In this presentation we provide an overview of the Open Badge concept and our design of an Open Badge system to support our undergraduate course on technology integration in secondary education. Future design challenges and the areas where additional research is needed are also highlighted.

1. Designing Open Badges for a Technology Integration Course
Daniel L. Randall
J. Buckley Harrison
Richard E. West
Brigham Young University

2. Merit Badges and Digital Badges
Boy Scout Merit Badges
- Acknowledge accomplishment
- Display skills gained
- Motivation
- Enable feedback/teaching from
adult mentors
Typically not sharable Acknowledge accomplishment Motivation Gamification Enable feedback on specific skills Digital Badge

3. Open Badges
Open Badges
- Uses Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI)
- Criteria and Evidence links
- Display badges via web
- Motivation
Awarded Automatically Display skills gained Motivation Gamification Webmaker Open Badges

4. Mozilla Backpack

5. Backpack Collection
Multiple collections can
be created.
Collections can remain
private or can be made
public and shared.

6. Open Badge Information

7. A Disruptive Innovation
Competing with
non-consumption
Technological
core

8. Course Description
• 1 credit course. Wanted to find a way to extend learning beyond
our course.
• 3 major projects in which students selected a technology they
wanted to learn to fulfill the assignment.
• Wanted to better assist students who have differing levels of
technological ability.

9. Design of our Open Badge System

10. Badge System Adapted from Mozilla
Mozilla’s Webmaker badges plan used the
“constellation” concept in which smaller
badges are earned and added together to
receive a higher level badge.
Badges image adapted from the Mozilla Open Badges Project. Retrieved from http://erinknight.com/post/29830945702/webmaker-badges on 11/9/12.

11. Course
Level Badge
First Iteration: 3 Project Level Badges
Technology
Integration
Project
Level Badge
Google
Sites
MovieMaker
Student selected
Multimedia Technology
Lower
Level Badges
Pages
Pages
Criteria for
Earning Lower
Level Badges
Student selected Internet
Communication Technology
Personal
Tech
Learning
iMovie/
Embed
Embedding
Pro
Pre
Post
Professional
PreProduction
PostProduction
Pro
Professional
Create basic web
page
Embed YouTube
Video
Good choice of
theme
Select
appropriate
concept to
teach w/ video
Add Clips/ Images
Embed Google
Doc (viewable)
Good choice of
Color Scheme (if
applicable)
Concept must
connect to Utah
Core
Split Clip (Do you
even do this with
iMovie
anymore?)
Embed Calendar
Navigation is
Logical
Create
Storyboard
Add Meaningful
Narration (can
this be done with
both programs?)
Must include
digital images
Add Background
Music that does
not Distract
Cuts are in the
best place
Add and format
text
Must include
some video you
filmed
Add Transitions
Credits move
slowly enough to
be viewed, all
works properly
cited
Student selected
Personal Technologies
Choice 3
Must be engaging/
interesting to view
Insert Map
Choice 2
Choice
3
Audio levels of
music, narration
and other sound is
at appropriate
levels (You hear
what you’re
supposed to be
able to hear)
Add image
Choice 1
Choice
2
Chose appropriate
music
Create
Announcement
page
Choice
1
Add Links to
other sites
Add Titles
Adjust volume of
music/
Narration?
Create credits
Uploaded to
YouTube
Higher, culminating
badges are earned
when the lower level
badges they are
composed of are
earned.

12. First Iteration: 3 Project Level Badges
Technology
Integration
Course
Level Badge
Google
Sites
Project
Level Badge
Personal
Tech
iMovie
Lower
Level Badges
Pages
Embed
Student selected Internet
Communication Technology
Student selected
Multimedia Technology
Pro
Pre
Post
Pro
Student selected
Personal Technologies
Choice
1
Choice
2
Choice
3

13. Second Iteration: 4 Project Level Badges
Educational
Technology
Course
Level Badge
Project
Level Badge
Google
Sites
Web
Teaching
Personal
Tech
iMovie
Lower
Level Badges
Pages
Embed
Pro
Pre
Post
Pro
Choice
1
Student selected Internet
Communication Technology
Student selected
Personal Technologies
Student selected
Multimedia Technology
Web Teaching
Concepts
Choice
2
Choice
3
Blend
Learn
Mobile
Learn
Internet
Safety
Copy
right

14. Current Iteration
Educational
Technology
Project level badge not
issued for these
additional concepts
Course
Level Badge
Project
Level Badge
Lower
Level Badges
Google
Sites
Lower level badges are not
issued for these projects
Personal
Tech
iMovie
Choice
1
Student selected Internet
Communication Technology
Student selected
Personal Technologies
Student selected
Multimedia Technology
Additional
Concepts
Choice
2
Choice
3
Mobile
Learn
Internet
Safety
Copy
right

15. Personal Technology Project Options
Predefined Cluster
Social
Networking
Networking
Lower
Level Badges
Google
Earth
Social
Project
Level Badge
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
1 Large Tech
Google+
Lower level badges are not
necessarily issued for these
technologies
Lower level badges are
not issued for larger
technologies like
Google Earth
Pick 3 Smaller Tech
A project level badge is not
issued for this collection
of technologies
Choice
1
Choice
2
Choice
3

16. Proposed Badges Beyond 286
Technology
Integration
B
e
y
o
n
d
Top
Level Badge
Applied
Level Badge
Strategy
Level Badges
Google
Sites
Google
Sites
Personal
Tech
Learning
iMovie
Personal
Tech
Learning
iMovie
Course
Level Badge
Project
Level Badges
2
8
6
Educational
Technology
Google
Sites
2
8
6
Personal
Tech
Learning
iMovie/
MovieMaker
Lower
Level Badges
Pro
Choice
1
Choice
2
Choice
3
Copy
right
Internet
Safety
Mobile
Learning

17. IPT EdTec: Our Open Badges Site (IPTEdTec.org)

18. Secondary Ed Page
http://iptedtec.org/secondaryed/

19. Multiple Options
http://iptedtec.org/secondaryed/

20. Badge Page
http://iptedtec.org/googlesites_1/

21. Selected Badge Rubrics (by Project)

22. Google Sites (IC)

23. Mendeley (PT, Lower Level)

24. Copyright (AC)

25. Mastery Approach
Student Works on Project/ Makes Corrections
Submit/Resubmit
Feedback
Instructor/TA Assess
Multiple
Attempts
allowed
An “A” in class
does not
necessarily
equal a badge

26. Badge Issuer
Available on Github
msedev/badges

27. Available Badges
Internet Communications
Multimedia Project
Additional Concepts
- Google Sites
- iMovie
- Copyright & Creative
- Blogger
- MovieMaker
Commons
- WordPress*
- SoundCloud*
- Mobile Learning
- Weebly*
- Photoshop*
- Internet Safety
- Illustrator*
- InDesign*
- Premiere*
- Final Cut*
*In progress or planned

28. Personal Technology Badges Available
Clusters & Larger Tech.
(Project Level Badges)
Smaller Technologies
(Lower Level Badges)
Smaller Technologies
(cont.)
- Mind Mapping
- Creately
- Inspiration 9
- Online Presentations
- Diigo
- LoggerPro
- Social Networking
- Prezi
- Twitter
- Social Bookmarking
- MindMeister
- SoundCloud
- Video Conferencing
- Mendeley
- AudioBoo
- Podcasting
- Popplet
- Popplet
- Google Earth
- Slideshare
- PollEverywhere
- VoiceThread

29. Future Design Iterations
•
Design of strategy and integration level badges.
•
Creating pathways for people to earn badges not in our
classes, particularly inservice teachers.
•
Scaling assessment.
•
Maintaining accuracy of rubrics and tutorials as tools
evolve and change.
•
Creating a smart dashboard management tool for
people to log in and track their progression on badges
(ala Khan Academy).

30. Future Research Considerations
•
Student motivation. How many students will go above
and beyond to earn badges? extra badges? Post-class
badges?
•
How useful can this be for teacher inservice
professional development? Does it present a solution
that will be useful to teachers?
•
Principal/employer perceptions

31. Upcoming Article in TechTrends
Randall, D. L., Harrison, J. B., West, R.E. (2013). Giving credit where credit is
due: Designing Open Badges for a technology integration course.
TechTrends, 57(6), 88-95. doi:10.1007/s11528-013-0706-5
Available Online Now!

32. Thank You
Please visit IPTEdTec.org
Daniel L. Randall – dan.randall26@gmail.com
J. Buckley Harrison – jbuck.harrison@gmail.com
Richard E. West – rickwest@byu.edu
Contact us with Questions