mediakron meet badges: building learning narratives through digital projects

MediaKron Meet Badges: Building Learning Narratives through Digital Projects

Tim Lindgren, Sr. Instructional Designer, Boston College and MediaKron Product Manager Michael Evans, Neukom Fellow, Dartmouth CollegeMike Goudzwaard, Badge Integration Officer / Learning Designer, Dartmouth College

A toolkit for digital curation and storytelling

curationnarrationcollaboration

Designed to make it easier for teachers, students, and scholars to try out different ways of thinking with digital content.

Both a lab space/sandbox and a way to publish finished projects

Media

Collections

Media

Collections

Media items contain one basic content type each.

Collections contain other items and create relationships between them.

Any Item can be in multiple collections

Collections can be in other collections.

Collections can be in other collections.

Science and Religion in American Media

Digital Media Analysis

Complete in-class workshop

Complete supervised assignment

Complete collaborative assignment

Complete feedback assignment

Complete reflection assignment

Digital Media Analysis: Metadata

Digital Scholarship

Complete approved project design

Complete introductory activities

Complete progress report

Report project results

Complete project reflection exercise

Digital Scholarship: Multimedia Timeline

Critical Engagement

100% on syllabus quiz

100% on >4 reading quizzes

Learning Timeline for Module 1

Learning Timeline for Module 2

Learning Timeline for Module 3

Critical Engagement: Learning Timeline

Scaling Up Badges

Penn State Libraries: Information Literacy

http://tlt.psu.edu/2014/06/23/emily-rimland/

What if . . . ?

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How might we build a badge system?

How might we build a badge system?

NINJA

How might we build a badge system?

NINJA

• Lead workshops• Endorse evidence• Issue badges• TA in courses/MOOCs• Contribute to building the MK

platform

What if . . . ?

Meta MOOC

Your turn.

Writing prompt: What other projects might use badges to build collaboration, motivation, or new

capacity?

Scaling Up Badges

Questions and Discussion

Tim Lindgren - timothy.lindgren@bc.eduMichael Evans - michael.s.evans@dartmouth.eduMike Goudzwaard - @mgoudz michael.goudzwaard@dartmouth.edu