#crit101 and Open Badges

#crit101 and Open Badges

#crit101 Badge

What is #crit101?

Critical Skills 101 is a six week open online course, aimed at GCSE, Sixth Form and FE students.

Introduce and develop a set of interdisciplinary skills that are beneficial to current and future learning

Promote and develop in(ter)dependent learning

#MAinEDU

“To what extent can virtual courses support the development of independent learning beyond ‘real time’ curriculum delivery?”





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inspiration




IN(TER)DEPENDENCE




TOWARD "PEERAGOGY"

Rheingold (2012)

3 Tenets

“openness ~ social media ~ student voice/choice”

Cronin (2012)

#crit101 Blog

Critical Skills

  • Research and enquiry
  • Evaluating validity and reliability
  • Critical reading and analysis
  • Synthesis and evaluation
  • Collaboration
  • Reflection/meta-cognition

Tools

Tool Box Kitten cc. oskay

Changing roles

"...from a consumer of learning into a researcher, a co-producer, an explorer and that's a much more exciting, exhilarating role"

Heppell (2010)





OPEN BADGES
#crit101 Badges Page
Badger cc. Tatterdemalion!

What the learners thought about badges...

Badge Feedback

What the learners thought about badges...

"Do the badges offer us anything at all? When we go to University, do these badges mean anything?"

"...they are not really an incentive to me as I am not sure if I would actually use them."

Open Badges?

  • Motivation?
  • Accreditation?
  • Value?
  • Ownership?
  • Issuing?
  • Displaying?
  • Longevity?

Open Badges?


WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY?
Chicken and Egg cc. Kyle Bean