Two of the MOOC courses I am currently involved in are treading interesting ground: one is a course on the United States' Common Core State Standards, and the second is a course called "Learning Beyond Letter Grades". These two courses seem, to me, to be a dramatic dichotomy: one is all about establishing standards and assessing those standards in an almost trope-like way (Select one of these fill-in-the-blank tasks. Fill in the blanks. Give to students. Mark according to rubric); the other is about how to explore assessment in new ways and allow students to demonstrate their mastery of skills in a much more freeform attitude.
I know the two can work together, but I am struggling with figuring out solid ideas and practical plans for how I could integrate something like digital badges into a state standards (or, for that matter, IGCSE) structured course without having the badges linked almost immediately to the subsection and paragraph expectations of accomplishments. I think the badges would be an excellent way to show students how they are achieving the particular learning outcomes expected by a program like CCSS, but something about the two systems finding a way to work together seems very tricky to me.
More experienced educators, help me out here? What kind of ideas do you have for integrating an idea like digital badges into a system like CCSS or IGCSE (or even IB)?
I know the two can work together, but I am struggling with figuring out solid ideas and practical plans for how I could integrate something like digital badges into a state standards (or, for that matter, IGCSE) structured course without having the badges linked almost immediately to the subsection and paragraph expectations of accomplishments. I think the badges would be an excellent way to show students how they are achieving the particular learning outcomes expected by a program like CCSS, but something about the two systems finding a way to work together seems very tricky to me.
More experienced educators, help me out here? What kind of ideas do you have for integrating an idea like digital badges into a system like CCSS or IGCSE (or even IB)?
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