In this symposium, participants representing teacher preparation programs from four universities will present how they have implemented open badges to better meet the needs of their students. Each will discuss the challenges faced in their program, how open badges helped them meet those challenges, and what issues and opportunities they are currently exploring.
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Implementing Open Badges in Four Preservice Teacher Education Programs: Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities (AECT 2014 Panel)
1. Implementing Open Badges in Four
Preservice Teacher Education Programs:
Boise
State
Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities
Timothy Newby
Purdue University
Chris Haskell
Boise State University
BYU Purdue
Daniel L. Randall
Richard E. West
Brigham Young University
Jered Borup
George Mason University
George
Mason
2. Merit Badges and Digital Badges
Merit (Physical) Badges
Digital Badges
- Acknowledge accomplishment
- Display skills gained
- Motivation
Same Benefits as physical badges -
Typically not sharable -
Gamification -
3. Khan Academy Badges (not Open!)
Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/badgeson 11/30/13.
4. Open Badges
Open Badges
Same Affordances as Digital Badges, Plus:
- Uses Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI)
- Display badges via web
- Metadata (Criteria and Evidence links)
7. Backpack Collection
Multiple collections can
be created.
Collections can remain
private or can be made
public and shared.
8. Mozilla’s Vision of Credentialing
Learn and gain skills in formal
and informal settings
Collect and Display Badges
New Opportunities & Lifelong
Learning
9. Value of Badges in Credentialing
CC BY-SA Class Hack http://classhack.com/post/39932478440/indianajones
A badge is only as good as:
The criteria (rigor/weight)
attached to it.
The process used to evaluate
the learner’s work.
It’s value to students and/or
stakeholders.
10. Badge Inflation
CC BY-SA Class Hack http://classhack.com/post/50915858999/carpetbadging
Mass awarding of
badges with little or
no assessment of
work.
Or criteria is so easy
and short everyone
earns the badge.
Often happens as a
part of gamification.
“Carpet Badging”
12. Google
Sites
Badge System for 286
Personal
Tech
Choice
1
Choice
2
Choice
3
Student selected Internet
Communication Technology
Student selected
Multimedia Technology
Student selected
Personal Technologies
Additional
Concepts
Mobile
Learn
Internet
Safety
Copy
right
iMovie
Lower level badges are not
issued for these projects
Project level badge not
issued for these
additional concepts
Educational
Technology
Course
Level Badge
Project
Level Badge
Lower
Level Badges
13. Predefined Cluster 1 Large Tech Pick 3 Smaller Tech
Google
Earth
Social
Social
Networking
Networking
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+
Personal Technology Project Options
Lower level badges are
not issued for larger
technologies like
Google Earth
Lower level badges are not
issued for these
technologies
A project level badge is not
issued for this collection
Choice
1
Choice
2
Choice
3
of technologies
Project
Level Badge
Lower
Level Badges
14. Technology
Integration
Personal
Tech
Project
Personal
Tech
Project
Google
Sites
Google
Sites
Culminating
Badge
Major Project
Badges
Minor Project
Badges
Google
Sites
Educational
Technology
iMovie
iMovie
iMovie/
MovieMaker
Personal
Tech
Project
Pro
Choice
1
Choice
2
Choice
3
Copy
right
Internet
Safety
Mobile
Learning
2
8
6
Integration
Level
Strategy
Level iMovie
Culminating
Badge
B
e
y
o
n
d
2
8
6
Proposed Badges Beyond 286
Technology
Level
Google
Sites
iMovie
Badge Level:
Sub-Level:
15. As Seen on IPTEdTec.org
http://iptedtec.org/secondaryed/
19. Mastery Approach
Student Works on Project/ Makes Corrections
Instructor/TA Assess
Feedback
Submit/Resubmit
Multiple
Attempts
allowed
An “A” in class
does not
necessarily
equal a badge
20. Content Area Paths
Biology Chem English FACS
Foreign
Language Health History/SS
Perform.
Arts PETE Physics
Subject Specific Technologies
LoggerPro-Bio
LoggerPro-
Chem
iBooks Author SketchUp
Video
Conference
Fitness
Tracking
Dipity Ubersence Studiocode
LoggerPro -
Physics
Bio
Classification
Virtal Chem
Lab
Piktochart FloorPlanner Audicity
Choose my
plate?
Ubersense Phyision
Biodigital
Human
Storybird Garage Band
Virtual Physics
Lab
Storify
General Technologies Recommend for a Subject (e.g. tech aligns well with subject)
Google Earth
Mendeley
Social
Bookmarking
Podcasting Logger Pro-Bio Google earth Audicity
Google Earth Google Earth Mendeley Garage Band
Podcasting iBooks Author iBooks Author
Online
Presentations
21. Badge Stats
Over 50 badges available to earn
Over 330 individuals have earned a badge
Over 480 total badges issued
22. Other Badge Projects
Professional Development for inservice
teachers
Open Badges to recognize Soft Skills
Open Badge systems for professional
organizations (see AJE article)
23. Recent Articles
Available Now!
Randall, D. L., Harrison, J. B., West, R.E. (2013). Giving credit where credit is
due: Designing Open Badges for a technology integration course.
TechTrends, 57(6), 88-95. doi:10.1007/s11528-013-0706-5
Coming Soon!
Davies, R. S., Randall, D. L., West, R. E. (in press). Using Open Badges to
Certify Practicing Evaluators. To be published in The American Journal of
Evaluation.
25. Background
Traditional
• Large class (200+ each
semester)
• Lecture = content; Lab = tools
• Disconnect between lecture
and lab
• Project performance quality
could be improved
Passport
• No help with the size of class
– but it can handle it
• Basic badges prerequisite to
comprehensive badges
• Can integrate instruction with
the learning activity
• Mastery learning possible
41. Pilot Participant Reaction (n=8)
4.75
4.63
4.63
5.38
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
The badges were an important
aspect of the course
Badges motivated me to
complete learning activities
I plan to display my badges in my
Mozilla Backpack.
I plan to list my badges on my
Curriculum Vitae.
42. Pilot Participant Reaction (n=8)
4.75
4.63
4.63
5.38
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
The badges were an important
aspect of the course
Badges motivated me to
complete learning activities
I plan to display my badges in my
Mozilla Backpack.
I plan to list my badges on my
Curriculum Vitae.
43. Pilot Participant Reaction (n=8)
4.75
4.63
4.63
5.38
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
The badges were an important
aspect of the course
Badges motivated me to
complete learning activities
I plan to display my badges in my
Mozilla Backpack.
I plan to list my badges on my
Curriculum Vitae.
44. Badges Were Motivating
• I thought maybe they need to set it up almost
like martial arts, where now you’re a green belt,
and then you work your way all the way up to 3
degree black belt OTI guy, and somehow have
that directly linked to your Blackboard profile.
45. Badges Were Motivating
Interviewer: “What are your thoughts on the use
of badges? Were you motivated to get those
badges?”
“Absolutely. I can't believe this but yes I was. I
haven't done anything with them but I got them
all. I did, you're right and something silly like that
but it really did motivate you to get them.”
46. Badge Confusion
“I thought they were fun. I earned them, that’s good. I’d
love to take those badges, or the symbols, and put them up
on my website but I can’t seem to figure it out. I guess I
could just cut and paste it from the course.”
Interviewer: “Did you upload them to Mozilla Backpack?”
“I did, but then, okay, they’re in Mozilla Backpack. What
do I do with them there?”
47. Badge Confusion
“I don't understand my badges. I know that
sounds awful. I love the badges. I was super
excited. I'm going to print them out and put them
up on my office wall. I don't understand, I've got
them in my backpack, but I don't understand
where my backpack is supposed to be. I apparently
still am confused on the badges.”
48. Future Directions
• We will continue to use badges
• We need to do a better job helping students to
understand the benefits and affordances of
badges
• We need a new issuer
50. Follow the link below to watch Chris
describe what he’s done at Boise
State.
http://youtu.be/1bCZkhdrn0k
51. Links to Badge Research
QBL/Badges Whitepaper Attractive Quest/Badge Design
52. Questions?
Thank You
Rick West
RickWest@gmail.com
Jered Borup
jborup@gmu.edu
Dan Randall
Dan.Randall26@gmail.com
Tim Newby
newby@purdue.edu
Chris Haskell
chrishaskell@boisestate.edu
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Editor's Notes
We switch verb tenses. Sometimes saying “is” sometimes “should be”.