Badges First workshop on #openbadges with Whitney Kilgore and Robin Bartoletti. 22 April 2015, Dallas, Texas.

1. BADGES FIRST
WORKSHOP
WHITNEY KILGORE
ROBIN BARTOLETTI
JOYCE SEITZINGER
#ET4ONLINE

2. QUICK OPEN BADGES INTRO

5. DIGITAL BADGE DEFINITION
• “Digital credential that represents skills,
interests and achievements earned by an
individual through specific projects,
programmes, courses or other activities.”
(Mozilla, 2013)

6. WHO IS USING DIGITAL BADGES?
• Khan Academy
• LinkedIn
• Deloitte
• Gamification
• Do not talk to each other.
• Not transferable

7. CODEACADEMY

9. MOZILLA’S OPEN BADGES
“Learning today happens everywhere. But it's
often difficult to get recognition for skills and
achievements that happen online or out of
school. Mozilla Open Badges helps solve that
problem, making it easy for any organisation to
issue, manage and display digital badges across
the web.”

10. OBI

11. Not this one…

12. OBI

14. EARNER, ISSUER, DISPLAYER,
AUDIENCE

18. http://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/badge-pathways-part-1-the-paraquel/
BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN

19. BADGE FIRST CHALLENGES

20. PROCESSES
• Curriculum is not a large fixed entity
• Offerings would become more flexible – and
therefore admissions/enrolments
• Pathways would be more flexible
• Personalized learning pathways the norm
• Curriculum review quicker and more
responsive

21. DESIGN
• Assessment design becomes explicit
• Designing for lifelong learning becomes easier
(ongoing PD)
• Learning experience separated from
assessment
• Design for feedback, support and tracking

22. PEOPLE
• Faculty
• Learners
• Academic Development staff / eLearning support
• Library
• Industry Stakeholders
• Ownership changes
• More team based
• Act like a community to “tend” the badge system

23. PRODUCTS
(warning: entirely my dream world)
• Curriculum documents > badge systems
• Course sites & resources > badge learning
experience sites
• LMS > badgekit, badge navigator?
• Timetable/Academic calendar > flexible and
ongoing

24. CONCLUSION
Extremely challenging to achieve in existing
structures and cultures
More likely to succeed in
• new platforms (Skillshare, Treehouse),
• new ventures (Swinburne Online, Chisholm
Online, Deakin Digital, )
• or new communities or industries

25. BADGE LEARNING DESIGN
EXERCISE

27. BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN
EXERCISE

28. http://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/badge-pathways-part-1-the-paraquel/
BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN

29. 3 PART BADGE SYSTEM
http://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/a-foundational-badge-system-design/

30. LEAN STARTUP CYCLE FOR BADGE SYSTEMS
IDEAS
BADGESDATA
BUILD
MEAS
URE
LEARN
www.academictribe.co
Build faster
Incremental deployment
Just-in-time scalability
Developer sandbox
Usability tests
Simple prototype
Badges
Optimise your
badge marketing
Measure faster
Have a clear badge owner
Real time alerts on badge issues
Usability tests
Do user surveys/focus groups
A/B testing
Learn faster
User analytics
Weekly reports
Badge owner reporting

31. DESIGNING A BADGE SYSTEM
TEMPLATE - ACTIVITY
• As a whole group, let’s take a look at one way
of designing a badge system
• Participate in Google Doc. Template by Mozilla
Open Badges / Badge Alliance
http://tinyurl.com/badgesfirst-temp
• You can duplicate and amend for own purpose
later.

32. Whitney Kilgore @whitneykilgore
Robin Bartoletti @robinwb
Joyce Seitzinger @catspyjamasnz
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