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Josh Gay blog posts, invu with Phillip Schmidt, Alex Halavais, Badge lab script, extensive session notes
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alex@Halavais.net
alex@Halavais.net
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his session had 2 tracks:
Badges for digital storytelling
Badges for collectives
Erin's Notes on Badges for Collectives:
SESSION 4: Badges for Collectives
idea: badge organizations
mostly been talking about how to badge people
can we badge collectives and organizations
classify organizations so that I see these icons and I know something about them?
each person would choose the icons that they want
has machine readable code on the background
how to validate? person clicks on the badge to see the information, community can vote to give +/-
what do these badges do - creates visibility for the institutions
for profit/nonprofit
reproducible/exclusive - open/closed?
reinforces the commons: ecology/body/town/digital
representative/grassroots - hierarchical/flat
have only positive?
create community
what do you want to promote
don't push people to make decisions that they don't want to make
let community create new badges?
instead of trying to define all the commons badges, could have community submit or suggest commons badges
for example, I work for a nonprofit that works on open education…would love to have a badge for that
or we do research and release our data openly…so an open data badge
you shouldn't have to define them all - but could let people define (or at least submit ideas on) the ways that they contribute to the commons….this does not exist at all
currently nonprofits are only findable by: ratings/numbers on how much they spend and how they spend it, keyword or geography…if could discover nonprofits by contribution to commons, etc., that would be really powerful
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This session was actually about "What's Wrong with Badges"
Not intended to be a complaint session, but for identifying issues and possible solutions or ways to avoid the issues as we move forward...
Session 3: What's Wrong with Badges
badges as a factory system of education - badging
open ed - not
evergreen college - no grades, just recommendation
yes/no == 1/0s
assessment and representation of the assessment
could be badges for no criteria at all - but the assessment portfolio assessment
badges linked to metadata, more information
badges as conversation openers - then keeps them low-stakes
less of a reason to game it ?
badges represent the endorsement
badges as Yes/No
incenting the wrong behaviors, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation
open nature of badges - what happens if commercial gets in the game
make sure our badge system eats theirs
why couldn't we let other peoples badges work?
what if people start making money off of this - derail it by having open operability
we are free and open, we are the standard
what if Bb gets into the game?
equity
revolution in education
infuse our thinking with collective intelligence
replicating our own bias in the system - how do we include marginalized communities
badges heavily focused on getting jobs
what if are about kinship, recognition
building an open framework that has minimized the forced structure
not just decided on by an authority
like twitter as it evolved - the community defined how the system evolved, started very simple and community decided where they wanted it to go
categories of badges / functions
quantifiable/automated - awarded by machine that you passed a certain threshold
community-endorsed (qualitative?)
badge infrastructure should be agnostic about how that decision is made - like internet, no idea what people would do with it, but just enough structure to support innovative use/needs
badge needs an endorser - might be an algorithm, community, self
too many dimensions to categorize?
just need to realize that there are different types of badges - we are trying to make the equivalent of verisign - identity, verification
have to have the identity behind it, 'HUB' in demo
follow link to see where the badge came from
badges have badges? - aggregator or mozilla-approved badges
some might do very heavyweight or very light, there is weight based on the giver (page rank)
need the technorati of badges
creating an open standard for those that want to play …
for it to succeed, we have to seed well executed uses of that platform, and starting points for people that want to use it
the point is, what does "well" or "good" mean?  that they have accomplished something, there is some reason to have a badge?
are same hierarchies going to be replicated?
sense of playfulness, instead of just reinforcing the existing divides
good for the open community
what we are talking about is fundamentally more democratic, b/c the credibility of the badge will depend on the authority of that issuer
open structure which is easy to use provides some way of saying that you can trust this badge - it resists reinventing the current system
will it shift the hierarchical nature of education?
if there are individuals with very high endorsement
here its very relevant and important - depending on who you are interacting with, may have a lot of validity and importance
institutions don't go away but there is another path…
if can prove that harvard itself is what is making smart students - if there is that granularity, you could have a harvard endorsed badge without a harvard degree
education isn't just schools
so much informal education - badges are an opportunity to capture that informal learning
badges should be binary - can see the evidence but either you have it or not
issue date at all of them - learning path  (when they did it and when it changed)
make history transparent
summary:
there are a lot of issues and concerns about what badges can be - we are agnostic about that
we provide  you with a way that makes it more explicit
we keep it as lightweight as possible
we don't have to solve all the issues b/c you use it as it needs to be
lets not over-engineer it from the beginning
next steps
working group that reaches out to these companies and create standards (stackflow, Facebook, 4square)
framework - openness, use case and success stories so that people can look at as a starting place so people can jump in
role of employer?
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School of Webcraft Badges (Joint session with Webcraft Toolshed
Gunner: Welcome! We're going to do some tinkering around badge design. 3 small breakouts where we'll invite people in those groups to spec out how they would function.
Pippa: symantic html/css - how do we assess and give good feedback.
Christian: Accessability - how do you keep content independent of device etc.
3 questions we're thinking about: who issues and how it is earned. Who values, and how is it ..., 3rd what info is actually available with the badge.
Accessibility group:
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Chris: people want the badge, but what about the official badges from the w3c, which people put on their site, but didn't really do anything very useful. So, instead of applying for a badge, hunt around for really good examples, because there aren't many.
Instead, sites could be *nominated* for accessibility, ...
Also, how to visualise, different countries represent with a wheelchair, but accessibility is not about disability.
Kate, a lot of commercial websites have 'is this website helpful' which could also be used.
Christian, so there has to be a peer review of the reviewers as well. Large font.
We could tie it into a firefox extension, or use a delicios tag for nomination, to enable a bottom up process. Could also have a negative badge
Kate: most people don't know, because they're juts beginners etc., a bit like fashion.
Chris: there's no such thing as accessible, as different disabilities sometimes require opposite approaches. So perhaps a single badge wouldn't work, but perhaps having multiple badges. But I want to broaden the horizon of what accessibility really is (not just disabilities). P2PU could be used with learners searching for exemplar websites etc.,
Michael: an accessibility badge for websites that do a good job inadvertently, and another for people who make great resources helping accessibility (ie. tutorial on installing OSS screen readers), or extending existing software (wordpress plugins) making them more accessible. But also a badge for people who do the p2pu course?
Chris: badges for accessibility explainer, accessibility developer. Another interesting thing - a heirarchy of accessibility... accessibility awareness provider, accessibility developer, accessibility solution provider, accessibility guru/explainer? etc.
Daniel: who would be rewarding it.
Kate: just one team, I don't see it becoming viral (reviewing them, that is). I also think they should expire given the rate of change etc. (Daniel, or rust).
Summaries:
How do we do this for p2pu? Explainer, Enabler, Developer (with CC-like easy explanations).
= Semantic HTML / CSS group =
The Badge as a menas to demonstrate skills to interested parties
q: who provides the badge?
a: maybe mozilla / open web education alliance
q: who would you like to show the badge to?
a: employers, clients, students, communities, target audiences (users on the website), readers, other webcraft community members
q: what is being assessed?
a: Best practices, an inclusive way of coding the website, beyond its visual appearance: Semantic HTML/CSS
= steps to *earn* the badge =
1. It validates!
  demonstrate a certain level of complexity, existence of metadata, alt tags and
  w3c
2. code review
  judge actual *content* as well
  audience: multiple peers
  media: questions/answers, video, documentation
  * communicate clearly what you've done
  * opportunity for others to learn from this particular project
  * commented code
  * Annotated CPAN http://www.annocpan.org/ example of justifying design decisions, peers can annotate as well
3. Authority? Deadline, criteria. If you don't meet the criteria, you "flunk out".
* Link to Drupal process
Keep metadata? e.g. reference to actual tecnical artifact, source code, revision. And to the version of the standard you are validating against, and the date? If you've earned this badge, exactly *what* is being evaluated at this point in time? e.g. CSS2/CSS3
4. Renewal/validity
  If I earn the badge on 1999, it might not be equally "valid" on 2003
  Course revision
  The peer assessing community will also evolve its evaluation standards
 
* Maintain a history file as a measure of your achievements
  Also acts as a portfolio
* In the process of peer review, is it important to keep track of who have you collaborated with?
  You should definitely keep track of people who've donated time to
  Replicate Amazon metareview system? "Was this review helpful to you?". It may be possible to game the system in this way.
* Bugzilla parallel - improve learning - file a bug? "These criteria may be out of date".
ERIN's NOTES:  BADGE FOR SOFT SKILLS
Session 2: Webcraft + Badges
who issues it/how is it earned
what data does it carry/what does it look like
who values it/how is that value conveyed or passed along
SOFT SKILLS
question/answering
teamwork
active community member
communication
problem solving/critical thinking
talk to normal people
working in decentralized way
presentation/summarize
documentation/communicate to nontechnical community (how is this different in an open environment, need to do the managerial role, gather specifications from a nontech audience)
patience
synthesis
metaphor: journalist, translator
communicate technical things to nontechnical people
the form which this is expressed
title: I Talk Human; Tech Bridge (sounds two ways but that's ok?); Liaison; Bridge Badge
Community Bridger
how is it evaluated? who issues it?
tech and nontech people have to way in
performance based
describe what you have just done to local community; gather their endorsements
submitting a video? have external people evaluate?
non-automatic
submit on the web and invite members of the community, form for submitting correspondence, community members vote based on rubric….all of that becomes the link behind the badge
optional field for self-reflection
how is it earned?
person submits 'proof'
value/signify?
if you come across this badge in wild, what does it signal to you?  what can you do with it?
issues?
unintended consequences - don't want to reinvent school
private information
gaming
can this hold people back - young people with motivation and skills, have to get the badge to prove themselves
or…if looking to hire someone and need to explain why to hire someone young or without college education…could use the badges
expiration?
thumbs up/down on the badge after assigned?
if have "like" button - that gives endorsements to both you and the endorsers
does this open us up to gaming? or is that there anyway?
remember...
doesn't have to be the only way to get badges
if you don't feel like this is the way to show your skills, hack the system
create your own badge and see if community adopts it
role of the creator/author of the badge
validator of the badge
badges:
semantic html (lots of metadata, linking back to the source, etc.  check out wiki)
accessibility (enable accessibility, help people understand it, developer)
soft skils
anything based on technology will become obsolete so maybe badges expire, fade away, rust
badges need to be validated - link to the profile and write recommendations, etc
building code metaphor - can provide the codes or just say 'solve a problem'
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Badge lab
3 sessions
1. pedagogy
2.tech
3. community
\report 2 -3 main points
-anna - how can a badge be linked to a student portfolio, by a community but be able to
show the work and reps the outcome
-teachers , students need a reflection process, does it include a portfolio to represent it
-justify the work to meet the criteria
-viability, credibility matters for community and individual effort
-the group effort, the credibilty of the team effort
Tobias - kabissa connections
-netsquared winner
-org increase trust by revealing their trust with partners, connections and networks.
-can add connections to ngo dashboards, or community boards
-organizations can be grantees, opt into badge on kabissa, grantee from ford foundation (ie)
-builds up trust for organizations
-how do you know which orphanage in kenya to give a scholarship fund, do they have a badge,
have they been vetted'
-could use for conference participation
-in Africa - difficulty of getting trust
-in US - paypal builds trust, 501c, audits etc
-in africa - how do you know that an audit firm is legit
-how to surface communities and organization
-kabissa would offer the badge based on their research
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crisiscommons-heather
-give badges to individuals or groups
-criteria defined by x number of open source
-group and collaboration - issuer describes, creates icon, they determine who is in, etc
-maybe self-selecting (Kabissa)
-badges are on /off
crisiscommons would have a wiki link to the badge for proof of content, acheivement
1. participation
2. design has to be simple for the badges, clear 
3. use it as a trustworthy measure.
4. criteria - set outcome and then back-map it, what are the stages? 5 - 10 outcomes (mini-outcomes
(teacher inputs)
Kabissa - badges are a means, the process, it is a framework to make that outcome possible
Set the outcomes you want to see, then backmap to the outcome.
If you want the badge to represent a credential or an accomplishment,
what are 5 markers of having met that accomplishment?
Also, can you suggest (as a form of education, how they might accomplish
each of those markers?
The 5 markers need to be publicly available--if you have this badge, what does that mean
you can do, what you can accomplish. Is there progress towards a badge you can show?
- be able to search content db and find badge matches for ngos, individuals, by country
Report back -tobias
Community
As communiities are looking for outcomes, change the world, show learned or accomplishments
start with outcomes and back-map it look for proficiencies or credentials to lead to badge
badges not user profiles, be simple, data stored in badge is not complicated - on or off.
can the markers be known - badge dependencies,can what you accomplished be publicly
available
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Pedagogy
-we are not new
ed, eco,game theory - have great exisiting literature to base these thoughts on
- commited to writing more about it and will be attending an ed conference to present on it- Digital Media Literacy conference - the DML - Alex and another badge lab attendee are already in
tech
-have web dev help
-will make it tell the story better, build kick ass demo
-demo is big show tonight
community
-start with outcomes, backmap with credentials, capacity
-microformat on off format for issuers
-platforms can support issuing
ERIN: PEDAGOGY AND THEORY BEHIND THE BADGE IDEA
take aways:
we aren't making this up, there is a lot of literature and theory that we are working with (not about badges specifically, but feedback, signalling, identity, etc.)
we are committed to continuing this conversation - build a bibliography and write badge stuff together
Session 1: pedagogy/legs
        ⁃        Signaling theory - how people use credentials to signal what they know, plan to do, done in the past (economics)
        ⁃        Contracting (econ) - align interests based on those signals
        ⁃        Stian: prelim article, models for universities, sociological perspective
        ⁃        Sheep skin theory, gateway theories - sociological theories of education, and role of open education
        ⁃        Behavioral economics - feedback, incentives, entry into a group
        ⁃        goffman - presentation of self
        ⁃        online education research: feedback, immediacy, transparency,
        ⁃        surprise award, different kinds of motivation
        ⁃        apprenticeship
        ⁃        crowding out theory (education, organization)
        ⁃        structuration theory - how local conversations get translated into higher structures
        ⁃        gaming literature
        ⁃        visibility - signs, outward presentation (semiotics theory)
        ⁃        wikipedia literature (barnstars)
Recognition/Certification
Discoverability
Motivation
Other badges:
wikipedia/barnstars
military
doctors
organ donor
voting
scuba/diving/climbing/etc.
stackoverflow - released their data, just waiting to be mined
literature on this stuff??
Cynthia - teacher badge for openness
looking for direct teacher access/research
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THURSDAY
OPEN THE FLOOR
surprised that we didn't get the social stuff that people brought earlier
can the employer be involved, valid issues around explicit value labels
soft skills - how do we credit them, and do we want to
mastery in learning vs training - badges may be good for some things and not for other things, don't want to just replicate or replace what we already got
flame war issues - how to mediate them
gaming - high stakes systems can get gamed, social effects
will the delicate ecosystem be upset
badges as identity building, kinship
less aspirational but motivational
how do we evaluate the badges and link them together into one system
don't want to end up overassessing
we have a fundamentally broken system that doesn't work for most people
can we improve the system and give people the recognition they aren't getting
badges aren't the answer for everything
but shouldn't we try? if not, the system stays the same
counterpoint: degrees are still valued but scale issue - not going to hold into the future
degrees/CV are just the ticket to get into the door - can we invent something that does at least as good of a job (evidence who I am and what people think about me is hard to measure)
badges can capture vouching from peers
badges where there is a clear P/F, but that's a small subset - missing the many many other things (softer, transferable skills)
dig ourselves into exactly the same hole that we are trying to get out of
1) badges as alternative to a broken system
2) how do you recognize informal learning
3) participatory, qualitative aspects <-- maybe these aren't badges but something else?
differences in degree, but not in kind
what are the criteria for #3?
be mindful of the communities that we are trying to help
badges: small recognitions for something that is very practical, each institution should be able to give a badge (mozilla ambassador)
challenges to bad behavior
communities we want to help
soft skills v hard skills
THEN DID BREAKOUT GROUPS WITH STICKY PADS AND ORGANIZED ALL THE SUGGESTIONS
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ntroduction by:
An alternative credential arena might incentivise....
The goal standard for the value of a badge is the degree to which employers can rely on that badge as an accurate index to the .... If there is an ability to work with organisations to develop badges and certificates that have demonstrable value to the market, even superior to the normaly...
Just reinforce the importance of which we watch your work in Washington.
Phillip - Reframe the question, not "When can badges replace degrees", but "How can badges replace degrees". People will break off into 4 groups to discuss the question. 20minutes, then come back with 2 or 3 points for discussion.
Session 4: What replaces the degree/report card
Hal Plotkin: greetings from Obama, mentioned open education at summit in Paris...
credentials: 2 ways to change HE - transform from a system that weeds people out to a system that lifts people up
1) from the inside
2) from the outside, create an alternate system - professional, technical, etc societies
the gold standard for a value of a badge is the degree to which employers can rely on that badge
if ability to work with expert societies to create badges with demonstrable value
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not trying to replicate the grading system
degrees:
proxy
prescribed
seat time
ours:
specific competencies
capture the subject mastery and how - capture the path
subelements - capture that, losing it now
degree by title doesn't always mean something
find out from the employer perspective, what are the criteria
existing system: society values it
badges as validation of skills and experience
not trying to hire directly to the degree, but hiring for specific pieces for the job
institution decides what a credential look like, but separating out from what employer finds valuable
commercial entities involved in what is education - democratize the input
agnostic layer to allow external folks to express what is valuable than them
soft skills vs hard skills - people who are looking to employ graduates - if they have a voice
if allow external communities to contribute to what is value - if we make that explicit…dangerous.
danger: government has eliminated the support for humanities b/c saying doesn't contribute to the economy
capture hard skills, soft skills, 21st century skills, etc.
evidence of that through collection of badges
why are we critiquing university grading….to better capture learner (education is about employment)…better replacements for grades/degree
validation through experience
***making higher education a slave to capitalism
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group 2: how do badges replace the report card?
what are the assumptions of what a degree is?
who are the audiences... only employers? peers?
disciplines that haven't needed it: what are historical examples
- medicine requires a formal system of skills and expertise
- computer science/programming is more based on what i can do than a degree
how can badges stand for a reliable system of exchange
- this badge = this skill/experience
what level of granularity is important?
- right now: degrees are the badge equivalent
- in the future: are badges equal to degrees v. individual accomplishments?
- granularity can allow more specific expression of skills (not just "i am a doctor" but "i am a doctor who is has very specific expertise"
- importance of aggregated skills to be truly meaningful
- what is the base unit? do granulator experiences get aggregated to mean something specific to me, or do i accumulate lots of badges in the pursuit of a specific aggregation-based badge
soft and hard skills… what are we measuring?
- is there a need for "untagging" - expiration for badges that i haven't practiced lately
- how about character references… but how do you measure 'leadership'
does a new badge system have legs
- what proves the value?
- how to convince employers this system works?
reputation is as important as skills
- what does expertise really mean? who measures it?
- who accredits?
- when it comes to social skills… are trusted sources/recommenders more or less appropriate than "official" signoff?
let's not forget: a better system needs to prevent people from dropping out… not just a solution to reward what's already rewarded
how does the system qualify things that exist outside of formal mechanisms?
- there is an intermediate kind of system in france
- 'validation through experience' is perceived as a way to get "badged" that's equivalent to classical system: vetting through proven professional experience
- seeing proof/portfolio/process is as important as end product skills
- seeing how/what/where can help others
- "knowing" v. explaining v. portfolio: how can the visibility of accumulated experience help others understand what i really know (v. a degree, which is quite opaque)
- aspirational equivalents so people can see what it means
what's the role for current higher ed institutions?
- it can be a new form of business for universities to to bestow badges
- are they still in a position to create/set standards for expertise?
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Badge - use cases
There were 4 groups. Phillip may have notes too from his p2pu group
badge system
3 key points relevant for group\
how to prototype, make it general
Note: Tobias wasn't able to join this chat.
Please consider KABISSA CONNECTIONS as a case study. KC just won the Netsquared Challenge and is described here: http://netsquared.org/projects/kabissa-connections
Kabissa uses CiviCRM currently as our database platform, and we'd love to be able to issue badges along the lines of KC.
Crisis Commons example
-group was very new to the badge conversation
-provided an overview of the morning sessions and a crisiscommons 101. Attempted to widen the conversation to include other volunteer tech community general needs.
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org needs to id the needs
org can put the call out using the badge system to locate new volunteers - matching
people who have the time and the capacity to volunteer could be notified via the badge system
-so the value of the badge becomes a volunteer service tool in addition to individual recognition
-potential for employers too
sub-note:
Very hard to hear and  concentrate in the group. I think was a product of brain exhaustion on  my part more than anything. Maybe in groups of 30 you need two note  takers and the note takers shouldn't faciliate a subsection. My own  lesson learned for how I could have helped better with documentation.
WEBCRAFT USE CASE:
Session 3: Use Cases: Webcraft
web developer, badges as social innovation
distinguish between developers
badges:
most badges Mozilla badges, can put together into bigger Mozilla badges
our badges need badges, certified by X, issued by Y
assessment is handled by P2PU - we are developing the mechanism
automatic assessment, peer assessment, course organizers
community drives the badge development, but front load it enough so that they know what badges look like
webcraft community is developing the skills map - then we create badges to get this started
challenge for a badge? haven't really thought through this one
how granular should the badges be? for html development, don't want tag level badges
goals:
motivation/engagement
share information/skills across courses
share information with the outer world (mozilla backed!!)
badge:
metadata: author, even though its a mozilla badge
external badging authority, spot checks that the badge
what is the ultimate goal - to get people to learn web better, or to play the badge game
peer recommendation system - 'this guy knows html 5.0' - becomes more validated as more people
as soon as there is currency in the badges, people will try to game them
microfinance - grameen bank, 4 other people have to recommend that person
if turns out that it was fake, that person and all recommenders can't get loans
yahoo answers, automated until puts up a red flag to a human
build sophisticated detection, not to detect trolls, but to detect fake karma, etc
need real identity
something like page rank so when endorsed by mozilla
ohloh.net as a model??
Breakout Group: A badge for digital storytelling
Notes, Cynthia Jimes
Initial question someone asked in our group: where in a process do you get badges? At one point in time? Is it purely an incentive? Is it an award at the end of creating something? Is it a social badge?
What are the qualities of stories that we want to capture? What are the different things we want to get out of the digital storytelling badge? What is it’s value? We may want the badge to, for example:
    * Produce an action
    * Provide enjoyment
    * Support education/knowledge transfer
    * Persuade
    * Build awareness
    * Preservation of culture
    * Facilitate communication and engagement
    * Support co creation of meaning that translates a whole experience
    * Inspires others
Another question that arose in the group: How do you “badge” creativity? Maybe it’s about:
    * How much the story gets passed on; how much it’s shared
    * How much it’s read, accessed, downloaded
    * How much it’s remixed
    * How much it’s edited
    * How much metadata it generates (user generated metadata from others who read the story)
Other notes from our use case
    * Does the badge need an authority role, so the giver has authority.
    * What are the levels of endorsement from those assessing the work being done
    * Reputational and economic value of the badge
    * How to think about data collection from potential badge recipients that helps us to answer the questions in our discussions and design a good badge
    * The social aspect of badges—not just for employers. Some things are harder to translate into badges, the softer stuff, like emotional intelligence
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Badge Design Slam: Earn Your Virtual Drivers Badge.
Badge part 2: design teams
Heather L
what are the requirements
who gives out the badges
who do you show the badge to.
how do you maintain and renew it.
I joined the "how to Renew group'
how to renew
-how people feel about you
-badges skills
-using black boxes
-issuance date, merge
-issuing authority
-how's my driving
-peer review
-worth measure
boolean-ness of the badge is one of its greatest features- alex halavais
-incentive - mayor of driving
-@kabissa - free technology academy
Philip schmidt
-tie it to how's my driving, my insurance rate
-this is my driving record in badge form -
-authority with badges and acknowledge across.
-i'm above average
-is it peer rewarded -
-anyone can be make them, low-barrier
-bad with names badges
-concrete, not for goal setting, open and idenitifable to
-i someday want to go to mars badge- says you want to achieve. different levels of validity
-can choose to reveal potentially
-can you have negative badges? can you give people badges they don't want to have> do you have control
-credit rating
-issuing - how do they qualify, date of expiration
issusing auth for id
how do you renew and maintain
1. go back to issuer, they control the badge
a. renew in boolean on or off
b. badges over time
2.could be part of goal setting, badges are strongest with a simple mandate
3.has to be id'ed with someone's identity, has to be verifiable
report back ideas
courtesy badge
(i was giving the report back which took my attention from proper note taking of the other reports)
Session 2: Driving badges - what types of badges would exist in this system? (12PM)
1) point of the badge system is to make people drive better
so positive only badges
people can decide which badges to display
indirect is showing people
signals to others
badges referring to skills
badges referring to what type of driver you are
badge holds information about the badge, passes information to other people
basic skills - like license
additional skills
get attention of the one who wants the badge, earning
get attention of others, signalling
1) point of the badge system is to make people drive better
positive only badges, more encouragement, avoid gaming/hiding
courtesy badge
safety
things that you want people to know so that they drive safe around you
warning badges: babies on board
beginner driver
skills
skills that you want to display
automatic/gear shift
driver license
car gathered information
in context:  fast, snow, etc.
about yourself / access
things about yourself that get you access to things
handicapped
hybrid
medical
things about driver + car?
environmental impact
alerts within the car
driving: who issues badges?
different kinds of attributes for formal (skills) v. informal (behaviors) badges
- both may have subjective + objective characteristics
what's necessary in a badge system?
- unbiased source
- efficiency - timeliness is critical
- effectiveness
right now "badge" system is: learning permit - go for it
- only two kinds - what other kinds might be important in a badge system
- what's the level of granularity?
what do these measure?
- demonstrated competence
- based on insurance demographics systems
- reflexes: constellation of skills that make you drive-ready
can the car judge your level of competence (staying under the speed limit)?
how might auto-programmed cars shift the focus on badges related to people driving?
will cars become obsolete? the desire to multi-task may make cars go away...
how do we create a system that changes with the culture?
- built-in flexibility
- crowdsourcing as a means to rewards/penalize
- you gain privileges as you get better/more reliable/safer?
- what if social norms change between different communities
how might non-drivers participate in a badge system?
- giving advice
- providing highway traffic control info: where's traffic
- providing info on most direct, shortest route, etc.
driving is not only an individual action: moving from individual to systemic/community-based
- badges given for the benefit of the larger system
- drivers as social critters
- importance of badges is not for self, it's to show others that you're competent
- visibility: i can see you're a good driver or not
monitoring (enforcement ) and renewal: not the same as issuing original "license" badge
- what about sins of commission… are there negative badges?
- can there be aspirational badges? a feedback system from the car and others
- permanent v. transient badges: for knowledge v. behavior
Breakout Group:  Creating a Badge System for Driving a Vehicle (Prototyping session).
Notes, Cynthia Jimes
Our group worked on the question of: Whom you show the badge to and how  that works
Whom do you show it to?
Show it to multiple people, and could be a lens where it’s meaningful to each group:
    * Employers
    * Rental car companies
    * Friends
    * Parents
    * Insurance Companies
How does the display of the badge work?
    * Displayed in multiple formats, access points, including display card with code to access it online, bar code. Can be an aggregate of levels of different types of driving skills.
    * Can be thought of as additional “metadata” about one’s driving skills, that is attached to the official driver’s license. This metadata can be from peers (how they view my driving), from the car (data from the automobile itself about my driving), from other entities.
    * Can be open or closed, or  selectively shown to specific people, entities
Other notes from breakout
    * Is it stored in a central repository?
    * How is its authenticity verified? Does it need to be verified?
    * Discussion of whether the driver’s badge is an actual think that is measured at one point in time, or it is a path, adaptable, evolving, with changing links to other driving skills, information
    * Should the badge be complimentary to other badge systems, so that it’s not all encompassing?
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Badges Intro:
Go-round:
Annie Dashkaart Tornoto interested in creating online Course accreditation
Ruth from Toronto: badges crazy important 
Erin from CA and facilitiating and interested in badges to find a way to assess learners in a way that encourages them to participate
Bolivia mgr of Mozilla bolizivia
Nagashka from Mumbai networking learning objects more granular awys
Josh gay : working in rm #19 and we’re gg to be doing some tech implementation whether yr interested in tech part or user interaction
Mathieu Paris : workin educaion field student
Fernando &Miguel Work in a UNI in PESSOA strategic projects director/ entrepreenuer
Mitchell: interested in p2pu web tech learning and how we can authenticate so that it’s a viable alternative t oCISCO and MICROSOFT cert so Mozilla can use for a acreer/job
Ingrid I’m interested in bdges b/c I’m interested in MOBILE , informal , hard to contain modes of learning & new forms of assessment
Dan: identitiy data sharing deeply interested in badging
Anna Providence RI one of our biggest goals is to offer our students recognition for what they already know how to do new things they’re learning
Rodrigo: personal finance emerging markets P2p badge recognition for those who participate in my netowkr related to broker dealer business
Franco Argentina LA popular education informal approach to learning badging interesting addition to that education
JV Chamary, journalist from the BBC - here to understand how future students will gain accreditation or recognition for learning online
Heather Crisis Commons looking for ways for ppll to crowdsource info and software and learn that and make it packable & badgable make it part of their daily live ing
Anna fomr Portugal I cam eas a founder of 1st hackerspace in Portugal related to my profession I work as an interface designer
Im Cynthia Cali and owkring toward the idea of rewarding teachers and so I’m really interested in the idea of badges for teachers that wd recognize teachers sharing reasources creative collaboration
David from Free tech academy online courses recognized officially so we have formal certifici
Alex: diplomas and transcripts  have a chokehold on the process im interested in making
Institutions and noninstitutions interoperable
I’m ravi from Indiana’how do we validate informal learning that’s where the best learning is happening what happens when we attach validation b/c the minute we attac someone games it
I’m dale doughtery part int in diy self taught informal learning less for me about badges and more about trying to make visible what’s happening n informal education
I think of it as a set of paths thru various stops
How did you get to be a Welder, how did you learn to do this? Less the accumulation vof Boy scout badges what’s unique in the DIY space is the eccentric paths rhat ppl take
Stian: p2pu how badges can externalize learning w/o motivation
Philip: figure out badges making learning visible is the key compontent that will let us change how education works today
Gunner: P2pu fanboy and a badge newbie super glad to be here
Breakouts:
1) Use cases
2) Cynthia What goes into a badge, data points how do we frame
3) Tech group --yr special go into a dark space where you don't know what time it is and build something bring it back and show it to us. You might not see the
4) Philip badges 101 for the ppl whohave no clue what we’re talign about here but also we cd go in the direction of talking about are we really tralking about badges the wa we’re using it is very generic so badges 101
15-20 min
8 ppl
what’s important / 3 key parts
what is a badge
im by no means answering questions
Fernando: Form of validation. It must be structured in a way that can be shared and standard
Sarah: in the Girl Scouts’/ Boy scouts gateway to next step
Sometimes ppl get so obsessed the lose track of what the point is
David Javokis fI thin kthe main danger : ppl walking around can you stamp my passport
I have no idea about previous resrch but I thnk of it as some standardized form of peer recogniztion reputation system
Personal evaluation the person who is learning understands that he has reached a point where he can go onto the next step
Consider it’s not justd for the peers but also self satisfaction that I can reach this point and go on to the next step
Incentive ppl to learn and bleive dimension of ego when we are learning there is a way to show ppl I know that
Group # 2  Use cases
Barnstars
Rafi
Conditions you have done something
What counts as contributing is always a moving trget
Mitchell: identity of the person the source, the rationale which cd be community norms individual decisions or something more formal p2p
Ingrid lis aand I identities who the audience is if it’s Mozilla how yr b/c to a crtain extent a social element here assessment it’s mea nd my skills a lot of ppl are showing to the community that social dynamic allows for potential to go further
The hanging out w/ peers motivator for pushing you forward experesss yrself as interested and having skills
Audience
ALEX Bald White shirt fguy ipad
But ther’s also the source and there might be a concern w/ single soure
Yr assessment if you don’t think that’s true go see the ppl who hve signed on
Rafi: recommendation audience you’ve got an audience within the ocmmunti that the identity is meaning ful and potentially out side that you can show it to
The diploma that is the signifier to somebody else that your’e good at this
External audience
Alex : Breaks down Potnetial barriers between communities
If you want to invite ppl from outside the community 
Ingrid: P2p exemplifies norms /stds/ values put together w/ my learning network badges
Meta level present in every badge
Portuguese woman: sticker album give them something b/c of what they’ve done share these badges give something to yr friend
Part of peer review if you’re given a badge you then share
ALEX: WE talk about source identity and person identity
I guess the uni wd need an artifical personhood the basics might be shard across the 2 id like to break down those ideas of an authority
If you cd say that
Anybody involvedi n the ststme at all can create own badges
Rafi: youth comms wehre interest driven learning is happening fan fiction site validate that and put it on a 2nd resume –resume B
Alex—badge giving badge?
Mithcell: If it succeeds there will be badge aggregators some will be meaning ful
What sounds really bad at first if done well can help small communities who otherwise it’s not gg to mean anything
Anna I wonder if just coming from our experience  as educators
reocgnize badge b/c you can meet outcomes see the work behind them
our students i call them apprentices
Heather Leson's rough notes:
Badge Lab
who attended: educators, entrepreneurs, techs, knowledge lab, academics, learning scientists
-mitchell baker - p2pu -web tech learning and auth it. beyond microsoft certs.
-new ways global learning, how to contain and assess. accrediation, informal and formal
-offer recogn for new things that folks are learning,
-world attendance; mexico, argentina, us, canada, portugal, spain, india and more
-make mag dale doughtery - diy self taught, make visible what is happening in informal ed
make the paths visible
figure out the recognition, make learning visible,
groups
1,erin - use cases for badges - what are places that it is applicable, make it meaningful
2. data points that go into a badge, pathway or concrete
3. techs= will be working on deliverables, lay the groundwork for sharing the badges
4.philip - badges 101 no clue and what they
The Tech team notes:
Each of the 5 participants provided the known examples of badge prototypes.
-Dan Mills
id and data sharing: port your data from site to site- federation
-create data standards
-define the basic badge pieces
some identity component, an identifier
-key to determine how the data will flow from apps and how it is verified
-ties into web app framework for open web with local storage aspect
-josh - federation
-assess stack overview model
-create use cases across sites
- addto digital backpack
report backs:
Badges 101
who auth, indiv, group, etc
outcome traction - hacking
use case
highlights
depend on the content and audience
signaling your achieivements, help learners, hackab
techs
badge program, past examples, big ask; mockup what do you want visualized or id'ed let the
techs know.
badge content dialogue
badge can verify success, rational, identity, verification
Use Cases for Badges Group (with Erin)
people's background/interests:
security trading broker dealer in mexico - regulation is very tough
out of school learning in europe
maker faire
depends on the context (p2pu, informal learning)
depends on the audience….easy way to remix or present yourself:
signal achievements/skills
student engagement / retention
access to more stuff (level up)
recognition for informal learning - way to formalize things that have been learned informally
help learners figure out what they have learned
where and how people learn, learning path - make that visible so other people can learn
link to a portfolio of work - link to some accomplishment (portfolio)
hard vs soft skills  - add value to the soft
performance or demonstration - open CV format
not just the thing itself, but what it links to, or the group of things
informal learning is for the experience, intrinsic/extrinsic
Breakout Group: What Should Go Into a Badge?
Notes, Cynthia Jimes
Discussion set in the context of the group’s question of: What is a badge for? To motivate you? To show other’s something you’ve done? Could be both a recognition for achievement but also a motivating factor.  Also, in the context of defining a badge as:
    * Verification/accreditation of someone’s accomplishment of a specific learning goal or other thing
    * A trajectory—things you are doing along the way, the different paths you take
    * Badges are more than a representation of some accomplishment or a trajectory of learning, they are a learning instrument themselves
In answering what should go into a badge, the group tried to consider what “data points” would cross the three items above. These data points include:
    * An identity. Is this a self identification badge/ badge of self expression? Is it about me and my work? Is it about how my peers view my work?
    * An identity of the issuing authority. It might be an institute, a group of peers, etc.
    * A rationale or set of norms/standards. Eg, community norms, accreditation rationale
    * The audience is identified, and the badge has meaning to the audience (whether they are outside the community or inside it)
    * Having the badge link to the work that proves it, showing the learning trajectory , the evidence
Other notes from breakout
    * Go to tinyrul.com/mmporfolio for example of a learning portfolio trajectory that was developed by one of the breakout session participants [Not sure if I captured this right]
    * Badges might be organized at a metalevel at some point, so that those giving badges are certified, evaluated
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