#BadgeChat was founded in December, 2014 by a group of educators who are passionate about credentialing learning and achieving. While there are thousands of us around the globe issuing badges to learners, there was not yet a regular twitter chat for those of us in the K-12 space to gather for learning and sharing about badging. After reaching out to leaders in the field (like the good folks at Mozilla and The Badge Alliance) for their thoughts, #BadgeChat was born.
I'm Noah in Denver. Passionate about Badges as storytelling devices to communicate who we are as learners and achievers. Also, organizing #BadgeSummithttps://t.co/TPSB4ep8yX#badgechat
A1: Pitching Teachers on the features instead of the benefits. Nobody cares about how awesome the process is until they've bought into the WHY #badgechat
A1: Not testing stuff for big groups ahead of time with small groups. Users will get hugely frustrated by small tech hiccups and it's a shame bc they were probably predictable/avoidable #badgechat
This is HUGE! Being intentional about workflow, practicing it and then having plan for how to communicate it will help avoid headaches later when users are asking for it! #badgechat
Totally! And when the hiccups do happen, the way we respond to the needs of the people we serve will be memorable: do we treat it as an opportunity to foster relationships? #badgechat
A2 We try to share what works in our small disability community, through journals, and through conferences. Just starting with badges and related competency credentials #badgechat
Love this! As they say in the book "Shift"
=> it's not just about sharing what doesn't work, it's important to share bright spots so others know what is working and can see a path forward that they can try for themselves #badgechat
A2: If everyone at the table is nodding along and nobody is pushing back and offering how stupid this all sounds, it's a red flag that you're missing stakeholders and need to slow down #badgechat
Love this so much! Important to think about how we can use Micro-Credentials at a granular level. Related: Meeting criteria can be a binary thing (they've met it or are still working towards it)...risk is that only A+++ work gets Badges #badgechat
A2: If everyone at the table is nodding along and nobody is pushing back and offering how stupid this all sounds, it's a red flag that you're missing stakeholders and need to slow down #badgechat
For academics in need of publications.... the International Journal of Designs for Learning is a great journal to publish design cases related to learning. See https://t.co/LfGaK8UMWd#badgechat
For academics in need of publications.... the International Journal of Designs for Learning is a great journal to publish design cases related to learning. See https://t.co/LfGaK8UMWd#badgechat
A3: This is a big problem and not just in Badges. We don't hear enough about the failures. Maybe someone can start a blog dedicated to publishing and amplifying these unheard stories... #badgechat
Q3: #badgechat I love seeing them shared via social media. It's fun to see what people are passionate about. People should be really proud to display them; not for bragging right, but its a community of sharing. Celebrating the positives!
A4: Systems thinking is hugely valuable. If we look around and don't see a plan and systems in place, that's a red flag to slow down before thinking about any kind of scale #badgechat
Thanks to the regulars, the newbies, the friends we saw for the first time in a while and also to the lurkers clicking "like" and engaging in your own way. You ALL make this a great chat! #badgechat
I hate rubrics, but Ss need to know exactly what gets the badges. I get to keep my Ss year after year, so 2.5 yrs in, we are a well oiled machine. School still wants grades, so offering legends to Ss and Ps help navigate the translation there.
