Using digital badges to enhance professional development in the library.

1. Put a on it
BADGE
Megan Egbert Meridian Library District @MeganEgbert

2. The Rise in Digital Badges
CLASSROOM JOB
SEARCHING
SKILL BUILDING

3. The Rise in Digital Badges
Maybe Digital Badges Could be used in a different way…
Please take a minute to watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OfLJD5ZShE

4. Question for participants
How many are using digital badges in your workplace?
YES NO

5. So What Now?!
QUESTIONS
PLATFORM
LEARNING TOOLS
TYPES OF BADGES STAFF BUY-IN

6. Platforms
MOZILLA
P2PU
CREDLY

7. Learning Tools
Adobe
Captivate
Lynda.com
Google Sites

8. Learning Tools

9. Types of Badges
BROAD TOPICS

10. Badges for Specific Things

11. Staff Buy-in

12. Results
26 out of 54
staff members
currently earning
badges with more
expected to start

13. Lessons Learned
COMPETE
HISTORY
ON
CLOCK
FAIRNESS

14. So why badges?
Work at
own pace
Peer
recognition
Group
feedback
Tracking
and
archives
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15. What the “badgees” think…
http:// I have a twitter account now! The
information you provided under
that badge was absolutely the
best! Thank you, Megan, you will
make my daughters proud of me
for keeping up with the times. Look
out pinterest, here I come!
I like badges because it is a
practical and fun way to
show what we've
accomplished.
I like the idea of badges
because I will have proof of
how totally awesome I am!
(and I guess my co-workers
too)
I think the badges are a
great way to track your
progress when trying to
learn new things.

16. Confused or excited?
Let’s chat about it more.
M E G A N
@
M L D O R G .