Fostering innovative and open methods and tools in the classroom and beyond.
Expanding the scope and impact of traditional and digital humanities for the contemporary world.
Thinking critically about the role and design of technology, data and the social sciences in our lives and learning.
Promoting openness, access, and diversity in technology, and education in service of an equitable society.
Promoting change in schools, museums, libraries, and other organizations.
Advocating for new forms of scholarly communications, including blogging, multimedia, open publishing, and academic journals and presses.
As part of our January workshop, Allison Davis, Senior Vice President of GMMB, shared her expertise about designing a Communications Plan for grantee badge systems.
During this webinar, we discussed Designing a System of Badges with our guest design expert Jess Klein who is the Mozilla Webmaker UX + Learning Design Lead. Jess reviewed a few best practices and case studies to frame the conversation.
Daria Ng and Joliz Cedeno joined us to talk about the networked badge systems Global Kids has designed, developed, and implemented for HIVE Chicago and NYC. Learn more about the different networked badge system design approaches Global Kids has created for programs in these two cities.
Global Kids have done a great job blogging about their process. Some recommended reading
HIVE Badge System Design articles
Robin Shoop of Carnegie Mellon's Computer Science Student Network (CS2N) and Stacy Kruse of the Leverage for Digital On-Ramps share their project progress, lessons learned and plans forward.
The MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning program has asked Dan Hickey of Indiana University
Erin Knight, from Mozilla, gives background on Stage 2, the "Design Stage" of the badge system, and covers some best practices.
Erin Knight, from Mozilla, and David Theo Goldberg, HASTAC co-founder, discuss Stage 2, the "Design Stage" of the badge system, and covers some best practices.
