There is another promising possibility afforded by such a model. Now consider a student learning digital dashboard that allows a learner (or others) to track learner progress within a curriculum.
Link these to Outcomes in Canvas. Group outcomes by competency, students need to reach mastery in each as a part of their coursework reporting.
With the competency-based badge model, earning a badge means that the learner met specific criteria that gives strong evidence of meeting a very specific competency.
This is important in the Phase rollout as well as things like new teacher induction. What district level goals can we align badging and training to?
this model emphasizes the role of instructor as a coach and mentor for each learner.
The instructor needs to be proficient in this area, though. Coaching isn't enough support. Ideally, it would be someone who did - or at least helped - with the competency design process.
From there we include a collection of readings, resources, suggested activities, and worked examples that have potential to help one reach the competency.
The supporting elements. How are they distributed? Managed? Maintained?
What if you started by listing out the program goals? From there, you created a longer list of discrete competencies that one would need in order to demonstrate achievement of these goals
The endgame skills vs the tasks required to develop and demonstrate those skills.
Information Literacy Modules
This could be a good one to start with students through our libraries.
If so, how will they need to be contextualized?
What outside standards should be incorporated (ISTE, etc)
eli9Scale
Perhaps we show value through IL/IT first and then take best practices to other departments and buildings to help build a district-wide infrastructure for recognizing growth.
How should one balance the skills or competency represented by the badge with the granting institution’s brand?
One Elkhart becomes important as we certify teachers. The same is true if we open it to outside teachers, marking their achievement with the Elkhart logo conveys excellence and a high standard of achievement.
What will your badges do for the recipient? What rewards or opportunities available to those who earn a badge will help motivate learners to complete the badge criteria or assessment process?
Culturally, what changes need to be made in order to formally - and meaningfully - recognize achievements?
You might also consider who will be the issuer of record for each badgebecause that impacts its credibility, value,and meaning
No single individual should issue. Label issuers by department or department head.
In this model, the smallest building block is not a course but a competency,and each is attached to a learning experience recognized by a digital badge
Who is involved in identifying competencies?
The first step in constellation design is to consider what kind of achievements a badge might represent.
Video game ability trees
Does each badge serve a greater purpose than itself? What doors does it unlock for earners?
No idea.
Create a badge constellation.
Get the whiteboards out.
Do your digital badges provide official certification recognizinglearning that ismore granular, formative,or incremental?
Levelling? What milestones are there in place which lead to a badge certification?
An earned badgecommunicates a great deal about the earner, the organization that issued it, the relationship between the two, and those that seek, accept,or endorse the badge as a valued credential or certification.
How will the district - or Instructional Leadership at step one - recognize these efforts?
As such, when developing new recognition and credential systems, the focus should not center squarely on the badge itself but on contemplating what experiences and assessments are worth certifying and on the rewards or benefits those inputs should unlock.
What is the endgame for putting these out? How do they align with our Phased approach? Should we go back and retroactively add badges for completing each phase?
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gather, evaluate, and use
It's nice that these are grouped into umbrella categories.
nvestment of time by multiple stakeholders to ensure a meaningful mapping of outcomes and credentials
Who else do we need to loop in? What "cross-curricular" opportunities are there for teachers?