tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778608909198518776.post5202401866234396306..comments2024-03-04T17:08:30.238-05:00Comments on re-mediating assessment: Design Principles for Motivating Learning with Digital Badges Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170497669879668928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778608909198518776.post-9690744158778613342013-09-12T12:38:07.296-04:002013-09-12T12:38:07.296-04:00Great topic, thanks, I'm at WGBH and we're...Great topic, thanks, I'm at WGBH and we're exploring the use of self-awarded, publicly displayable badges for "green" behaviors, i.e. "effort-based" badges to use the distinction noted here. We'd be doing this probably through Facebook with badges for families who indicate that they had completed tasks we'd be promoting or providing: for example completing a Trash Clean-Up activity would let them post a related badge. It's part of a much wider project, so these badges would not have to do the heavy-lifting in terms of motivation (I'm avoiding the intrinsic/extrinsic demarcation, per the post above) but I am interested in your collective thoughts as to what kind of approach might work best, such as adding any kind of scarcity or introducing hoops to jump through to get a badge. In other words, for this to be motivating, how hard should it be to get a badge - balanced against the wish for people to try these activities... Thank you!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778608909198518776.post-35540802348274651382013-07-07T15:29:48.017-04:002013-07-07T15:29:48.017-04:00This set of principles gets us back into the whole...This set of principles gets us back into the whole issue of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. I was quoted in an article in article in Campus Technology (http://bit.ly/10HsboO) saying that we needed to "move beyond the outmoded distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation." <br /><br />My friend and Michigan motivation guru Stewart Karabenick wrote and asked me to explain why I think that the intrinsic/extrinsic dichotomy is outmoded. Let me get started with it here. That distinction is rooted in a much deeper enduring debate over the way individuals learn, which is rooted in an even older debate over the nature of knowledge. But the most important learning in and around digital badges is primarily social in nature. Badges help communities negotiate what counts as learning and then recognize that learning. Whether or not a badge is valued (and therefore motivates learning) is established communally. If we start our discussion of motivation and badges staking out a position on the extrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation (as many have), we will never get to these more social forms of motivation that I believe will give badges their real potential to transform education and learningDaniel Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885916528215868949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778608909198518776.post-67645027553814498402013-06-24T05:57:03.614-04:002013-06-24T05:57:03.614-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778608909198518776.post-70822464709422182072013-06-17T11:55:56.303-04:002013-06-17T11:55:56.303-04:00Sarah--
Thanks. yes, choice and voice is indeed v...Sarah--<br />Thanks. yes, choice and voice is indeed vitally important. Decades of research on self-determination theory provide powerful evidence showing just that. But this research did not anticipate some of the powerful motivational affordances associated with digital badges. In particular some assume that badges are merely extrinsic rewards that ultimately constrain individual choice and voice. But many of the applications of badges actually give learners new authority and autonomy. A well-designed badge system should make it simple for learners who have found a "disciplinary voice" (what cognitive psychologists would simply call "expertise") to broadly communicate that potential via their badge.Daniel Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885916528215868949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778608909198518776.post-52982334520520654572013-06-17T11:29:05.032-04:002013-06-17T11:29:05.032-04:00I am wondering where choice and voice over learnin...I am wondering where choice and voice over learning pathways adds to the motivation for learners. I think this is potentially one of the most powerful factors that can be built into a badge learning experience. Having agency over once's learning is incredibly empowering.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08400340079465167448noreply@blogger.com