Digging into Badges, Virtual Simulations and Experiential Learning through a Province-wide Sandbox
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Presented at the Global Summit for Online Learning Toronto, Ontario October 17, 2018
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- 1. 1 Digging into Badges, Virtual Simulations and Experiential Learning through a Province-wide Sandbox
- 2. Where you can find me: Twitter: @joanne_kehoe Email: jkehoe@ecampusontario.ca Where you can find these slides: http://bit.ly/SummitSandbox
- 4. 4 Rethinking… Learning resources The learning experience Recognition of learning Virtual Simulations Experiential Learning Open Badging
- 5. 5 Collaborated with Vendors (CanCred, Riipen and Labster) Expression of Interest Call were due: Mid-July 2017 Evaluation and notification soon afterward with platform/tool access orientation Call for Expressions of Interest
- 6. 6 What we were looking for Vision Impact on Learners Team Commitment Communicating Value to All
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- 12. Our OPEN BADGE PARTNERS EIGHT CANCRED ENTERPRISE-LEVEL ACCOUNTS
- 13. 13 Serious lack of understanding around open badges and their value However, employers are interested! Badging projects are resource-intensive Critical to include IT staff in project planning Greater success in Professional and Adult Continuing Education and Co-curricular Badging projects WHAT we’ve learned
- 14. 14 Critical to establish Working Group early with stakeholders Recommend involving Program Advisory Committees Determine the appropriate method for issuing badges early Choose right curriculum to pilot and conduct stakeholder focus groups WHAT we’ve learned
- 15. 15 Manual issuing of badges time-consuming Appreciate support and badging community/clinics Keen interest in partner network and endorsement One-year not long enough for something that is complex to launch. WHAT we’ve learned
- 16. 16 Badging Platform: User Experience Easy to navigate, create and issue badges Fantastic customer support Good reporting Not easy to upload badges to LinkedIn Integration with LMS unavailable at the time
- 17. 17
- 18. Our Experiential Learning Partners PLATFORM ACCESS: THREE LICENSES
- 19. 19 WHAT we’ve learned Student feedback indicate value in ‘real-world’ experiences Great orientation and support from Riipen’s Success team Timing off for fall implementation (college strike impact) Limited opportunities/projects within some disciplines/languages Sensitivities around what students are asked to do/produce/upload Cost/sustainability of institution-wide adoption an issue
- 20. 20 Platform easy to use and navigate Supported by excellent training and documentation Riipen Platform: User Experience
- 21. 21 Photo by Ash Edmonds on Unsplash LABSTER Try a Lab Out if you haven’t...http://tiny.cc/labsterlab
- 22. LABSTER Try a Lab Out if you haven’t... http://tiny.cc/labsterlab
- 23. 23 Our Virtual Simulation Partners Distributed between 12 successful applicants 1,200 LICENSES York University University of Ottawa University of Toronto University of Windsor University of Guelph COLLEGES Cambrian College Durham College Lambton College Canadore College Mohawk College Sault College Centennial College UNIVERSITIES
- 24. 24 Virtual Lab Integrations (Program): • Pre-health Sciences • Chemical Production Eng Tech • Biology Bridging • General Chemistry • Biotechnology • Human Biology • Lab Science Certificate • Molecular & Cellular Biology • Medical Lab Assistant
- 25. 25 VIRTUAL LABS integrated: • As a required assessment • Before class (flipped), in-class (active learning) or as an assignment • As a bonus activity/study resource • A reinforcement of challenging topics raised in class (w/quiz) • In tandem with Instructor-created Lab Reports • As a pre-tutorial assignment • In F2F, blended and online classes • As part of a larger research project (U of T, Ottawa)
- 26. 26 WHAT We’ve learned Learners better prepared for real labs Solution to physical lab space resource shortage Learners like control over pace and progression Much higher uptake when included as a required component as opposed to a study aid Topnotch orientation and support from Labster
- 27. 27 WHAT We’ve learned Simulations addressed different learning styles through auditory and visual descriptions Students liked the immediate feedback and ability to control interaction with quizzes Provided opportunities for students who miss labs Information was accurate and concise Good for students with accessibility requirements (self-paced)
- 28. 28 WHAT We’ve learned Challenging to align simulation content to learning outcomes Strong need for ability to remove content that does not correspond to curriculum. Length of labs challenging for some Student decision-making limited by simulation options Limited assessment (multiple choice)
- 29. 29 Labster Simulations: User Experience Simulations worked well and were easy to use/navigate Student setup easy Some technical glitches reported by students (restarting simulations) Long load time/bandwidth, freezing mid-attempt Some aspects of simulations not mobile friendly Lack of ability to customize labs (remove content/activities)
- 31. 31 If you’re considering a similar edtech evaluation Timing and ease of implementation Institutional/team readiness Frameworks/ models of evaluation: • U of T Common Criteria • Technology Integration Model (TIM) • Rubric for E-Learning Tool Evaluation
- 32. Where you can find me: Twitter: @joanne_kehoe Email: jkehoe@ecampusontario.ca Where you can find these slides: http://bit.ly/SummitSandbox
- 33. 33 Thank you VERY MUCH @Joanne_Kehoe
Editor's Notes
- Image: Public Domain
- We are a collaborator and a supporter to our 45 publicly-funded colleges and universities in Ontario. They are our partners and all of our work - 100% of our work is aimed at supporting growth in open and tech-enabled teaching and learning.
- Rethinking as a theme to guide our program designs. Ties into our selection of educational technologies for the sandbox.
- Communicating to those we wanted on board -Expressions of Interest; webinar Onboarding successful applicants
- We were really fortunate that the applications we received encompassed diverse project plans as well as a good representation and equitable distribution across colleges, universities and their geographic areas. Communicating value – what was their action research approach?
- So what is an open badge? You may have heard the word ‘digital badge’ - these are most often seen in game-based environments. Both are visual online indicators but open badges take it one step further by having all of the information about the badge ‘baked in. It is a digital credential (accomplishment, interest, affiliation) based on a metadata specification. It contains metadata including trusted links that help explain the context, meaning, process and result of an activity.
- Our partner vendor in this exploration is CanCred Factory - http://factory.cancred.ca - based on Open Badge Factory Open Badge Factory is a platform for issuing Open Badges. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for creating, issuing and managing Open Badges. CanCred.ca is Discendum’s partner in Canada, offering the same technology from servers in Canada, hosted by Canadians. They are “Canada’s Open Badges Solution”. Successful applicants get an enterprise level account on CanCred Factory and consultation/orientation. Data stored in Canada
- https://badges.ecampusontario.ca/
- Durham College Badging for Continuing Education’s (CE) pilot of three new micro-courses (Negotiation Skills, Handling Office Conflict and Influencing Without Authority) to reflect competencies developed in the areas of relationship-building, communication, accountability, problem-solving and results orientation. Will re-offer trilogy of micro-courses Winter 2018 in a stackable format, affording higher-level badge earning. Fanshawe College Recognition of working professionals’ academic achievements (e.g. Graduate Studies, Part-time Studies, and In-a-Day Workshops) through issuing badges for emerging computer applications, advanced communications, customer service, business trends, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and digital marketing courses and workshops. Individual badges achieved can be ‘stacked’ to create an official Fanshawe credential such as a Graduate Certificate or Declaration of Academic Achievement. Georgian College Will offer a series of micro-credentials and motivators for faculty by tying digital badges to specific pedagogical competencies in their Teaching Practice Credential (TPC) and other CTLAE workshops. Digital badging will be piloted through their “Learning Online To Teach Online (LOTTO)” program. Loyalist College Co-curricular competencies and skills that current students and past graduates gain outside of the classroom – through volunteering, workshopping, self-study, and workplace experiences – in co-curricular and leveled badges that can be used as evidence of employability skills in action. University of Waterloo Issuing digital badges within their mobile learning Foundations for Academic Success (FAS) app aimed at improving university undergraduate student engagement with academic integrity material. Strategies for enhancing student knowledge of the six values using interactive scenarios through open access mobile technology, culminating a certificate and a digital badge to recognize achievement. Western University 6 Prototyping Teams (Graduate Diploma in Health Sciences, Teaching Support Centre Faculty Development, Ivey Business School, Western Continuing Studies, Instructor Professional Development and The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) will develop use cases based upon respective curricular, co-curricular, pre-curricular and professional development contexts. York University Digital badging program to encourage student participation in entrepreneurial experiential and co-curricular activities, and recognize student achievement through micro credits. Badges will be awarded to students who demonstrate innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial skills in identified courses, attendance at entrepreneurial workshops, bootcamps and labs, co-ops and international experience program and recognition of prior learning. Ryerson University (Note –replacement for Lakehead not yet signed) Co-curricular badging recognition program Level Up: The Student Experience Blueprint focusing not only on student involvement, but also their journey through personal discovery, reflection and storytelling.
- What we have learned: There is a serious lack of understanding in what open badges are and what their value means. This is relevant for all stakeholders – the badging team, the students, the educators awarding the badges, potential employers. Badging projects are resource-intensive. This can’t just be added to current workload. Needs to be well planned and supported.
- increase of international student enrolment, the value of a badging system and its transferability in other cultures will also need to be reviewed. Establish a working group early in the process with representative stakeholders to avoid delays and anticipate the scope of involvement and buy-in within the organization Determine early on the appropriate method of issuing badges for sustainability Chose the right set of courses/programs for badge issuing and conduct external stakeholders/employee groups before commencement to determine interest and potential value
- College Strike
- Recommend integrating conversations on badges in program advisory committee meetings.
- Connect the three on micro-experiences Let’s take a look at the platform Create Assignment Client Success Coordinator reviews and gets in touch to finalize Once it is final, it is available for organizations to review and apply to (you can also reach out to organizations on the Riipen platform) Alternatively you can explore “In Class Projects” to find a suitable project for your learners Everything to do with managing your assignment is done through the platform.
- Fanshawe Integrated into Bachelor of Commerce Capstone course. 12 students and two clients - clients reduced to one due to work stoppage. Project on market assessment analysis. Making plans to use Riipen again in Fall 2018 for Community Consultancy course as well as building a case study repository. Riipen plans moving in CE division for Heating, Refrigeration and AIr Conditioning (partner Reliance). La Cite first opportunity was in a traditional sense where faculty members would submit projects to the platform and get some industry partners to sponsor them. The second opportunity was based on submitting areas of expertise tied to our applied research centerLa cite will also be involving their vendors (software, services, etc.,) will ask them to sign up to ripen to sponsor one of hose students. Riipen could waive the participation fee for la cite Launching a new Laboratory Science Certificate in 2018, giving all undergraduate Science students the opportunity to complete an internship that will provide them with real-life, experiential learning opportunities. The project will partner with growing local industries – vintners, breweries, distilleries and the pharmaceuticals industry. To increase the number and diversity of work-integrated experiences for students and industrial research collaborations for faculty, additional internships will be developed in the fields of: micro-plastics, fish nurseries, programing, GIST, and statistical analyses.
- More learning to come via Riipen use cases around Ontario (Seneca, McMaster CCE) Career Ready fund
- Labster platform contains over 70+ simulations Each is gamified case study covering 1-2 lectures and 1 lab practical session, typically taking 45 mins to complete Each simulation is built around a storyline that links the abstract theory and techniques covered to their real world application Each simulation contains MCQ’s is graded and the platform is integrated into the institutions learning management system
- Cambrian College Pre-Health Sciences Program: Biology I and Biology II Durham College Pre-Health Sciences Program: Biology I and Biology II Lambton College Chemical Production Engineering Technology Program: General Chemistry; Analytical Techniques; Introduction to Biotechnology York University Introductory Biology Bridging Course University of Ottawa General Chemistry Canadore College Biotechnology Courses: Cell Biology; Genetics; Industrial Microbiology; Molecular Biology University of Toronto Human Biology Courses: Neurogenomics; Vertebrate Histology and Histopathology University of Windsor Laboratory Science Certificate Program Centennial College Applied Biological and Environmental Sciences Program: Biological Techniques University of Guelph Molecular and Cellular Biology Program: Foundations in Molecular Biology and Genetics; Molecular Biology of the Cell Mohawk College Medical Laboratory Assistant Program: Foundations in Molecular Biology and Genetics; Molecular Biology of the Cell Sault College Pre-Health Sciences Program
- Research taking place at U of T as well as French translation project of of U of Ottawa. Interesting point out of the University of Toronto - labs as PBL
- Recommend integrating conversations on badges in program advisory committee meetings.
- Pedagogical Considerations - what teaching & learning methods does this technology support, enhance or create? Technology requirements - what is the bare minimum that IT needs to know Data privacy and sovereignty - how is data dealt with, stored and secured? Ease of Use - perceptive considering instructors, students, administrators and support Business models - how is this technology supported and maintained? Especially important for open source models Comparison analysis - how is this product different or similar than others on the market?
- Acknowledgements Magnifying Glass by Noun Project DISCUSSION