Digital badges

A Badge for Digichamps

Digital Badges in Higher education

• Penn State University White Paper 
• Comprehensive analysis of the state of play
• Background information for conversations 
• http://tinyurl.com/PSUDBWhitePaper

The Digichamps

• work with academic teams 
• developing digital literacies skills
• range of disciplines
• range of levels
• Fully supported

What we have in place now
'Graduate Passport'

What do we want to do?

• Provide space recognition for co-curricular activities
• Issue 'Badges' to reflect activities undertaken 
• Link to other opportunities at the University
• proof of concept

Early days!

• Awareness raising - teams of people across Uni
• Talking to students about features and benefits
• Working with the Student Union

Criteria

oversight

things to do

• refining criteria (user requirements)
• designing badges (WSA art students)
• communication/networks
• evaluation 

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