How does the badge process work?

Task Discussion

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  Kerstin Namuth said:

  There are several areas where I would like to deploy Badges. For example in my organisation’s Moodle training courses for teachers/IT support persons.

  There is a long list of skills that teachers need in order to run and/or create courses in Moodle. Badges could make the boring parts (learning about technical functionalities and settings) more fun and they could reward attitudes which we would like to encourage.

  A range of badges at several levels and for different Moodle-related skills would support a modular approach to learning to use Moodle. This could replace our rather comprehensive “Moodle driving license”. 

  I can see a variety of paths to gain badges:

  • A teacher can take the long course for Moodle teachers/course creators, either F2F or the online version of it and all the badges will pop up along the road.
  • A teacher can do separate chunks of the course and earn badges like Moodle collaborator (tasks: Set up a forum och get a disussion going) or Basic publisher (tasks: publish a link and a text) or Creative publisher (task: publish 5 different types of digital content and make them pretty) or Trouble shooter (task: solve a technical problem or help a colleague).
  • teachers can also get badges for skills they already have when they show some piece of evidence, e.g. a concrete task they have set up for their students and their pedagogical reflections on it.
  • colleagues could meet up for a workshop and work towards a badge together.

   

  Intended side effect

  Moodle supports badges and an intended side effect would be that teachers get to know badges as a pedagogical tool and want to try them out in their own courses.

  on Dec. 30, 2013, 10:41 a.m.
  
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  Pelle said:

  1. Our site www.pedagogstockholm.se is dependent on our bloggers that helps us produce valueble content. Every person that starts blogging contributes with there time. The also share their knowledge and contributes to school develepement. This ought to be encouraged we think. We can also offer incentives for the bloggers that reach out.

  
  In the same way we would like to encourage the teachers that take part in our films. And if their film is seen by for example 1000 viewers this should give them a badge. 10 000 viewers another badge.

  
  We hope that this shall be a proof of a documented skill that will be och value for the teachers career.

  
  2. Develop their communication skills. How do you creat content that is of interest for others? How do you make this content to be seen and read of as many people as possible?

  
  3. Describe an idéa for a blog/Take part in a film.

  Reach a specific amount of viewers/readers

  on Dec. 5, 2013, 4:13 a.m.
  
  

  Kerstin Namuth said:

  Hej Pelle,

  I like your badges idea for www.pedagogstockholm. I think it would encourage people to contribute and to share. A lot of teachers feel that their materials, reflections, skills are worth sharing - and so they never blog or podcast of share slides or comment on anything online. A badge recognises the effort, the courage and the result.

  I like your focus on the audience, how to make one's contribution interesting and how to increase the number of viewers.

  Are you going to persue the idea?

  We are loosely planning something similiar for "folkbildare" who contribute to their own and others professional development, by e.g. blogging for http://www.reflex.folkbildning.net/. "We" are a handful of colleagues in adult education i Sweden and Finland and some other colleagues.

  on Dec. 30, 2013, 10:59 a.m. in reply to Pelle
  
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  ToddP said:

  I teach for two universities and one of them is considering adding badges and eportfolios as options for documenting classes and other learning experiences. I also present at various conferences and would like to be able to issue a badge to participants who attend my sessions and complete any activities I orchestrate. 

  In classes learners produce reports on on-site visitations they do; produce instructional design plans, and create end of course projects that might be a compilation of videos, photos, blogs or other artifacts, or a combination of them. I grade their work using assessment rubrics and sometimes use peer evaluation along with my own.  I want to be able to have a way students can retain these artifacts online and have a badge that allows future instructors/employers to view their work.

  on Aug. 1, 2013, 6:11 p.m.
  
  

  Leah MacVie said:

  Great ideas here, Todd. It sounds like you will have a lot badges connected together in some way- maybe there are different levels of badges and different courses related to each other that will have their own levels of badges. If this is the case, then you may wish to check out Badges 301 on System Design. In any case, you have some great  ideas for assessing learner experiences before a badges is issued. 

  on Aug. 8, 2013, 7:50 a.m. in reply to ToddP
  
  

  Simon Lewis said:

  I'm hoping to start up something for Irish educators to encourage collaboration. Badges sounds like they might be a way of doing this as many teachers are starting to blog, use social media, etc. in their teaching. They seem very happy to post awards, nominations, etc. on their blogs so posting up badges might be another reinforcer.

  S

  on Oct. 20, 2013, 1:54 p.m. in reply to Leah MacVie
  
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  Jason said:

  1. I'm trying to badgify a multiweek introduction to online course facilitation.

  2.  Participants, after referring to resources for background, will create and peer review artifacts that demonstrate their skills at online facilitation.

  3.  Create an artifact to reinforce instructor presence, reflect on issues such as academic integrity in online courses., etc.  I'm unsure whether to badge each separately or have just one badge for the whole thing.

  on June 13, 2013, 11:18 p.m.
  
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  Peter Pasque said:

  So, obviously you have a reason for taking this challenge. Perhaps you are just curious about badges to use in a certain context or you have a project already started that you’d like to offer badges through. Give us some insight into why you’d like to issue badges-maybe we can help!

  I am currently leading a team of professors, graduate students, teachers, and business partners in badging courses at our high school.  We are starting with project based Magnet courses and our 1st Robotics Club and will expand to core curriculum areas next.  Our working website is located here.  Many of our team members have practical experience issuing badges and my experiences are theoretical, so I’m looking forward to gaining skills in this course.

  
  I believe in the power of constructivism and project/challenge/participatory based learning, but have not had the opportunity to teach in a school where these strategies are at the foundation of the school.  I believe badging can be a catalyst to help cause a shift in thinking about course design and help inspire educators to view lessons from a non-traditional point of view.  Ultimately, I hope to help make learning in school engaging and useful. These are the beliefs that drive my motivation for badging projects.

  
  What specific learning experiences might learners take part in?

  The 4 magnet courses that I’m helping to badge include Design Technology and Environmental Planning; Communication Media and Public Policy; Health & Medicine; Business Marketing; and the club FIRST Robotics.  Each of the magnet courses include a 3 year course of study that culminates in either a capstone project or an internship.  All of the lessons in the magnets and the FIRST Robotics include necessary skills for success in a capstone project, or internship, or in a robotics competition.  My hope is for badging to be a way to identify and honor skills in a course when the students have acquired the skills in a different class or outside of school.

  
  What specific tasks does the learner have to complete or criteria does the learner have to learn to earn the badge?

  The specific tasks a learner must demonstrate to earn a badge depends upon the badge they are focused on.  These can range from safety skills on machinery or lab equipment, to demonstrating the fundamentals of a business plan.

  on June 10, 2013, 11:45 a.m.
  
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  ToddF said:

  For the stuff I'm working on, learning experiences include using on-line reference applications and on-line course work.  Badges are issued for completing course objectives and for mastering various functions of the on-line reference applications.  Learners can also earn badges for mastering the on-line tools that are part of their course.  This may include tools that involve collaboration with peers.

  on April 13, 2013, 9:33 a.m.
  
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  Peter Rawsthorne said:

  3. As the candidate progresses through the OnPhD candidacy challenge they have to post evidence of completing each task. This evidence can be a blog post, a slideshare, a video, or any kind of self-expression that can be published and meets the outcomes of the task. All of the completed tasks will be evaluated / assessed by thier peer learning network and OnPhD supervisory cohort to determine if they have fullfilled all the criteria to be awarded the OnPhD candidacy badge.

  on March 29, 2013, 10:59 a.m.
  
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  Peter Rawsthorne said:

  2. To achieve OnPhD candidacy learners will have to complete tasks that coalesce a detailed description of thier candidacy. The tasks include;

  1. Describe your learning history
  2. Identify your domain of study
  3. Detail your contribution
  4. Methodology
  5. Skills and Knowledge Development
  6. Engage the community
  7. Seek supervision and endorsements

  on March 29, 2013, 10:54 a.m.
  
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  Peter Rawsthorne said:

  1. I am currently building a Open and Networked PhD (OnPhD) Candidate challenge in P2Pu. https://p2pu.org/en/groups/onphd-candidacy/ I feel that traditional education can be very well complimented with peoples self-directed learning (heutagogy)... and I believe this could also apply to PhD level studies. I want to issue badges for important milestones as a person earns an Open and Networked PhD. The first milestone would be to achieve "official" candidacy for the OnPhD,

  on March 29, 2013, 10:40 a.m.