Leveling Up Using Digital Badges for Library Instruction

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Short Session Description. Students learn all the time and in a variety of learning environments. We hope that they become information literate throughout their educational career. As librarians, we need to be flexible in how we approach information literacy instruction. A recent technical innovation that has afforded for new approaches is digital badges (or microcredentials). Students can earn digital badges designed for specific competencies and they can be combined in multiple ways. At Penn State, we developed a robust digital badges program for library instruction and consult with others interested in implementing digital badges.
Session Format & Style. This will be a hands-on workshop where the participants get a chance to earn and create a digital badge as well as explore the digital badge ecosystem.
Takeaways. Participants will get a packet to guide them through the creation of a digital badge. They will identify local opportunities for digital badge implementation. They will be prepared to respond to the "wicked skeptics" of new technologies and digital badges. They will differentiate between classroom gamification and the Open Badging ecosystem. All of this will occur through hands-on learning.
Organization. Victoria Raish from Penn State is organizing the session but if others of you also have awesome digital badge programs I am always up for collaborators.
Contact Information.Victoria Raish, victoria@psu.edu.

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