R10: Promote discovery | Design Principles Documentation Project

Promote Discovery:

Build practices to help learners find opportunities, or help opportunities find learners.

For specific examples of badges to promote discovery, please see the following principle: discover learning opportunities.

Badges Work for Vets

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Rebecca Itow — No Comments ↓

Badges Work for Vets is a veteran-run initiative that aims to translate military training and experience to civilian skills accessible to potential employers. Two seasoned veterans and a trained veteran psychologist worked together to form a badging system that both highlights veterans’ skills and positions them in a workforce network, increasing potential employment.

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R6: Use badges as external communication of learning R10: Promote discovery	A1: Use leveled badge systems	M2: Recognize identities M5: Build outside value for badges	S1: Study badge impact

Microsoft Partners in Learning Network Badges

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Christine Chow — No Comments ↓

Microsoft developed a badge system for the Partners in Learning Network (PiLN) of educators and school leaders to promote technological competencies and relevant skills in today’s digital age. A worldwide initiative, the Microsoft Partners in Learning organization aims to equip educators with the capacity to teach information & communications technology (ICT) and 21st century skills. They argued, “The abundance of knowledge, resources, and accessibility to information available today requires a different approach from the generic one-size fits all engagement models of the past” (DML Stage 1 Proposal). Given rapid technological advancement, the project built a system of recognition and assessment to assist educators in their professional development. The project envisioned the construction of a badge system to recognize educators for their abilities and accomplishments.

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R2: Align badges to standards R8: Recognize educator learning R10: Promote discovery	A1: Use leveled badge systems A2: Enhance validity with expert judgment A3: Align assessments to standards	M2: Recognize identities M4: Display badges to the public M10: Promote collaboration	S1: Study badge impact

My Girl Scout Sash is an App

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Christine Chow — No Comments ↓

The digital badge initiative “My Girl Scout Sash is an App” was developed as part of a collaboration between Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana (GSGCNWI), MentorMob, and the Motorola Mobility Foundation. The initiative enables participants to gain skills in mobile app development. The project introduced a new digital sash from which girl scouts can add badges. Through its badging program, Girl Scouts has provided a long-standing tradition of career development and leadership. Girl Scouts Chief Development Officer, Bryn Reese, described, “

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R2: Align badges to standards R4: Seek external backing R10: Promote discovery	A1: Use leveled badge systems A2: Enhance validity with expert judgment	M1: Provide incentives M2: Recognize identities M4: Display badges to the public	S2: Improve badge impact

PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Nate Otto — No Comments ↓

Student Reporting Labs is a educational program offered by PBS News Hour in which participating high school teachers offer their students the opportunity to write and record a story about their community with the chance of getting it broadcast on local or national television.

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R1: Use badges to map learning trajectory R2: Align badges to standards R3: Have experts issue badges R6: Use badges as external communication of learning R8: Recognize educator learning R10: Promote discovery	A1: Use leveled badge systems A2: Enhance validity with expert judgment A3: Align assessments to standards A5: Use e-portfolios A6: Use formative functions of assessment	M1: Provide incentives M2: Recognize identities M4: Display badges to the public M5: Build outside value for badges M7: Set goals M11: Stimulate competition	S2: Improve badge impact

Supporter To Reporter (S2R) Medals

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Nate Otto — No Comments ↓

Supporter to Reporter (S2R) provides learning opportunities for young people to take on the roles of sports journalists, media producers, and mentors. S2R Medals will recognize and reward the skills and achievements gained by young reporters who learn and demonstrate a rich array of competencies acquired through their participation in the program.

Supporter To Reporter, an existing program developed by DigitalMe in the UK, participated in the Digital Media & Learning competition focused on Badges for Lifelong Learning. S2R won a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to implement Mozilla OBI-compliant digital badges in support of its educational objectives, helping young people to learn skills required in sports journalism and apply them in their communities.

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R1: Use badges to map learning trajectory R3: Have experts issue badges R4: Seek external backing R6: Use badges as external communication of learning R7: Determine appropriate lifespan of badges R8: Recognize educator learning R10: Promote discovery	A1: Use leveled badge systems A2: Enhance validity with expert judgment A3: Align assessments to standards A5: Use e-portfolios	M1: Provide incentives M2: Recognize identities M3: Engage with the community M5: Build outside value for badges M8: Use different types of assessment M11: Stimulate competition	S1: Study badge impact

Sweet Water AQUAPONS

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Nate Otto — No Comments ↓

Sweet Water AQUAPONS is an online platform where students gain digital badges as they learn the skills needed in aquaponics. The Sweet Water Foundation (SWF) developed AQUAPONS to provide self-directed learning opportunities to future sustainable agriculture practitioners and expand the field of aquaponics by creating a replicable model for urban agriculture education.

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R1: Use badges to map learning trajectory R4: Seek external backing R5: Recognize diverse learning R8: Recognize educator learning R10: Promote discovery	A1: Use leveled badge systems A2: Enhance validity with expert judgment A3: Align assessments to standards A4: Use performance assessments A5: Use e-portfolios	M1: Provide incentives M3: Engage with the community M5: Build outside value for badges M8: Use different types of assessment	S2: Improve badge impact

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Preparing Librarians to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Teens

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Christine Chow — No Comments ↓

Preface The information contained in this project appendix was gathered from the original project proposal that was funded in 2012 and interviews with project leaders through the end of 2014. This appendix and the overall design principles database from the…

Recognizing Principles	Assessing Principles	Motivating Principles	Studying Principles
R5: Recognize diverse learning R6: Use badges as external communication of learning R10: Promote discovery	A3: Align assessments to standards A6: Use formative functions of assessment A7: Use mastery learning A9: Promote hard and soft skill sets	M1: Provide incentives M4: Display badges to the public M5: Build outside value for badges	S2: Improve badge impact

Digital Badges are web-enabled credentials of learning or accomplishment. -Erin Knight, director of the Badge Alliance

Badges contain detailed claims about learning, links to actual evidence of learning, and they're shareable over the web. -Dan Hickey, DPD Project Lead Investigator

To me, digital badges represent the bridge between formal learning & informal structures. -Alex Halavais, DML research competition winner

Open Badges can help people tell a verifiable story about their accomplishments. -Nate Otto, DPD Project coordinator

From a post that served as core inspiration to the DPD Project:
Regardless of where you start, it’s more than likely you’ll end up somewhere other than your intended destination. That’s okay. Systems are living things, and your badge system needs to be flexible. You must embrace a bit of chaos in its design. -Carla Casilli, Director of Design + Practice at the Badge Alliance

Promote Discovery:

Badges Work for Vets

Supporter To Reporter (S2R) Medals

Sweet Water AQUAPONS

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