certificates & badges
DESCRIPTION
Presentation at the National eXtension Conference, 24-27 March 2014, Sacramento, CA on the subject of recognizing learning through issuing certificates and badges in Moodle.TRANSCRIPT
Certificates and Badges to Recognize Online Learning
Larry Lippke
National eXtension Conference
26 March 2014
Campus History
• Certificates offered by 163 active courses
• >35,300 certificates issued since 2008
• 17,900 on 1 course—4Hers showing animals in Nebraska
Types of Requirements
• None• Minutes• Grades• Activity completion• Time window
Options
• Notification to teachers or others• Can include date, code, grade, credit
hours, teacher’s name, logo, signature image
• Custom border/background image
Badges
• Represented by digital image• Associated metadata: name,
description, issuer, expiration date, criteria, evidence, tags
• Store locally or transfer to backpack• Publish to other sites from backpack
Uses of Badges
• Set goals• Motivate behavior• Represent achievement• Communicate success