WARRANTING EVIDENCE (REVISITING OLD FRIENDS, NEVER FOES). KATHRYN COLEMAN, MELBOURNE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AAEEBL.

DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS AND OPEN DIGITAL BADGES

FRIENDS OR FOES?

LAST YEAR…

https://youtu.be/op_Q2i87ta0

AAEEBL AND THE PORTFOLIO BADGE CONVERSATION

2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

“DIGITAL BADGES ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO OUR CHANGING WORLD BECAUSE THEY OPEN UP OUR CURRENT SYSTEM OF RATING AND RANKING TO MORE NUANCED LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING, AND ALLOW A MORE EVIDENCE-BASED OR PERSONALIZED ANALYSIS OF LEARNING THAN TRADITIONAL CREDENTIALS PROVIDE” (GRANT, 2014, P.11).

Sheryl Grant, 2015

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“THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF DATA IN THE BADGES CAN MAKE THE ARTIFACTS IN THE PORTFOLIOS MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL. BADGES CONTAIN SPECIFIC CLAIMS, EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THOSE CLAIMS, AND LINKS TO MORE EVIDENCE (I.E.,., ARTIFACTS IN PORTFOLIOS). BUT THEY ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE THOSE ARTIFACTS WERE CREATED. THIS ADDRESSES A MASSIVE VALIDITY CHALLENGE FOR PORTFOLIOS AS EVIDENCE OF COMPETENCES: WITHOUT INFORMATION THE CONTEXT OF CREATION, YOU CAN'T EVALUATE THE PORTFOLIO AS EVIDENCE OF MUCH OF ANYTHING”.

Professor Dan HickeyAAEEBL Regional , May 2016

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IF DIGITAL BADGES ARE GOING TO BE EVIDENCE-BASED AND TRANSFERABLE… THE EPORTFOLIO PLATFORM IS BEST OPTIMIZED TO DELIVER THAT EVIDENCE AND PROVIDE A LOGICAL SPACE TO SHOWCASE THE BADGE.

Associate Program Director of ePortfolio Assessment, G. Alex Ambrose, Ph.D.

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BADGES ON LINKEDIN

BADGES ON TWITTER

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ON THE WEB

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“OPEN BADGES ARE VALIDATED EVIDENCES OF LEARNING. WHY NOT USE THEM AS CONSTRUCTION BLOCS OF A SIMPLE PORTFOLIO INSTEAD OF WRITING STORIES ABOUT LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT ONLY A FEW WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO READ?” ERIC ROUSSELLE

▸ Open badge passport

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EPORTFOLIO EVIDENCE

▸ We need to have both Eric!

EVIDENCE OF……

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Howard, Hickey & Willis, 2016 Description: Do you know what you want to badge?

Criteria: What will it require to earn a badge?

Issuer: What kind of technological resources do you have to work with?

Evidence: How will you show the criteria have been met?

Examples: What are some similar projects I can examine for ideas?

Dates: How long are the badges valid?

Six Steps to Building High-Quality Open Digital Badgeshttp://evolllution.com/programming/credentials/six-steps-to-building-high-quality-open-digital-badges/

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DESIGNING BADGE CLAIMS

▸ A badge claim is an application of evidence to demonstrate competency, achievement, skill or experience to a badge issuer. Making a claim for evidence of award can be done in a number of ways, for instance a claim may be made in formal or informal learning spaces against a designed set of criteria on a rubric or self issued with claims of evidence that are endorsed by key stakeholders.

HTTP://WWW.ASSURINGGRADUATECAPABILITIES.COM/ACHIEVE.HTML

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▸ CURATING PORTFOLIO ARTEFACTS AND EVIDENCE FOR BADGE CLAIMS

▸ Curation is an action. “A curator is a planner, designer, creator and maker of and in spaces that represent a genre, theme, narrative, story, life and invite discourse as they direct an audience for a purpose” (Coleman, 2015).

▸ The act of self-curation in a portfolio entails selecting artefacts that reflect this common purpose, dependent on the context, theme or aim and presenting it for an audience such as an assessor, employer or for the self.

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WHEN APPLIED TO DIGITAL BADGES AND BADGE CLAIMS, PORTFOLIOS ENABLE A LEARNER TO:

▸ Display digital and open badges as artefacts curated in a collection.

▸ Represent pathways, incentives and recognition of waypoints in the learning journey and narrative.

▸ Make explicit connections between learning experiences over time.

▸ Have evidence validated, endorsed and verified.

▸ Be recognised and verified for evidence, both direct and indirect.

▸ Receive credit for gaining and developing self efficacy, self-evaluation and metacognition.

▸ Evidence competencies, skills, achievements and knowledge for a credential.

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DESIGNING AUTHENTIC BADGE CLAIMS CAN SUPPORT BADGE EARNERS TO CONTEXTUALISE, INTEGRATE AND APPLY THEIR LEARNING IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL EXPERIENCES:

▸ Evidence-based ecosystem design

▸ pre-structural extended abstract