January 2015

Digital badges – the display problem

badges, digital badges, open badges by Colin Simpson 2 Comments on Digital badges – the display problem

For all the promise of digital badges, the fact that they still can’t easily be displayed and shared is a significant failing. If we look at three of the four main types of digital badges […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – level 4 Classroom

badges, education design, game based learning, open badges by Colin Simpson

The final level of digital badges (in education at least) is Classroom badges. Now in keeping with the let’s-not-get-caught-up-on-semantics theme of this series of posts, it applies equally to the training room, the tutorial group […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – level 3 Community

badges, community of practice, information literacy, open badges, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

In addition to accredited study and work skills, digital badges can provide rich insights into a person’s wider interests and their engagement with their professional community. While this doesn’t seem to be happening widely yet, […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – Level 2 Work skills

badges, education design, open badges, skills, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

In my last post on this topic, I discussed why I think it helps to identify different types of digital badges and looked at more formal badges that are linked directly to accredited qualifications. The […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – Level 1 Accredited

assessment, badges, discussion, ePortfolio, pedagogy, professional development, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson 2 Comments on A hierarchy of digital badges – Level 1 Accredited

Part of me thinks it’s a really dumb idea to try to identify a hierarchy for digital badges and particular to try to name them. Because the people out there that don’t get badges are […]

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Developing Badge Literacy – an ongoing discussion

badges by Colin Simpson

Sarah Thorneycroft, (@sthcrft), who I mentioned the other day, has been thinking about where we get started in spreading awareness of the value of digital badges and who some of the key players are when […]

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Teaching with Moodle – the Moodle for beginners MOOC

badges, elearning, mooc, Moodle, pedagogy, teaching by Colin Simpson

I’ve been using Moodle for 3-4 years now but as a big part of my job is to train our teachers in it, it seemed wise to sign up for the new Teaching with Moodle […]

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Rejigging professional development training for teachers – Sarah Thorneycroft

discussion, ed tech, education, education design, elearning, professional development by Colin Simpson

Sarah Thorneycroft (@sthcrft) from the University of New England (Australia) often impresses with her thoughtful presentations about dragging academics and teaching staff into the 21st century when it comes to professional development in online teaching […]

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ePortfolio grading rubric

assessment, education design, ePortfolio, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Here’s a useful assessment rubric created by the University of Wisconsin – Stout that can be applied to ePortfolios. I would consider adding links within the criteria to exemplars of best practice but I think […]

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