Talk presented on edWeb.net, June 2013 Lisa Dawley, CEO, GoGo Labs Julie Stratton, Cape May County Technical High School http://lisadawley.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/digital-badges-lessons-learned/

1. Digital Badges:
Lessons Learned
Dr. Lisa Dawley, GoGo Labs
Julie Stratton, Cape May County Technical High School

4. Badges video
http://youtu.be/Kpk5W2hL9IU

5. Visit a Mozilla Backpack
http://bit.ly/17r6Aos

6. Nine Principles for Recognizing
Learning with Badges
Andi Rehak & Dan Hickey
http://bit.ly/10IzqIB

7. 1. Use badges to map learning trajectories
http://noaaplanetstewards.org

8. 2. Align badges to standards

9. 3. Have experts issue badges

11. 4. Seek external backing

12. 5. Recognize diverse learning

13. 6. Use badges as means
of external
communication of
knowledge and/or
skills.
7. Make badges
permanent.
8. Recognize educator
learning, as well.
9. Award formal
academic credit for
badges.

16. Quest-Based Professional
Development

17. How I Used Planet Stewards
and Digital Badges

18. Environmental Literacy –
elective course
o Face-to-face delivery
o 19 seniors and 1 junior
o Open delivery over two weeks
o Students could complete any quest, had to obtain XP levels for grade

19. What this class is saying about

20. What this class is saying
about
Favorite
Reply of the
week

21. Oceanography
o taken as an elective or science lab course
o Online only delivery
o Mix of 10 – 12th grade – 16 total students
o Structured delivery over 7 weeks with weekly expectations
o Specific pathway focus – Marine Biologist, some quests required, students
allowed to choose some quests

23. Student Wiki for
Mitigation Plan for
Beluga Whale

24. Student Wiki for
Mitigation Plan for
Ringed Seal

25. Lessons Learned Digital
Badges
• Many students are not used to being self-driven –
build towards this goal
• Students like the ability to use different formats to
submit work
• Students have short patience/attention span
• Digital Badges give authenticity to my
classroom, students can see links outside of
classroom