using badging as an open educational resource

Using Badging as an Open Educational Resource

March 31, 2015

Jenna Pitera and Kelsey O’Brien

What is a Digital Badge?

Image Source: Badges! By Nancy White, CC-BY-NC-SA

What is a Digital Badge?

A record of achievement Acknowledgement of accomplishment Indication of a proven a skill or ability Evidence of learning Verification of competency Validation of non-traditional skills or

experiences

Framework: Metaliteracy

Metaliteracy is envisioned as a comprehensive model for information literacy to advance critical thinking and reflection in social media, open learning settings, and online communities.

Jacobson and Mackey, Proposing a Metaliteracy Model to Redefine Information Literacy, Communications in Information Literacy 7(2), 2013.

www.metaliteracy.org

Design

Curriculum Mapping

Scaffolding Tool

Gamification

Flexibility

Platform Wordpress BadgeOS Plugin Credly

Content

Different contributions, viewpoints, perspectives

Multimedia, interactive, gamification Building from introductory ideas (e.g.

bibliographic instruction) to more complex concepts

Relevance to wide audience

Open Access

• Open SUNY initiative

• Many audiences

• Integration of campus-

specific information literacy

learning objectives

• Each objective linked to

appropriate quests and

challenges

Implementation and Collaborations

• 4 engaged institutions – community

college, 4 year, distance learning,

research university

• 9 courses, 21 sections

• 889 registered users, 683 active

students

• In the works:

• Disciplinary badges (Criminal Justice, Forensics,

Informatics)

• Multisites (customized per institution with WP

Engine)

Disciplinary Integration

• APSY: Childhood Behavioral Disorders

• ECPY 204: Principals of Career and Life Planning

• ECPY 421: Intro to Counseling Psychology

• ESPY 120: The Psychology of Academic and Personal Effectiveness

• INF 200: Research Methods for Informatics

• RCRJ 490 Honors: Theory and Research

• UFSP 102: The World of Technology

• UFSP 102: World of Law and Justice

• UNI 110: Writing and Critical Inquiry

Canvas MOOC

Empowering Yourself as a Digital Citizen

The Metaliteracy Badging system

Take a tour of the system

Metaliteracy.learningtimes.net

“Open Badges provides an alternative and more in-depth method for students and workers to demonstrate knowledge and skills. Meanwhile, badges also give employers a new way to assess critical but hard-to-measure skills such as creativity, communication, teamwork and adaptability.” – Connie Yowell, MacArthur Foundation

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