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Badging to Support

Professional Development and Career Building

Agenda

• Brief background
• Badging 101
• Badging for Professional Development
• EDUCAUSE Badging Program
• Evolution of Badging
• Lessons Learned from Launching a Program
• Your Questions

Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele

Who Tagoras Is

• Combined 30+ years in education and

technology

• Extensive association experience
• Association-focused reports
• Association Learning Management Systems
• Association Learning + Technology
• Professional & Industry Speaker Report
• Association Virtual Events
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• Events for leaders of learning
• Leading Learning Symposium

(leadinglearning.tagoras.com)

About Digitec Interactive

• Focused on association learning since

2002

• 60 leading association partners
• Delivering more than a million courses

to 600,000 learners worldwide

Jack McGrath

Association Partners

About EDUCAUSE

• Community of IT leaders and

professionals in higher education

Veronica Diaz Director of Online Programs, EDUCAUSE, and Associate Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Sondra Smith Director of Special Projects, EDUCAUSE

Badging 101: What is Badging?

POLL 1 In the past twelve months, I have earned _____ badges. ! 0 ! 1-5 ! 6-10 ! More than 10

Badging 101: What is Digital Badging?

! Microcredentials of achievement reflecting experiences, opportunities, learning and engagement ! Criteria-based acknowledgments; metadata

• ptimized for digital portfolio

Badging 101: What is Digital Badging?

! Public and progressive digital transcript ! Evidence for a lifelong learning cycle

! Professional service ! Community engagement ! Competencies and skills ! Subject matter expertise

Badging 101: What is Digital Badging?

! Signals for yourself

! New knowledge and competencies ! Developing and supporting your brand ! Wayfinding: making the career path visible

! Signals for others

! Current employer ! Future employers ! Colleagues and staff

Badging 101: Unpack a Digital Badge

Badging 101: Unpack a Badge

!Credly!Profile! Badges!Earned! &!Publicly! Displayed!

Badging 101: Unpack a Badge

!Descrip8on!! !Criteria! Tes8monial! !Issuer! !Evidence! !Graphic! &!Title!

!>>>!!

Badging 101: Unpack a Badge

!LinkedIn!Profile!

POLL 2 I am enthused about the potential for badges to support professional development offered by my

• rganization.

! Yes ! Maybe ! No

Badging for Professional Development

Sample Badges

www.educause.edu/badging!

“Sheryl”: A Badging Profile

POLL 3 How do learners currently view badging to support professional development?

! They are not aware of badging ! With some skepticism; they don’t get the connection ! With some awareness; they don’t recognize the potential ! With positive and supportive attitudes ! Other

Evolution of Badging

Who is Awarding Digital Badges?

• Professional!Associa6ons!

– American!Alliance!of!Museums!

• Corporate!Workplace!

– Wal>Mart!

• Workforce!Development!

– Badges!for!Vets! – Manufacturing!Ins6tute!

• Higher!Educa6on!

– Harvey!Mudd!College,!CIS!Program! – University!of!Central!Florida!InfoLit!Program!

Badging!Futures!

Today’s!Learners:!

• Look!for!“just>in>6me”!

learning!

• Want!to!be!heard!
• Seek!mentoring!
• Demand!

acknowledgement!

• Expect!regular!reward!

for!effort!

Challenges:!!

• Building!Credibility!
• Lack!of!Tradi6onal!

Assessment!

• Standards!for!Providers!
• Portability!of!Badges!

Lessons Learned in Launching

Lessons Learned

Badge what you have.

Flickr!Photo,!!hellolapomme,!hSps://flic.kr/p/4TxryM! hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/!!

Lessons Learned

Stack with care.

Flickr!Photo,!Jeff!Lai6la,!hSps://flic.kr/p/6pwSCU! !hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by>nc>nd/2.0/!

Lessons Learned

Educate and communicate.

Flickr!Photo,!Chris!Perriman,!hSps://flic.kr/p/f8JP7q! !hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by>sa/2.0/!

Lessons Learned

Design matters.

Flickr!Photo,!James!Bea^e,!hSps://flic.kr/p/5APTfY! !hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/!

Lessons Learned

Metadata matters.

Lessons Learned

Program planning is challenging.

Flickr!Photo,!Kim!Quintano,!hSps://flic.kr/p/oC6mFg!! !hSps://crea6vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/!

POLL 4 I am ____________ enthused about the potential for badges to support learners and their professional development as I was at the beginning of this session. ! More ! Less ! About the same amount

Badging Resources

! Developing a Higher Education Badging Initiative

! http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/developing-higher-education-badging- initiative

! The Potential and Value of Using Digital Badges for Adult Learners

! https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/AIR_Digital_Badge_Report_508.pdf

! 7 Things You Should Know About Badging for Professional Development

! http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-badging- professional-development

! 10 Lessons Learned in Launching and Award Winning Digital Badging Program

! http://nextgenlearning.org/blog/10-lessons-learned-award-winning-digital-badging- program

! EDUCAUSE Badging Program

! http://www.educause.edu/badging

! Microcredentials and Badging Constituent Group

! http://www.educause.edu/discuss/information-technology-management-and- leadership/microcredentials-and-badges-constituent-group

! EDUCAUSE Badging Resource Library

! http://www.educause.edu/library/badges

Recap

• Brief background
• Badging 101
• Badging for Professional Development
• EDUCAUSE Badging Program
• Evolution of Badging
• Lessons Learned from Launching a Program
• Your Questions

Tagoras csteele@tagoras.com 800.867.2046 @tagoras tagoras.com

Contact Us

Digitec jmcgrath@digitecinteractive.com 800.942.4537 @digitec knowledgedirectweb.com EDUCAUSE vdiaz@educause.edu sondra.smith@educause.edu