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Open-Education & Badging

Carrie Schlagler & Karla Nelson

Teaching & Learning Science - SUNY Empire State College

April 3, 2012

What is it?

Badging

• Recognition for skills & achievements outside of school or online

• Easy to issue, manage & display digital badges

• OBI = Open Badge Infrastructure

• Badge Backpack

Open Education• Sharing of educational

resources• Free, Global, Online• Resources• Khan Academy• P2PU• Open Study• Nixty• OER Glue• iUniv• OCW Search• Smarthistory• CK-12• Flat World Knowledge• Connextions

http://www.khanacademy.org/

http://p2pu.org/

http://openstudy.com/

http://www.nixty.com/

http://www.oerglue.com/

http://iuniv.tv/

http://www.ocwsearch.com/

http://smarthistory.org/

http://www.ck12.org/

http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/

http://www.cnx.org/

Why use Badging & Open Education?

• Motivational• Self-paced Learning• Formal Recognition• Link to metadata (example of skill)• Validation system

• New Career & Learning Opportunities• Measurement of progress• Life-long Learning• Free & open to all• Leveling the playing field • Equality of educational opportunity

Discussion Questions

Badging & Open Education

Ideas & Questions Raised

• Motivation• Differentiation• Multiple Intelligences• 21st Century Skills• Reward System• Privacy Issues• Peer-Review

Where does it fit?

• Group projects• Badges for group roles

• Special Education• Learn at own pace

• Gifted & Talented Students• Going above and beyond

• Professional Development

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