Learning2gether Episode 245

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Sunday Nov  9 was the end of week 3 of EVO Moderator training, and part of that week’s training was on raising awareness of the potential of badges. Learning2gether invited Hope Kandel to come talk to the group on Credly, LearningTimes’s entry into the range of badge ecosystem options. We also took the opportunity to thank Hope, and the LearningTimes team, for extended use of the Bb\Collaborate Elluminate room which they have provided us free of charge for the past decade. We appreciate their support, and were very interested to learn how we could use Credly and badges in general.

Where? Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/
Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Recording in Elluminate
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-11-09.0731.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75

YouTube http://youtu.be/KkT7vNacjGQ

Meanwhile, have you seen Credly?

http://blog.credly.com/

Here is a sample Credly profile

Same profile, details expanded, showing how each badge has metadata; e.g. a description, criteria for its issuance, and link to the evidence of how it was earned.

Links illustrating Credly’s associations with

• MailChimp integrations directory: http://connect.mailchimp.com/integrations/credly-for-mailchimp
• Hyperlinked Library MOOC: http://mooc.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/badges/
• WordPress custom badge assertion shortcode: https://wordpress.org/plugins/credly-pro-custom-assertion/
• Smithsonian: http://smithsonianeducationconferences.org/about-badges/
  “Once you have met the criteria for a badge, you will receive an e-mail at the e-mail address provided during the online conference registration process letting you know the badge has been awarded to you. The e-mail, sent from our partner, Credly, will provide a link for you to review and accept the badge. You will be prompted to set up a Credly account. Once logged into your account, you will be able to view the badge, accept it, and display it on social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. (Note: The term “credit” used in Credly communications is the same as “badge”)”
• Dallas Museum of Art: http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/nurturing-engagement/
• Highschool Bound http://hsc.nycdoelearns.org/course-map/
• Handheld Librarian https://credly.com/u/2755

http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2013/06/20/How-Badges-Really-Work-in-Higher-Education.aspx

Announcements

• Forums
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/evonline2002_webheads/conversations/messages/31538
  • https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/multilit/conversations/messages/2048
• Google+ communities:
  • Webheadsinaction, https://plus.google.com/communities/114550321376936920900
  • Learning2gether, https://plus.google.com/communities/109504049211076695836
  • EdTech Mojo, https://plus.google.com/communities/110130856353339654958
  • MultiMOOC, https://plus.google.com/communities/104523567430842485789
  • Intergrating CALL with Web 2.0 and Social Media, https://plus.google.com/communities/112312474779630822736
  • Teachers for Interactive Language Learning (TILL) https://plus.google.com/communities/106289715383230353120
  • Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning https://plus.google.com/communities/112197420264775820915
• Facebook Groups:
  • Learning2gether, https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
  • TAEdTech, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TAEdTech/
  • Multiliteracies, https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
  • Webheads, https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
  • Learning with Computers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/

Earlier this week

Sun Nov 2 LEARNING2GETHER with Quim Sabrià about EdPuzzle

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/02/learning2gether-with-quim-sabria-about-edpuzzle/

Tue Nov 4 1300 GMT EVO Moderators LEARNING2GETHER from Jim Buckingham’s recent initiatives on badges

https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/

Nov 8-9 OpenSim Conference

http://conference.opensimulator.org/2014/

Ongoing events we followed this week

Connected Courses

What’s going on in http://connectedcourses.net/ (check the website and stay tuned here)

Nov 10-23: About co-learning: http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/about-colearning/

Oct 20 to Dec 15 George Siemens MOOC on Data, Analytics and Learning

https://www.class-central.com/report/george-siemens-edx/

https://www.class-central.com/mooc/2144/edx-link5-10x-data-analytics-and-learning

Fri Oct 24-Dec 21 – Build Your Teaching Business Online: free MOOC from Jason Levine and Sylvia Guinan

http://www.wiziq.com/course/82415-build-your-teaching-business-online

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114_-pZjCooPIGuIQNC7KR7kc2N9s0pYNX80NpqEbwYg/edit

or: http://bit.ly/1zg3EtH

October 27-November 16: Guest presentations

• Some previous sessions from Oct 20 to Nov 4 linked to from
  https://learning2gether.net/2014/11/04/evo-moderators-learning2gether-from-jim-buckinghams-recent-initiatives-on-badges/
• Nov 5 Jason R. Levine on ‘Reaching Out to Every Student by Personalizing Online Learning Design’
  View complete information
• Nov 5 ‘Teachers Micro Teaching in Pairs’. The class will start at 09:00 PM(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat.
  Click here to access the class
• Nov 7 Jason R. Levine on ‘A Natural Way to Attract Students to Your Online Classes’
  View complete information

http://goo.gl/ipxCui

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