Microlearning with badges - presentation for the Digital Learning Congress (Warsaw, 9th December 2013)

1. MICROLEARNING
WITH BADGES
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Ilona Buchem
Professor for Digital Media & Diversity
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin

2. KEY POINTS
What is microlearning?
What are badges?
What’s new?
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3. Microlearning
Short forms of learning
comprising of loosely coupled
short learning activities and
micro-contents = Short learning
steps with small chunks of
information (Buchem &
Hamelmann, 2010)
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4. Badges
symbolic representations of skills,
accomplishments or interests.
Badges can be used to set goals,
motivate, indicate achievements
and communicate skills and
success across contexts.
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5. Skill badges
Visualizing skills acquired in a
course, at work, through selfstudy. These badges recognise
achievements on the skill-level
and can awarded for different
levels, e.g. beginner,
intermediate, expert.
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6. Motivation badges
Recognizing accomplished
activities in the learning process,
e.g. signing up for a Web 2.0
service, submitting an
assignment, completing a test.
These badges motivate to go on
and take the next challenge.
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7. Applications
Micro-feedback
Micro-reflections
Micro-assessment
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8. Micro-feedback
Short feedback targeted at a
current activity (learning, work).
Providing fine-grained, timely and
focused feedback can stimulate
learning and performance.
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9. Micro-reflections
Promoting self-reflection on the
micro-level, e.g. related to a
specific learning activity or
achievement on the skill-level.
This type of reflection is more
focused and promotes learning
and self-awareness.
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10. Micro-assessment
Assessing individual skills,
achievements and
accomplishments at a microlevel. This type of assessment
relates to individual goals and
achievements and allows for
more fine-tuned feedback loops.
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11. Conclusions
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Recognizing individual
achievements
Promoting frequent and focused
feedback and reflection
Stimulating learning on an ongoing basis.
Easier to integrate into every-day
life (small steps, short activities)
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12. CONTACT
Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem
Twitter: @mediendidaktik
Blog: ibuchem.wordpress.com
buchem@beuth-hochschule.de
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