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June Webinar Series!June 11: Introduction to Open Digital Badges!

June 18: How to Create and Issue Digital Badges!

June 25: Canceled!

June 27: Basic Online Language Design & Delivery (BOLDD)!

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Introduction to Digital Badges!!

Carl Blyth !COERLL Director!

Rachael Gilg!COERLL Projects Manager!

Photo credit:”Open Lapel Pin” by Brian Lanz on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianglanz/ !

Seat time poor indicator of learning !

Photo credit: Mays Business School https://www.flickr.com/photos/maysbusinessschool/!

Underspecified credentials !

Photo credit: IMG_4338 by Dennis Wong on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/denniswong/!

Rise of Informal Learning !

Photo Credi: Amy Snyder – Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/wiki_commons/ !

Merit badges! !

Photo credit: “Girl Scouts” by Library of Virginia on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/ !

The basic types of badges!•  performance based - awarded for meeting some criterion!

example: successfully demonstrate competency in preterite versus imperfect verb tenses. !

•  effort based - awarded for engaging in some activity. !

example: participated in an extra-credit online peer-to-peer language exchange.!

what can badges do?!•  make learning visible!

•  prepare students for a changing world!

•  showcase a learner’s identity!

•  demonstrate a mastery of a skill!

•  create learning pathways motivate participation!

•  motivate collaboration!

•  recognize accomplishment !

•  award for passing assessments!

•  act as an alternative credential!

Richard Culatta (Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Dept of Education)!

Photo Credit: “Big Kid”by Shiv on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/67276179@N08/!

open badges!

•! Mozilla’s open technical standard lets you combine badges from different issuers to tell the story of your achievements.!

!•! Badges verify your skills and achievements through links to

evidence and the assertion of the issuing organization. !!•! You choose where to display your badges on the web, and share

them for employment, education or lifelong learning.!!!

http://backpack.openbadges.org/

http://backpack.openbadges.org/

http://backpack.openbadges.org/

Instructor Training at Univ. of Hawaii !

Instructor Training at Univ. of Hawaii !

French Badges at Portland State !

LARC’s Badging Initiatives!LARC’s Badging Initiatives

Online Passage Rating Workshop! Summer Social Media and!Language Teaching!

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California Language !Teachers’ Association (CLTA)!

2014 Conference !

Purpose!Not just certificate of participation or “seat time”!Must complete requirement(s) to earn a badge (rubric)!Participants must demonstrate learning, new skills, and/or reflection!

Language Resource Centers !

COERLL’s Badging Initiatives!

“Challenges” to extend Professional

Development!

Pilot “Convention Networker” Badge at

ACTFL 2014!

Upcoming Collaboration with TELL and LARC!

ACTFL 2013 Convention Networker Badge Initiative!

GOALS:!!•  Increase engagement and professional

connections during the Convention.!!•  Raise awareness about open, digital

badges for professional development.!!

Convention Network: Post profiles and find connections!

Posts by Convention Networkers on Social Media!

Results!

Convention Networker Badge: Results!

613 participants (10% of ACTFL 2013 attendees)!

TELL Badges!•  Badge system based on the TELL

Framework!

•  Collaborators = TELL, LARC, COERLL, & language supervisors in local school districts!

•  Pilot phase = develop system for language teacher professional development in school districts in Texas and California!

TELL Framework!

Learn More!

http://openbadges.coerll.utexas.edu!

Assignment: !Create a Badge Concept!

!1.  Develop a badge concept using template provided

(download from the Files panel).!

2.  Submit your concept to info@coerll.utexas.edu by Monday, June 16!

3.  Earn a badge!!

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June Webinar Series!June 11: Introduction to Open Digital Badges!

June 18: How to Create and Issue Digital Badges!

June 25: Canceled!

June 27: Basic Online Language Design & Delivery (BOLDD)!

www.coerll.utexas.edu!!