How badges were used by a faculty member within graduate level online education courses.

1. The Use of Badges within
Graduate Education Courses
Eileen O’Connor, Ph.D - eileen.oconnor@esc.edu
Empire State College / SUNY
November 3, 2017

2. Badge Uses in Graduate Education Course:
Background
• To illustrate the possible role of badges in education
• Badge emergence in education reviewed in assignments
• Students suggest possible areas for usage with their actual or future students
• To demonstrate a peer-review use of badges
• Peer voting – outside the assignment criteria
• To encourage (stealth – not assessed) lateral learning
• Effectiveness of this approach was studied and published; justification for
ongoing usage - O’Connor, E.A. & McQuigge, A. (2014). Exploring badging for peer review,
extended learning and evaluation, and reflective/critical feedback within an online graduate
course. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 42(2), 87-105.

3. Badge Generation –
by Peer Voting
-- Students review and vote
on projects that are posted
within the course
-- Voting ballot made in
Google Drive Forms > placed
within the Learning
Management System
-- Badge voting is SEPARATE
from course grading, as notes
within the course itself

4. Votes tallied
• “Manually” by
instructor within
Excel
• Levels of votes
are determined

5. Results shared
• Initially via email
• Statement included
to ensure students
understand the role
and “crediting”

6. Badges created
• Use Credly.com
• Students can choose
to save via their
social media
preferences

7. Badges award criteria
• The badge verbiage
explained the badge
criteria and
awarding process

8. This higher- education
application was
studied as part of a
doctoral dissertation