Digital Badges: Lessons Learned
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The document discusses the implementation and lessons learned from using digital badges in education, emphasizing nine principles for recognizing learning. It covers the experience of courses on environmental literacy and oceanography, showcasing how badges enhance student engagement and validate their achievements. Key insights highlight the need for self-motivation among students and the effectiveness of various submission formats.
Digital Badges: Lessons Learned
- 1. Digital Badges: Lessons Learned Dr. Lisa Dawley, GoGo Labs Julie Stratton, Cape May County Technical High School
- 5. Visit a Mozilla Backpack http://bit.ly/17r6Aos
- 6. Nine Principles for Recognizing Learning with Badges Andi Rehak & Dan Hickey http://bit.ly/10IzqIB
- 7. 1. Use badges to map learning trajectories http://noaaplanetstewards.org
- 8. 2. Align badges to standards
- 9. 3. Have experts issue badges
- 11. 4. Seek external backing
- 12. 5. Recognize diverse learning
- 13. 6. Use badges as means of external communication of knowledge and/or skills. 7. Make badges permanent. 8. Recognize educator learning, as well. 9. Award formal academic credit for badges.
- 17. How I Used Planet Stewards and Digital Badges
- 18. Environmental Literacy – elective course o Face-to-face delivery o 19 seniors and 1 junior o Open delivery over two weeks o Students could complete any quest, had to obtain XP levels for grade
- 19. What this class is saying about
- 20. What this class is saying about Favorite Reply of the week
- 21. Oceanography o taken as an elective or science lab course o Online only delivery o Mix of 10 – 12th grade – 16 total students o Structured delivery over 7 weeks with weekly expectations o Specific pathway focus – Marine Biologist, some quests required, students allowed to choose some quests
- 23. Student Wiki for Mitigation Plan for Beluga Whale
- 24. Student Wiki for Mitigation Plan for Ringed Seal
- 25. Lessons Learned Digital Badges • Many students are not used to being self-driven – build towards this goal • Students like the ability to use different formats to submit work • Students have short patience/attention span • Digital Badges give authenticity to my classroom, students can see links outside of classroom