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Badges for Learning March 8, 2012

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PresentersAnne Derryberry John Bower Donald W. Reynolds Fellow Chief Executive Officer Reynolds Journalism Institute uBoost University of Missouri School of Journalism 2 wcet.wiche.edu

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Today’s ModeratorEllen Wagner Executive Director 3 wcet.wiche.edu

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What Are Badges? • Record of stuff one does • Visible to all • Portable • Independent, 3rd-­‐party acknowledgement and validaGon • More than a grade Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Badges Represent Many Things • Accomplishment • Achievement • Competencies • Merits • Rank • Interests • Belonging • ContribuGon • ReputaGon • Status Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Digital Badges – For Learning! In their simplest form, they are online records -­‐-­‐ • Evidence of accomplishment or achievement • Means of assessment • Skills demonstraGon • Issuer informaGon Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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The Secret Sauce for Making Digital Badges Work Metadata – Content – Role and idenGty – Skills – Level – Assessment – OpportuniGes and – Discrete or dynamic privileges – Scarcity and granularity – Permanence or – QualificaGons expiraGon – Issuer and/or endorser Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Behavior Motivation System for Learning

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“When a learner earns rewards for a7aining high standards, this creates a posi;ve feedback loop, which increases interest and involvement, leads to high personal evalua;ons of performance, results in increased competence, and builds intrinsic mo;va;on.”Cameron, Pierce, Banko, & Gear,2005; Hidi, 2001; Jinks & Lorsbach, 2003.

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Pre-­‐Enrollment Losses Poten;al Applicants Enrolled Students

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Enrolled Grades Students PrioriGes Financial Bad Habits Social Early Warning System Adding MoGvaGonal Tools Drop outs

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Target Behaviors

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WHAT Target Behaviors

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WHO Peers/Self Relevant Family Recogni;on Instructor Community

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HOW Student Desires Mapped to uBoost Features

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WHERE

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Badges and Games: What’s the ConnecGon? AdopGng badges does NOT require adopGng games for learning. HOWEVER The structure of games for learning is a natural pairing with badges. Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Skill-­‐Building Structure of Games – Not a Straight-­‐Line Progression Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Skill-­‐Building Structure of Games – Recursive & AccreGve L4 L! L3 L2 L1 Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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GamificaGon: An Alternate Approach • Game design strategies and game dynamics applied to non-­‐game applicaGons to increase engagement – CompeGGons -­‐ Social Media – Leaderboards -­‐ CollaboraGon – Badges -­‐ ReputaGon Badges for Learning by Anne Derryberry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Thank you for joining us! John Bower Anne Derryberry uBoost I’m Serious.net www.uboost.com www.imserious.net jbower@uboost.com anne@imserious.net 650.395.8680