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ERIC Number: ED571477
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul
Pages: 4
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Gamify and Recognize Prior Learning: How to Succeed in Educators' Further Professional Training with Open Badges
Lius, Esko
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on e-Learning (Madeira, Portugal, Jul 1-4, 2016)
Traditional further professional training has been losing its position and importance in teacher upskilling. Traditional modes of training delivery do not work well in situations where much of the competences have been gained informally, or when teachers find it difficult to attend training days that fit poorly to their schedules or location. This paper is a case study on how a gamified and open badge-based MOOC, namely "Learning Online" improved and recognized educators' skills related to new pedagogies and ICT in Finland. "Learning Online" consists of a 2-day boot camp, weekly online webinars and Facebook activities, and an open badge-based system for recognizing competencies. Teachers could participate in various areas of the entire system, which meant that they could visit the site http://www.oppiminenonline.com/ solely to apply for badges on the basis of their prior learning or also choose to join a team and participate in the game of earning the most badges. The results of using open badges in Learning Online have been very positive. This teacher professional development program exceeded the set goals. Instead of the initially targeted 800 badges, over 4,000 were applied for and over 3,600 granted. After the initial project the system has expanded, and there are talks to make it a nation-wide system. It has also contributed strongly to the development of wider educational thinking and practices of open badges in education. Badges make it easy to create and share an ePortfolio. [For full proceedings, see ED571430.]
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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