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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


Educational badges allow to "tag" all sorts of elements of a learning environment, e.g. learners, teachers, pedagogy. A batch represents an indicator, often performance and other sorts of achievements.
Educational badges allow to "tag" all sorts of elements of a learning environment, e.g. learners, teachers, pedagogy. A batch can represent all sorts of information. In education, it can summarize achievements, opinions, interests, etc.


Machine readable badges also can be harvested by search engines.
Machine readable badges also can be harvested by search engines.


See also:
See also:
* [[gamification]]
* [[gamification]] (gamification usually does include batches)


== McCrea's Pedagogy badges ==
== McCrea's Pedagogy badges ==
Peps Mccrea (University of Brighton) and Jeremy Burton, in the 2012 JISC [http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/ideas/pedagogy-badges JISC elevator contest], proposed pedagogy badges. Their purpose are:
{{quotationbox|
* Become more aware of their current e-learning and blended practice
* Become more aware of their desired practice, and how this differs from the above
E Become more aware of the pedagogical affordances of technology for teaching and learning
* Have better discussions about how we teach
* Change the way we teach
}} (retrieved March 14, 2012)
The initial proposal (to be refined) was made through a video of which we should a screen capture:
[[image:peps-mccrea-pedagogy-badges.png|frame|none|Screen shot of the initial 2012 JISC promotion]]

Revision as of 14:25, 14 March 2012

Introduction

Educational badges allow to "tag" all sorts of elements of a learning environment, e.g. learners, teachers, pedagogy. A batch can represent all sorts of information. In education, it can summarize achievements, opinions, interests, etc.

Machine readable badges also can be harvested by search engines.

See also:

McCrea's Pedagogy badges

Peps Mccrea (University of Brighton) and Jeremy Burton, in the 2012 JISC JISC elevator contest, proposed pedagogy badges. Their purpose are:

  • Become more aware of their current e-learning and blended practice
  • Become more aware of their desired practice, and how this differs from the above

E Become more aware of the pedagogical affordances of technology for teaching and learning

  • Have better discussions about how we teach
  • Change the way we teach

(retrieved March 14, 2012)


The initial proposal (to be refined) was made through a video of which we should a screen capture:

Screen shot of the initial 2012 JISC promotion