Using WordPress as a badge platform #openbadgesHE
Presentation given by Martin Hawksey at the Open Badges in Higher Education Conference 8th March 2016 at the University of Southampton he Association for Learning Technology has been experimenting with the open source blogging platform WordPress as an Open Badges issuing platform. As part of this presentation we include details of our journey from digital to open badges. As part of this we highlight some of the benefits of using WordPress and the free BadgeOS plugin as well as issues encountered integrating with Mozilla Backpack. As well as the technical aspect we will look at how badges were used in the Open Course for Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL). As part of this badges were awarded on a weekly basis for a range of tasks from simply ‘checking-in’ to completing predefined learning activities. Given the range of criteria this presentation explores the general question ‘do open badges count?’. The presentation concludes by looking at current developments which are informing how the Association might use Open Badges in the future. As part of this we will touch upon the potential other benefits of badges including situational awareness for learners and the wider community. Tweeted slides are available from https://goo.gl/dkjI3L
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- 1. Using WordPress as a badge platform Martin Hawksey @mhawksey Chief Innovation, Technology and Community Officer Open Badges in HE 8th March 2016 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. CC-BY mhawksey
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- “The pioneering research of Paul Baran in the 1960s, who envisioned a communications network that would survive a major enemy attacked. The sketch shows three different network topologies described in his RAND Memorandum, "On Distributed Communications: 1. Introduction to Distributed Communications Network" (August 1964). The distributed network structure offered the best survivability.”
- “The pioneering research of Paul Baran in the 1960s, who envisioned a communications network that would survive a major enemy attacked. The sketch shows three different network topologies described in his RAND Memorandum, "On Distributed Communications: 1. Introduction to Distributed Communications Network" (August 1964). The distributed network structure offered the best survivability.”
- “The pioneering research of Paul Baran in the 1960s, who envisioned a communications network that would survive a major enemy attacked. The sketch shows three different network topologies described in his RAND Memorandum, "On Distributed Communications: 1. Introduction to Distributed Communications Network" (August 1964). The distributed network structure offered the best survivability.”
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- Having a closed space I think is important when you consider how vulnerable the learning process can be. It can be daunting to put your hand up in the perceived safety of a classroom, paralysing when it’s the world than might question your view. In commenting on ‘The vulnerability of learning’ George Siemens says: “Learning is vulnerability. When we learn, we make ourselves vulnerable. … While the learning process can’t be short-circuited, and the ambiguity and messiness can’t be eliminated, it is helpful for educators to recognize the social, identity, and emotional factors that influence learners. Often, these factors matter more than content/knowledge elements in contributing to learner success.” It’s impossible to eliminate vulnerability but you can counter it with confidence. There are various ways to build learner confidence and in an open/distributed context Alec Couros’ conceptualisation of ‘thinning the walls’ illustrates what is required in scaffolding an experience from a classroom or course to a more open/distributed setting.