlanningWorksheet 10 minutes These questions are modified from Badge System PlanningWorksheet (v1.1), by Jonathan E. Finkelstein, Credly, LLC, 2013. CC BY-NC
- 15. BadgeTitle Issuer/Authority Name Description Criteria Evidence Using Badges: Draft a Badge 15 minutes My friendSterling uses Untappd, a social networking site that awards badges to beer geeks.
- 17. Badge Platforms (a selection) Credly.com Openbadges.org (Mozilla) Badgeos.org (WordPress Plugin) Purdue University Passport
- 18. Credly Badge Backpack (Mozilla) LinkedIn WordPress Mahara DisplayYour Badges (a selection)
- 19. 4SquareBadges Untappd Educause Badging HASTAC Digital Badges Dallas Museum of Art Friends Blackboard Whos using badges? (a selection)
- 20. Abramovich, S., Schunn, C., & Higashi, R. M. (2013). Are badges useful in education?: it depends upon the type of badge and expertise of learner. EducationalTechnology Research and Development, 61(2), 217232. doi:10.1007/s11423-013-9289-2 Cary, K. (2012). A Future Full of Badges - Commentary. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Diaz,V. (2013). Digital Badges for Professional Development. Educause Review. Pagowsky, N. (2013). Test-driving Purdues Passport gamification platform for library instruction. ACRLTechConnect. Pagowsky, N. (n.d.). Keeping Up With... Digital Badges for Instruction. ACRL Keeping Up With... Raths, D. (2013). How Badges Really Work in Higher Education. Campus Technology. Stein, R., & Wyman, B. (2013). Nurturing Engagement: How Technology and Business Model Alignment can TransformVisitor Participation in the Museum. In Museums and the Web 2013. Further Readings