From: Instilling purpose and value in the implementation of digital badges in higher education
Implementation Framework Categories | Strategies to Add Purpose & Value |
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Badge Instructional Design | Tie badge assignments directly to course learning outcomes |
Let pedagogical goals drive the decisions | |
Create rigorous badge assignments | |
Embed metadata in badges which link to criteria and final work product | |
Consider the course and content area when deciding to use badges | |
Consider if badges should have expirations dates | |
Badge System Platform | Use an open source system to minimize faculty workload and usability issues |
Link the badge system to the LMS to minimize faculty workload and usability issues | |
Consider affordances of technology available | |
Consider the technology skill level of those involved with badge system design and implementation | |
Establish roles and outsource tasks to decrease faculty workload | |
Badge Program Implementation | Solicit stakeholder participation throughout each phase of implementation |
Invite community involvement | |
Clearly communicate how badges are a solution to an instructional or curricular problem | |
Demonstrate to faculty and students how badges can be shared externally | |
Devise a badge program evaluation and badge revision plan | |
Conduct ongoing faculty training to ensure grading consistency across multiple course sections |