Digital Badges and Information Literacy Instruction

1. Digital Badges and Information Literacy Instruction Andrew Battista ALA 2014 Annual Meeting LITA Games Making Interest Group June 29, 2014

2. Limited college learning Grade inflation No measurable acquisition of critical thinking skills Academically Adrift

3. Flawed Measures Multiple choice tests condense learning into a finite set of choices, one of which is ostensibly “correct”

4. Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of issues of social and economic justice. Identify populations-at-risk and describe the dynamics whereby such populations come to the oppressed and discriminated against.. Demonstrate an understanding of the major policies that form the foundation of social welfare Analyze policies in terms of their influence in the lives of citizens and clients of the social welfare system, with special attention to such diverse groups as children, women, racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, gays and lesbians. Describe the roles of social work in relation to social policy, including the role of the NASW Code of Ethics in social welfare policy practice. Read, analyze and evaluate social welfare policies and programs

5. Broken Assessment We will not eliminate grade-grubbing until we change our current educational system

6. Information Literacy Instruction • Treated as secondary to classroom learning • Notattached to grades • Limited contact with students • Duplication of instruction efforts

7. Badge Initiatives Badges contribute to, identify, recognize, measure, and account for new skills wherever and whenever learning takes place

8. Learning Management Systems • Design badge systems • Assign to specific users • Transfer achievements across courses

9. Infrastructure

10. 1. Department or Program UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

11. SWK 203 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work SWK 350 Introduction to Social Work Practice SWK 355 Research in Social Welfare SWK 373Social Policy SWK 420 Social Work Practice with Communities SWK 455Social Work Practicum

12. Census Data Badge Credential Achievements Social Justice Badge

13. 2. Ongoing System of Rewards Char Booth, Claremont Libraries Lemontree, University of Huddersfield, UK

14. 3. Credit-Bearing Course Curation Culture: Information Literacy, Brain Science, Social Media • One-credit • No grades

15. Literacies Platforms

17. ListCriteria • Create a Twitter account with a public profile • Establish topically-oriented lists that have descriptions • Create multiple lists that span disparate spheres • Follow other users and their lists • Follow and save hashtag searches that are meaningful to you (e.g., #curationculture) • Establish principles for consuming information on Twitter • Differentiate between Twitter’s various functions, retweets, favorites, replies, and show how you use each of them

18. Structure Recursiveness Encourage the mastery of concepts by rewarding students who revisit earlier learning

19. Incorporate Fun Elements • Create hidden achievements • Instill elements of surprise to enhance the game

20. Improvement • Establish game environment • Downplay competition • Find middle ground

21. Contact Information Andrew Battista Information Literacy and Reference Librarian, University of Montevallo E mail: andrewbattista@gmail.com Twitter: @rawdeal85 Blog: http://curationculture.org Slides: http://tiny.cc/gamesmaking