designing open badges for a technology integration course
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Designing Open Badges for a Technology Integration Course
Daniel L. RandallJ. Buckley Harrison
Richard E. WestBrigham Young University
Merit Badges and Digital Badges
Boy Scout Merit Badges
Digital Badge
- Acknowledge accomplishment- Display skills gained- Motivation- Enable feedback/teaching from adult mentors
Typically not sharable -Acknowledge accomplishment -
Motivation -Gamification -
Enable feedback on specific skills -
Open Badges
Open Badges
Webmaker Open Badges
- Uses Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI)- Criteria and Evidence links- Display badges via web- Motivation
Awarded Automatically -Display skills gained -
Motivation -Gamification -
Mozilla Backpack
Backpack Collection
Multiple collections can be created.
Collections can remain private or can be made public and shared.
Open Badge Information
A Disruptive Innovation
Competing with non-consumption
Technologicalcore
Course Description
• 1 credit course. Wanted to find a way to extend learning beyond our course.
• 3 major projects in which students selected a technology they wanted to learn to fulfill the assignment.
• Wanted to better assist students who have differing levels of technological ability.
Design of our Open Badge System
Mozilla’s Webmaker badges plan used the “constellation” concept in which smaller badges are earned and added together to receive a higher level badge.
Badges image adapted from the Mozilla Open Badges Project. Retrieved from http://erinknight.com/post/29830945702/webmaker-badges on 11/9/12.
Badge System Adapted from Mozilla
Course Level Badge
ProjectLevel Badge
Lower Level Badges
Criteria for Earning Lower Level Badges
Google Sites
Technology Integration
iMovie/MovieMaker
PersonalTech
Learning
Pages Embedding Professional Pre-Production
Post-Production Professional Choice 1 Choice 2 Choice 3
Create basic web page
Embed YouTube Video
Good choice of theme
Select appropriate concept to teach w/ video
Add Clips/ Images Chose appropriate music
Create Announcement page
Embed Google Doc (viewable)
Good choice of Color Scheme (if applicable)
Concept must connect to Utah Core
Split Clip (Do you even do this with iMovie anymore?)
Audio levels of music, narration and other sound is at appropriate levels (You hear what you’re supposed to be able to hear)
Add image Embed Calendar Navigation is Logical
Create Storyboard
Add Meaningful Narration (can this be done with both programs?)
Must be engaging/ interesting to view
Insert Map Must include digital images
Add Background Music that does not Distract
Cuts are in the best place
Add and format text
Must include some video you filmed
Add Transitions Credits move slowly enough to be viewed, all works properly cited
Add Links to other sites
Add Titles
Adjust volume of music/ Narration?
Create credits
Uploaded to YouTube
First Iteration: 3 Project Level Badges
Pages Embed Pro Pro Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
Pre Post
Student selected Internet Communication Technology
Student selected Multimedia Technology
Student selectedPersonal Technologies
Higher, culminating badges are earned
when the lower level badges they are composed of are
earned.
Google Sites
iMovie PersonalTech
Pages Embed Pro Pro Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
Pre Post
First Iteration: 3 Project Level Badges
Student selected Internet Communication Technology
Student selected Multimedia Technology
Student selectedPersonal Technologies
TechnologyIntegration
Course Level Badge
Project Level Badge
Lower Level Badges
Course Level Badge
Project Level Badge
Lower Level Badges
Google Sites
Educational Technology
PersonalTech
Pages Embed Pro Pro Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
Pre Post
Student selected Internet Communication Technology
Student selected Multimedia Technology
Student selectedPersonal Technologies
Web TeachingConcepts
MobileLearn
Internet Safety
Copy right
Web TeachingiMovie
Second Iteration: 4 Project Level Badges
BlendLearn
Google Sites
PersonalTech
Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
Current Iteration
Student selected Internet Communication Technology
Student selected Multimedia Technology
Student selectedPersonal Technologies
AdditionalConcepts
MobileLearn
Internet Safety
Copy right
iMovie
Lower level badges are not issued for these projects
Project level badge not issued for these
additional concepts
Educational Technology
Course Level Badge
Project Level Badge
Lower Level Badges
GoogleEarth
Social Networking
Twitter LinkedIn Google+Facebook
Personal Technology Project Options
Lower level badges arenot issued for larger
technologies likeGoogle Earth
Lower level badges are not necessarily issued for these
technologies
Predefined Cluster Pick 3 Smaller Tech1 Large Tech
SocialNetworking
Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
A project level badge is not issued for this collection
of technologiesProject Level Badge
Lower Level Badges
Course Level Badge
Project Level Badges
Lower Level Badges
Google Sites
Educational Technology
iMovie/MovieMaker
PersonalTech
Learning
Pro Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
Copyright
Internet Safety
MobileLearning
286
Strategy Level Badges
Google Sites
PersonalTech
LearningiMovie
AppliedLevel Badge
Google Sites
iMoviePersonal
TechLearning
Top Level Badge
Technology Integration
Beyond 286
Proposed Badges Beyond 286
IPT EdTec: Our Open Badges Site (IPTEdTec.org)
Selected Badge Rubrics (by Project)
Google Sites (IC)
Mendeley (PT, Lower Level)
Copyright (AC)
Student Works on Project/ Makes Corrections
Instructor/TA Assess
Feedback
Submit/Resubmit
Multiple Attempts allowed
An “A” in class does not necessarily equal a badge
Mastery Approach
Badge Issuer
Available on Githubmsedev/badges
Internet Communications Multimedia Project Additional Concepts
- Google Sites
- Blogger
- WordPress*
- Weebly*
- iMovie
- MovieMaker
- SoundCloud*
- Photoshop*
- Illustrator*
- InDesign*
- Premiere*
- Final Cut*
- Copyright & Creative
Commons
- Mobile Learning
- Internet Safety
*In progress or planned
Available Badges
Smaller Technologies(Lower Level Badges)
Personal Technology Badges Available
Clusters & Larger Tech.(Project Level Badges)
- Mind Mapping
- Online Presentations
- Social Networking
- Social Bookmarking
- Video Conferencing
- Podcasting
- Google Earth
- Creately
- Diigo
- Prezi
- MindMeister
- Mendeley
- Popplet
- Slideshare
- VoiceThread
Smaller Technologies(cont.)
- Inspiration 9
- LoggerPro
- SoundCloud
- AudioBoo
- Popplet
- PollEverywhere
Future Design Iterations
• Design of strategy and integration level badges.
• Creating pathways for people to earn badges not in our classes, particularly inservice teachers.
• Scaling assessment.
• Maintaining accuracy of rubrics and tutorials as tools evolve and change.
• Creating a smart dashboard management tool for people to log in and track their progression on badges (ala Khan Academy).
Future Research Considerations
• Student motivation. How many students will go above and beyond to earn badges? extra badges? Post-class badges?
• How useful can this be for teacher inservice professional development? Does it present a solution that will be useful to teachers?
• Principal/employer perceptions
Randall, D. L., Harrison, J. B., West, R.E. (2013). Giving credit where credit is
due: Designing Open Badges for a technology integration course.
TechTrends, 57(6), 88-95. doi:10.1007/s11528-013-0706-5
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Richard E. West – [email protected]
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