OPEN BADGES DESIGN, EVERY WHICH WAY JOYCE SEITZINGER #ACEC2014 1 OCTOBER 2014  

JOYCE SEITZINGER

•  Founder  Academic  Tribe  •  Educa1on  Technologist  •  Learning  Designer  •  Moodle  Tool  Guide    •  @catspyjamasnz  •  Ter1ary  spaces  

•  Ukulele  player  

A  networked  collec1ve  of  experienced  and  crea1ve  learning  designers,  educa1on  technologists  and  other  educa1on  experts,  working  with  ins1tu1ons  and  organiza1ons  to  develop  learning  solu1ons  for  now.    We  do  learning  design,  learning  resource  development,  assessment  design,  digital  presence  building  &  coaching,  community  management,  social  media  advice,  staff  development,  and  more.  

WORKSHOP

•  Introduc1ons  (10  mins)  •  Badge  Learning  Design  Ac1vity  (40  mins)  •  Badge  Visual  Design  (20  mins)  •  Badge  System  Design  INSIGNIA  (20  mins)  

•  Op1onal:  Explore  Tech  Solu1ons  for  badges  

FIND THIS PRESENTATION

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INTRODUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY

•  Create  a  small  name  badge  using  the  post-­‐it  and  s1ck  it  in  front  of  you  on  the  table  

•  Around  the  room,  please  share  –  Your  name,  ins1tu1on  and  role  

–  Interest  in  badges  – What  informal  learning  or  skill  would  you  have  loved  to  have  go[en  a  badge  for?  

Joyce

QUICK OPEN BADGES INTRO

BADGE DEFINITION

•  “Digital  creden1al  that  represents  skills,  interests  and  achievements  earned  by  an  individual  through  specific  projects,  programmes,  courses  or  other  ac1vi1es.”  (Mozilla,  2013)  

WHO IS USING DIGITAL BADGES?

•  Khan  Academy  •  LinkedIn  •  Deloi[e  

•  Gamifica1on  

•  Do  not  talk  to  each  other.    •  Not  transferable  

CODEACADEMY

MOZILLA’S OPEN BADGES

“Learning  today  happens  everywhere.  But  it's  ocen  difficult  to  get  recogni1on  for  skills  and  achievements  that  happen  online  or  out  of  school.  Mozilla  Open  Badges  helps  solve  that  problem,  making  it  easy  for  any  organisa1on  to  issue,  manage  and  display  digital  badges  across  the  web.”  

OBI

Not this one…

OBI

EARNER, ISSUER, DISPLAYER, AUDIENCE

Image: Mozilla Foundation

BADGE LEARNING DESIGN ACTIVITY

TABLE ACTIVITY 1: BASICS

•  At  your  table,  pick  a  skill  or  achievement  you  want  to  design  a  badge  for.  (Tip:  pick  a  teaching  skill  or  achievement.  Something  you  might  award  to  a  colleague.)  

•  Fill  out  the  lec  hand  por1on  of  the  template  incl,  badge  name,  skills  &  knowledge,  behaviour,  criteria  and  evidence.  

•  One  person  to  pitch  your  badge  in  30  sec.  •  8  mins  

TABLE ACTIVITY 2: PEOPLE

•  Fill  out  the  right  hand  por1on  of  the  template  star1ng  with  users.  

•  Then  move  on  to  endorsers,  channels  and  awarded.  

•  8  mins  

•  Report  to  group  

TABLE ACTIVITY 3: VALUE PROPOSITION

•  Fill  out  the  value  proposi1on  for  each  user  group  for  your  badge.  This  is  all  about  mo1va1on  for  par1cipa1on  in  the  learning  process…  

•  8  mins  

TABLE ACTIVITY 4: YOUR CONTEXT

•  Fill  out  the  learning  pathways  and  resources  for  your  badge  

•  Under  resources,  consider  also  which  backpack  your  users  might  use  

•  8  mins  

•  Recap    

YOUR BADGE DESIGN CANVAS

•  You  have  now  completed  the  whole  badge  canvas  process  

•  Please  share  your  badge  design  with  #acec2014  

 

BADGE VISUAL DESIGN ACTIVITY

GROUP ACTIVITY

•  Let’s  analyze  the  visual  cues  of  badges  

•  What  are  other  cues  you  could  use?  

•  What  are  issues  for  crea1ng  visuals  in  your  context?  What  are  opportuni1es?  

CODEACADEMY

DIGITAL ME / MAKEWAV.ES

OLDS MOOC

TABLE ACTIVITY

•  Explore  the  visual  badge  designs  (www.slideshare.net/catspyjamas)  and  find  some  more…  

•  At  your  table,  create  3  visual  designs  for  3  related  badges    

•  Share  your  design    

•  You  can  tweet  them  if  you  like  #acec2014  

BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN ACTIVITY

http://carlacasilli.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/badge-pathways-part-1-the-paraquel/

BADGE SYSTEM DESIGN

DESIGNING BADGE SYSTEMS

LEAN STARTUP CYCLE FOR BADGE SYSTEMS

IDEAS

BADGES DATA

BUILD

MEASURE

LEARN

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Build faster Incremental deployment

Just-in-time scalability Developer sandbox

Usability tests

Measure faster Have a clear badge owner Optimise your badge marketing Real time alerts on badge issues Usability tests

Learn faster Do user interviews Work on user development User surveys

GROUP ACTIVITY

•  Let’s  explore  a  tool  for  badge  system  design  

•  In  an  evolving  system,  what  are  op1ons  for  feedback  loops  from  earners?  From  audience?    

TECH SOLUTIONS FOR OPEN BADGES

Op1onal  ac1vity    

Joyce Seitzinger

@catspyjamasnz @academictribe

joyce@academictribe.co

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