Week 2 in
Multiliteracies for Social Networking and
Collaborative Learning Environments
An introduction to BADGES in the Multiliteracies course
January 20-26, 2014
Jim Buckingham has been looking seriously into the concept of badges in his real work and has prepared an introduction to the topic for MultiMOOC 2.014. Here he will outline his plan for explaining what badges, implementing a system of awarding badges in recognition of professional milestones accomplished, and how you can earn badges for this course.
Sunday, March 31, 2013 - Jim Buckingham and Vance Stevens discuss relevance of "badge" systems for promoting PD amongst teachers both locally and globally
On Sunday, Jan 19, 2014, we discussed it in the context of MultiMOOC (video above)
- http://learning2gether.net/2014/01/19/learning2gether-with-jim-buckingham-on-badges-an-evo-multimooc-session/
- The following slideshare was a part of Jim's presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/buckinsand/evo-open-digital-badges-jan-2014 - An early version of this presentation, delivered at Zayed University, UAE can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8r1jrc3n6aiV1pUeXBXOTlLN1U/edit
Digital badges demystified
Use a MOOC to learn about badges
Like this one from P2PU
https://p2pu.org/en/courses/653/p2pu-badge-maker/
Toward implementing a badge system for MultiMOOC
See where on Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Jonathan Finkelstein walked us through Learning Times Badgestack
http://learning2gether.net/2012/11/11/jonathan-finkelstein-walks-us-through-learnin/
Badges you can earn in this course session
EVO sessions have two constraints as a condition of sponsorship by TESOL
- We are not supposed to call our sessions "courses" (to distinguish them from paid TESOL "courses" though sometimes we slip)
- We may not award certificates, as this is the sole purview of TESOL
In the link above Halima points us to her certificate bearing the logos of IATEFL and BESIG
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8GiTpB0krwYZW11TllnS25wVTg/edit
Badges are similar to certificates. We can of course create a badge or certificate of some kind, but we cannot put a TESOL logo on it, and the logo is one example of what gives the certificate its credibility.
In the weeks that follow, we will try as a community to address this issue within the "badge" framework and see what badges we can create and award ourselves, along the lines of what Jim and Vance discuss in the video above.
Week 2 tasks and Challenges
The OLDS MOOC strategy: http://www.olds.ac.uk/blog/olds-moocbadgingstrategy
What's our strategy? In his live talk Jan 19, Jim Buckingham laid down a gauntlet similar to one of the same shape and size put before Rhizomatic Learning 2014. What do folks want? Or put another way, if there is interest, let's come up with a strategy that produces a meaningful badge or two for MultiMOOC 2.014
Jim will guide us. If it happens, we'll put forward a task list here. If you have comments or suggestions, leave them at the bottom of this page.