using badging as an open educational resource
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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
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
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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