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Learning by Design with Digital Badges ISTE 2015 Angela Elkordy Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences National College of Education National Louis University,
Learning by Design with Digital Badges ISTE 2015 Angela Elkordy
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences National College of
Education National Louis University, Chicago, IL
[email protected]
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Eric Whitacres Virtual Choir: Paradise
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Todays session Wednesday, July 1 st Room 115B Turn your class
into an innovation space or iSpace using digital badging. Leverage
learning for students by encouraging digital literacy skills
acquired in self-motivated, interest learning. If you have been
looking for ways to create learning pathways with varying ideas for
performance assessments, this session is for you! Follow
along:
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Fast Track: Overview What do you know already about digital
badges? Why do we need new ways to recognize learning? What are
digital badges? What are iSpaces? So. Hows it done?! Where to find
additional resources
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Focal points. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning
Experiences and Assessments The badge design promotes the
integration of students' learning in informal contexts, much of
which are digital media and learning skills. The badge design
functions as a bridge between learning contexts and encourages
teacher reflection on the learning outcomes and processes.
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Whats the
point?
Where to find more info #badgechatk12 (next page) Twitter chat,
Mondays at 6:00 p.m. EST Archives, resources, awesome people!
Angelas Pearltrees curated resources Connect with Angela on
LinkedIn (Angela Elkordy) [email protected], [email protected][email protected] 7
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K12 resources, outstanding PLN! http://www.badgechatk12.com/
Love this group! Sharing and supportive. Shout out to Noah Gisel,
@SenorG, Founder
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Resources: Digital Badges Pearltrees
(http://goo.gl/0SqVWG)
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10 Resources: Digital Badges Pearltrees
(http://goo.gl/0SqVWG)
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Learn more about badges: http://goo.gl/aX5Sux Also, a new book,
Foundations of Digital Badges is coming out within the next few
months!
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Earn a badge! [email protected] 12 1.Design a standards- aligned
digital badge (for students) or 2.Design a badge to recognize
professional competencies 3.Include 3 badge criteria 4.Include 3
possible kinds of evidence of meeting the criteria (e.g. video,
document, presentation, digital artifact etc.
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What are the characteristics of powerful learning environments?
13 Turn and Talk.
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So, thinking about learning. why do we need new ways to
recognize learning?
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Digital age learners. Evolving socio- cultural contexts
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Educator roles have been changing with digital age learners
Learning is continuous, in and out of school
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Learning is Life-Long & Life-Wide Who knew so many adults
are Makers at heart??
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What are your learners. (students, teachers, professionals)
learning? 18
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How do traditional qualifications work? Paper basedNot specific
Knowledge & basic skills Not transparent Ineffectively
communicate What do you know? Teen smile ;-)
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Why recognize informal learning? 20
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Digital badges can bridge 21 Formal Learning (classrooms)
Informal Learning (everywhere else) Skills Recognition
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What are Digital Badges (Microcredentials)?
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Badge Basics: Whats in a Digital Badge? Data ..about data
(metadata)CriteriaEvidenceImageBadging Platform 23
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Where are badges stored and displayed? In dedicated digital
badging platforms (private and public) Integrated into learning
management systems (Edmodo, Makewaves, Blackboard) On web pages and
other web publishing spaces Mozilla Backpack -- Open Badge
Infrastructure (OBI) compliant digital On windows! 24
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What makes badges work? Value Design (criteria) Communication
Purpose/Use 25 Precious..!
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What do you value? 26 Skill sets? Specialized content
knowledge? Competencies? Data Review Protocols? Intrapersonal
skills? Snazzy Technology Skills? Classroom management and
organization Pedagogical knowledge? ESL/ Poverty? Snazzy Technology
Skills?
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For whom would digital badges work? Why?
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Establish credentials and skills in learning community for:
Students Elementary Teachers Middle School Teachers High School
Teachers Professional Student Supports Paraprofessionals Staff
Administrators Parents Learning community members: Image credit:
Carlosae: http://carlosae.deviantart.com/art/Flower-
Fractal-Kaleidoscope-362698489
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Digital badges are Competency-based What can you *do*? Evidence
based Performance tasks Visible learning 29
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Competency-based Learning measures learning and skills
acquisition versus seat-time 30
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Teacher Story: Visible Learning, Competencies, Skills -- What
do you value? Teacher B: I wish there was some way I wish that you
could quantify students feelings in a classroom. Teacher A: Even
us, with our evaluationsbuilds positive relationships with students
is a little checkbox. It's yes, you do, or you don't. [ Teacher B:
That's a crazy thing to say yes or no to.] So you know to have
badges, or have other things that kind of quantify more what
actually goes into that. And what having good relationships with
your students gets you as a teacher. And for them, in terms of
fewer referrals, better grades, and things like that. 31
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Student Story #1 Bilal
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Innovating Bilal and others like him.innovators and
catalysts
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Ok, so how do we actually do this?
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Lets make a badge! (We Do) 35 We Do
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Make a badge image https://www.makebadg.es/ 36
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Credly.com (I do) 37
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Design (or lack thereof) makes the difference 38
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Design the badge: Source: Bing Images, (CC) Creator: Benjamin
Simon criteria, image, learning products and the learning
context
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Sample badge design
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Understanding by Design 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?
Digital badge assessments can align well with the idea of
critically looking at learning and mastery of concepts can be
evidenced Digital badges can guide or scaffold learning, leading to
greater understanding Through performance activities, learning is
made visible Design for Understanding
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Design Tools http://goo.gl/RPqYC1
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Create the badge: digital badging systems Up and running
suggestions: Classbadges.com (not OBI compliant) Credly.com K-12
learning management systems: Edmodo, Makewaves
ForAllRubrics.com
