Exploring Badging in an Open Course: OER-101

Thursday, October 17 | 9:00AM–9:50AM | Meeting Room 209A/B
Session Type: Professional Development
Explore the use of automatically generated and manually generated Mozilla Open Badges in an open-enrollment course offered via a CourseSites/Blackboard platform. The presenters will outline the results of badging exploration made possible by the award of an Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) from the State University of New York.

OUTCOMES:
Learn the advantages for badging in education and training. | See how Mozilla Open Badges can be generated within an LMS and managed on a large scale. | Discover whether badges are viewed as a sustainable or disruptive innovation.

Presenters

  • Mark McBride

  • Beth Pilawski