Digital Badge Learning: An Exploration of Possibilities
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The document discusses the concept of digital badges in education, emphasizing their role as visual representations of skills and achievements that support personalized and competency-based learning. It highlights the significance of badges in providing feedback, documenting learners' progress, and fostering a community of practice among teachers and students. Additionally, it outlines the Tamritz Badge Learning Network and its initiatives to implement badge learning in Jewish day schools.
Digital Badge Learning: An Exploration of Possibilities
- 1. Digital Badge Learning: An Exploration of Possibilities Presented by Sarah Blattner, Badge Lead, TAMRITZ Introductory Webinar May 29, 2014, Thursday
- 2. Nice to meet you… Sarah Blattner Founder & Executive Director @tamritzlearning #openbadges sarah@tamritz.org
- 3. TAMRITZ is generously supported by the Joshua Venture Group Dual Investment Program and the AVI CHAI Foundation.
- 4. “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” -John Dewey
- 5. How do youth interact with digital media? “Hanging Out” “Messing Around” “Geeking Out”
- 7. Connectors in Connected Learning Interest-Driven Academically-Grounded Peer Culture
- 8. Badges in Our Lives
- 9. Digital Badge Learning Badges = visual representations of a skill or achievement
- 10. What’s in a badge? Issuing Institution Skills Achieved Time Sensitive? Artifacts Meta Data
- 12. Badges are … • Feedback • Multiple pathways for learning • Learners’ stories via digital transcript • Micro-credentials that are shareable • Milestone markers • Portable indications of achievements and habits of learning • A way to support personalized and competency-based learning
- 13. A Badge is Better than an A+
- 14. Badges are not…
- 15. Life Cycle of a Badge Issuer Goal Evidence Consumer Audience Feedback
- 16. Game Design // Learning Design
- 17. Game Design : Learning Design • Create a “need to know” • Offer spaces of possibility and low stakes • Prototyping and honing instead of failure • Shared knowledge • Support multiple, overlapping pathways
- 18. Who is issuing badges?
- 19. TAMRITZ Badge Learning Network Case Studies
- 20. How do I demonstrate kindness for others? How do I deal justly with others?
- 21. Krieger Schechter Day School Wellness Curriculum
- 23. KSDS Wellness Badges Soft Skills & Stealth Badges
- 24. Digital Age Teaching Professional Development • Grades 5-12 Teachers • 45 Jewish Day School Teachers Summer of 2013; 6 schools • Aims to level up skill sets in digital media and learning • Learn through new media • Models badge learning possibiliites • Badge-based community of practice • Tinkering and playful learning celebrated
- 25. TAMRITZ ‘s Unique Taxonomy
- 26. Summer of Learning 2014 Kicks Off June 23rd!
- 27. TAMRITZ Badge Learning Student Learning: Digital Citizenship
- 28. What badges would your students like to earn? Learn more: http://tamritz.org/