a PrimerDigital Badges for Faculty:

Eric Kunnen and Matthew Roberts Grand Valley State University

Digital Badges for Faculty:

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Introduction to Digital Badges History of Badges at GVSU Curricular Considerations Personnel Considerations Design Considerations Technical Considerations Marketing Considerations

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A Brief Introductionto Digital Badges

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2005Microsoft releases Xbox 360 Gamerscore system

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2007Eva Baker of AERA calls for merit-badge-like “qualifications”

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2010Badge system Basno launches for 2011 NYC Marathon

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2011Arne Duncan announces Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition

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2011Mozilla Foundation announces Open Badges Project

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2012Mozilla and partners release Open Badges 1.0

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2014Creation of the Badge Alliance #657A49

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A Brief History of Badges at GVSU

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RECOGNITIONof existing skills

DEVELOPMENT of new skills

CREATION of community

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Summer 2014

ConversationBegins

Fall 2015

First Meeting

Winter 2016

Research

Summer 2017

Launch

Fall 2017

Interest in student

badges

Summer 2018

Begin discussing

staff badges

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FTLC

Library eLearning15

FTLC

Library eLearning

CCSEHR

DSR16

Curricular Considerations

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What is badge-worthy?18

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Basic

Proficient

Advanced

Learn

Produce

Share

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GVSU

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GVSUInclusive Excellence

2017

GVSUSpring Fling 2018

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GVSUBlackboard Blackbelt

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Dates and Expiration22

Can a badge expire?…if so, can it be earned again?

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…if so, is it the year it was earned?Does a badge include a date?

…or does it indicate “version”?

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GVSUInclusive ETI

2018

GVSUInclusive ETI

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2017

GVSUDigital Video

2017

GVSUDigital Video

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2017

GVSUDigital Video

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GVSUDigital Video

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Digital Video

2017

v12017

v22017

v32017

v4

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Badge Ownership28

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Design Considerations

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GVSUFoundations

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Pew FTLC eLearningUniversity Libraries GVSU#EdTech STI 2017

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GVSUFoundations

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GVSUFoundations Spring Fling 2018

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Technical Considerations

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Two big questions

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Two key workflows42

Badge Creation

Badge Earning43

Badger

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Personnel Considerations

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Marketing Considerations

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A Few Statistics53

Questions?

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http://www.gvsu.edu/facultybadges

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