earn digital badges to share on social media
DESCRIPTION
Workshop presented by Nancy Friday/AlphaPlus for educators and learners at the June 2014 Laubach Literacy Ontarion Conference in Orillia, Ontario.TRANSCRIPT
Earn Digital Badges…
Workshop Overview
• Register in Moodle• Create a Mozilla Backpack• What are digital badges?• Digital badges and Open badges• Earn badges• Upload badges into your Backpack• Share badges on social media• Where can I earn more badges?• Wrap up
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Tools we are using today
http://laubach.alphaplus.ca
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Tools we are using today
http://backpack.openbadges.org
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Why use these tools?
Earn badges in courses including Moodle
Collect and organize digital badges in Backpack
Display badges in your social media sites
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Moodle Registration
http://laubach.alphaplus.ca
Write down yourusername andpassword.
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Moodle Course Enrolment
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Moodle Course Enrolment
Click on Digital Badges to enroll in the course.
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Mozilla Backpack setup
http://backpack.openbadges.org
Use the same emailUsed for your Moodleaccount
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Earn badges – Backpack setup
Write down your emailand password.
Later when you upload abadge into the Backpack youwill be asked to login in.
You must confirm your new account from youremail.
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A question
Have you earned a badge of any kind before?
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Badges are not new
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Earn Digital Badges…
Badges are not new
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Earn Digital Badges…
Badges are not new
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Digital badges are relatively new
Foursquare is a social media gameto compete against your friends tocheck in at various locations.
Earning badges proves that you aremore social than your friends.
Elite badges allow the best of the bestto stand out.
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Digital badges in education
https://www.khanacademy.org/badges
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Open digital badges in the community
http://badgecentre.ca/
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Digital badges in adult education
http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/AIR_Digital_Badge_Report_508.pdf
• How are badges different from credentialingmethods used in the past?
• What are the roles for quality and content standard in issuing badges?
• Where do badges derive their value, what is their value, and how might it evolve?
• What adult education issues might arise forpublic sector involvement in badges?
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Open badge anatomy
Much like cash, digital badges are portable and verifiable.
An open badge is a digital graphic with a nameaccompanied by a descriptionawarded to a personby another person or organization (issuer)who has demonstrated specific skills/knowledge.
By being instantly verifiable (evidence, issuer)open badges have an advantage overpaper-based degrees, resumes, and transcripts.
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Digital badges vs. diplomas and resumes
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Open badge example
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Open badge shared on Twitter
https://twitter.com/nafnafnaf
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Issuers use badges for:
• college or secondary school courses
• camp or seasonal activity
• recreational activity
• employee training
• professional credentialing
• personalized learning
Recipients seek badges for:
• creating a record of accomplishment
• accumulating badges to demonstrate expertise
• displaying badges to represent participation in events
• sharing with potential employers or admissions offices
Uses of digital badges
Credit: Accreditrust Badges 101 course 2014
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Earn a badge
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http://www.openbadges.org/earn/
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Send a badge to the Backpack
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Send a badge to the Backpack
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Send a badge to the Backpack
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Put my badge into a collection
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Put my badge into a collection
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Share on Twitter
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Earn, collect, organize, display badges
Earn badges in courses including Moodle
Collect and organize digital badges in Backpack
Display badges in your social media sites
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Time to earn some more digital badges!
http://laubach.alphaplus.ca
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Go into the Digital Badges course
Locate and open the General category to find the course .
Click on the course name to enter the course.
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Earn a badge or two today
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Moodle Badges Trial course
Using Open Badges
Thank you for your participation!
Thank you!
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