Category Archives: badges

NWeLearn: Badging for Beginners

Posted on October 22, 2019 by geoffcain

This was a presentation I gave at the Northwest eLearn Conference in Bend, OR on October 17th. It was a short outline about what badges are and who is using them and why. Then, I went on to talk about … Continue reading →

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eLearning 101: An Open Class for New Online Learners

Posted on November 26, 2013 by geoffcain

Humboldt State University (Wikipedia) Our new class is slowly taking shape. The course will be based on our old DE 101 (Distance Ed 101) which in turn was based on HIM 100 (a Health Information Management class where we introduced … Continue reading →

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Open Ed 13: Building an Online Course with Open Badges: a practical guide

Posted on November 6, 2013 by geoffcain

My backpack (Photo credit: mathplourde) Wade Weichel presented on open badges. “You’re interested in incorporating badges into your course to engage and motivate students and to track achievement against learning milestones and outcomes. You?d also like to incorporate open badge … Continue reading →

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Open Ed 13: Using Open Badges and an Open Course to Enhance & Extend Learning

Posted on November 6, 2013 by geoffcain

Daniel Randall, Buck Harrison, Dr. Richard West, and Garrett R. Hickman from Brigham Young University. “We will present our design for an open badge system currently in use in an undergraduate technology course for education majors. Our design is an … Continue reading →

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