Presentation to the EFQUEL 2012 conference sharing working progress on DigitalMe's Mozilla Open Badge project S2R Medals. Exploring the potential to encourage learner behaviours & sustainable online communities through badge rewards.

1. S2R Medals & open badges
Presenter: Tim Riches
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Tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk

3. Q: Can we change learners
behaviour using badges as
rewards?
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5. Q: Will recognising online
mentors lead to
sustainable, independent
learning communities?
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6. How can we as educators
use the web to develop:
• behaviours want to see in our learners
• effective, sustainable learning communities
• new ways for learners to benefit from the
skills they have demonstrated

7. Supporter to Reporter (S2R):
youth sports reporting channel

8. Open Badge Project:

9. Activities…
Local reporting…

10. Challenging national events..

11. www.makewav.es/s2r

12. 635 young people trained so far in this outstanding, award-
winning media project across 9 regional hubs
1900 young people reached in schools via the Makewav.es
social media network

13. We have interviewed hundreds of interesting people and
created over 10,000 reports and blogs

14. S2R changes young people’s lives through sports reporting.
Encourages aspiration, teamwork, resilience and creativity. Gives
reporters a legacy of life and job skills, confidence, motivation,
friends and fun!

15. Badging the
programme

16. Overview
Young people can obtain S2R ‘Medals’ in
3 sets:
Journalist, Producer & Coach
En route to gaining Medals students will
gather ‘Achievements’ for their
contribution to the S2R community

17. Community
Achievements
Not pushed out to Open
Badge Infrastructure and
main value is within
community
Granular markers of
activity

18. Medals
Qualitative assessment of
skills by peers/leaders
3 sets Journalist, Coach &
Producer
3 levels in each set: Bronze,
Silver & Gold
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19. Skills

21. Journalist
Level Medal Requirement Skills Demonstrated Community
Achievements
Journalist Bronze & Silver Creates consistently high quality
Medals reports
Producer Gold Medal Builds and maintains an audience
5 Featured reports Can lead and pass skills to others
Journalist Bronze Medal Creates reports of better than average
quality
1 Featured report
Can promote content to an audience
10+ Likes on a story
3 reports accepted to S2R Technically able and motivated
Creates reports of acceptable quality

22. Producer
Level Medal Requirement Skills Demonstrated
Advise and support other students to Can support and manage a team
Research and prepare for reporting from a
sporting event Responsible
Take a leadership role in helping other Reliable in high pressure/high profile situations
students to report from a sporting event
Professional interpersonal skills
Attend more than one sporting event and Self motivated
create and publish your own reports
Can set and manage own real world tasks and
deadlines
Has consistently applied and developed
journalism skills in a real world setting
Research and prepare for reporting from a Attended a real world event
sporting event
Can work as part of a team
Attend a sporting event and work with
others to create a report Has learnt and applied journalism skills in a real
world setting
Worked to a deadline

23. Coach
Level Medal Requirement Skills Demonstrated Community
Achievements
Coach Bronze & Silver Trusted community leader
Medals
Actively supports others
Producer Gold Medal
Can pass skills to others
100 liked comments
Coach Bronze Medal Is responsible and can be trusted
Senior Reporter Status Can approve and moderate content
produced by others
50 ‘liked’ comments
1 report accepted to S2R Technically able and motivated
25 comments by other Has a positive reputation in the
users community

24. Displaying S2R
Medals (Open
Badges)

25. Unlocking value for the learner through
badge display
• Employment
• Differentiation
• Social status
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26. Technology

27. Mozilla Open
Badge
Infrastructure
Opendbadges.org

28. The safe social
platform for
children to share
their videos,
photos and blogs
“At the forefront of
education social networks”
The Guardian

29. Mobile

30. Get work selected
& featured Give and receive
feedback
Complete offline
Create multimedia challenges
blogs and reports
Student Profile
Other OBI badges

31. Challenges & Conclusion
1. Cultural shift for learners & educators
2. School timetable
3. Endorsers
4. Recognition

32. How you can
get involved…

34. Pilots
Wanted

35. Timeline
July Research & Design
Aug Technical Build
Sept Schools Pilot
Nov Review and Refine
March Share and scale up

36. Visit our website for more
information on our
programmes.
Contact us if you are
interested in collaborating
on new educational
projects

37. www.digitalme.co.uk
Tim.riches@digitalme.co.uk
@triches