Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open BadgesExploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Jim BuckinghamTACON 2014, Hyatt Regency Dubai

14 March 2014

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges

Jim BuckinghamTACON 2014, Hyatt Regency Dubai

14 March 2014

Jim (James) BuckinghamTechnologist / InstructorZayed UniversityAbu Dhabi, UAE

auh.jimb@gmail.com@buckinsandhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbuckingham

Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges

Jim (James) BuckinghamCo-ordinatorTESOL Arabia’s Education Technology “SIG”

@edtechsig@gmail.comhttp://www.taedtech.ning.com

Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Jim BuckinghamTACON 2014, Hyatt Regency Dubai

14 March 2014

Outline

Introduce the Open Badges concept• badges• digital badges• open digital badges (????)

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?• promote Professional Development• stimulate networking across the Gulf region

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work• badges earned • badges posted • current obstacles (????)

Solicit Your feedback • promoting PD with badges• overcoming obstacles

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Outline

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

• badges• digital badges• open digital badges (????)

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?• promote Professional Development• stimulate networking across the Gulf region

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Scout “Merit” Badges

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what does a badge show? • rank (status) • competency (skill) • affiliation (community) • special interest / accomplishment (community)• reputation / recognition (community)

• military & police) • First Aid & Scouts • affiliation ( Knitters • Scouts• reputation / recognition (community)

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so how do you earn a badge? earned for doing something

to be earned = your evidence is assessedearned by evidencing what you did

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so how is evidence assessed? assessed by standards

by whose standards?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is a digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is a digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is a digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is a digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

http://www.hastac.org/digital-badgeshttp://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is a digital badge?

http://www.hastac.org/digital-badgeshttp://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is a digital badge?

... so what is an open digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so what is an open digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

http://youtu.be/_051cGs6n8wduration - 3:35 min

Key Questions •What problems are Open Digital Badges being

presented as a solution for?•Do you think OD Badges are relevant to you as a

teacher, parent, life long learner? Why or why not?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

http://youtu.be/_051cGs6n8wduration - 3:35 min

Reflect on these questions now•What problems are Open Digital Badges being

presented as a solution for?•Do you think OD Badges are relevant to you as a

teacher, parent, life long learner? Why or why not?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Free and open: Mozilla Open Badges is not proprietary. It’s free software and an open technical standard any organization can use to create, issue and verify digital badges.

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Transferable: Collect badges from multiple sources, online and off, into a single backpack. Then display your skills and achievements on social networking profiles, job sites, websites and more.

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Stackable: Whether they’re issued by one organization or many, badges can build upon each other and be stacked to tell the full story of your skills and achievements.

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Evidence-based: Open Badges are information-rich. Each badge has important metadata which is hard-coded into the badge image file itself that links back to the issuer, criteria and verifying evidence.

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Current Problems(?)

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

The Possible Solution?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

... so why an open digital badge?

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Passport by Purdue University: Digital Badges for Learninghttp://youtu.be/O41-BWJ_VE0duration - 0:51 min

Key Questions • How has Purdue University opted to use Open

Digital badges? •Why might Purdue University be choosing to this

option?

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Reflect on these questions now• How has Purdue University opted to use Open

Digital badges? •Why might Purdue University be choosing to this

option?

Passport by Purdue University: Digital Badges for Learning

Passport by Purdue University: Digital Badges for Learning. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O41-BWJ_VE0

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

(Canada)

https://collaborate.uwaterloo.ca/connect-it/node/314

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

(USA)

Mozilla Open Badges - introduction

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Introduce the Open Badges concept

... so why an open digital badge?

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

• promote Professional Development• stimulate networking across the Gulf region

credly.com

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

promote Professional Development

http://www.trainingmag.com/credentials/?ID=38080

credly.com

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

promote Professional Development

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

promote Professional Development

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

promote Professional Development

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

promote Professional Development

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

promote Professional Development

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Open Badges and TESOL Arabia?

stimulate networking across the Gulf region

#taedtech

• badges earned • badges posted • current obstacles (????)

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges earned

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges posted

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges posted

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges posted

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

badges posted

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

current obstacles ???

Key Question •What are the critics saying?

Over reliance on extrinsic motivationA type of extrinsic motivator that competes with an individual's intrinsic motivation for accomplishment and mastery

Gives out rewards for things that individuals or students should already be doing; take away the badge.. and the desired behaviour disappears

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

current obstacles ???

Key Question •What are the critics saying?

Not student centered or driven

Badges reward tasks that are not inherently interesting to badge recipients because they are created to promote behavior that aligns with the goals of the badge issuer and not necessarily the badge recipient (Dave Cormier)

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Demonstrate how Open Badges would work

current obstacles ???

Key Question •What are the critics saying?

Validity / Security

Performance is not directly observed so there could be some difficulty in making sure that the badge is awarded to the person who completed the assignment

• promoting PD with badges• overcoming obstacles

Recognizing “your” PD via Mozilla Open Badges Exploring the use of badges to promote & recognize PD in TESOL Arabia

Solicit your feedback

• open digital badges .... in education• open• open digital badges .... current criticism Open Digital Badges - what you want to know

My purpose?To provide you with a quick introduction to Digital Open Badges and the potential being seen in them by TESOL Arabia for recognizing skill and Professional development.

Thank you

Jim BuckinghamTACON 2014, Hyatt Regency Dubai

14 March 2014

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