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During this two-week seminar we will explore digital badges from concept through to implementation. The seminar will focus on the possible pedagogies and technology required for implementing digital badges. We will also take a critical look at the current state of digital badges with discussion of the required and possible futures. If you have a few hours to read and discuss focused topics and participate in two mid-day webinars then please join is this lively learning experience focused on digital badges.

Clark introduces Cross, who in turn distinguishes pushed learning from pulled learning. Clark also provides a short bibliography of Cross's work.

"National Educational Technology Standards Electronic Portfolio Templates"

"Facilitator:Emma Duke-WilliamsEmma Duke-Williams Collaboration is a term that is used quite loosely. What do we mean when we say we are collaborating? Why do we collaborate? What are the key characteristics that differentiate collaboration from cooperation and working independently? What tools support the collaborative process online? During this 3-week seminar we will use Google Wave and other emerging technologies to explore their potential for supporting online collaboration while addressing these and other questions. "

"Mind maps or graphic organizers can be invaluable tools for visual thinkers and visual learners. The process of creating a mind map can help students gain an overview perspective on complex, multifaceted concepts. Mind maps can also help students outline an essay or story they're planning to write. The following list contains nine tools that can be used by students to create mind maps independently or collaboratively."

"Shared Thinking is a 'group-oriented generative learning environment.' It uses technology to create a space in which the diversity of views can be generated and then shared as a re-usable resource for learning and research."

This page provides access to "a practitioner-oriented summary of the book [Digital Habitats] that you can download for free. It is couched as an "action notebook" in the sense that it summarizes dozens of practical steps you can take to support your community" (Action Notebook, ¶1, 2011.06.16).

I aspired to create a really simple badge system design so a beginner could implement open badges. I had the following restraints to this implementation; creating the badge images needed to be really simple, and saved as .png files. the badge system design was to be a basic hierarchy where three micro-badges lead to a badge. the tasks to earn each badge were to be simple. the badges needed to be hosted and issued from one of the free services currentlly available. the badges had to easily move over to the Mozilla digital backpack for organization and display.

As my digital badges seminar series came to an end I was doing a lot of thinking about badge clustering and what I meant by the term. With a little creative thinking, and some fun, I borrowed and edited three clustering terms and applied them to badges.

Excellent analysis of ebook issues and reliance on textbooks in our educational culture. Part of the current seminar discussion at SCoPE. By Alannah Fitzgerald

Presentation by Brent Lee - BC Educational Technology Users Group Spring Workshop June 2010

Collecting resources for the SCoPE Educational Uses of iPads seminar that runs October 18-29, 2010

Step in right direction for eText

"Here are a few tools you may want to consider, some of their notable features and the cost for using them" (¶2, 2010.11.24).

"One gamer told an opponent he presumed to be Jewish that he wished Hitler had succeeded in his mission. Many exchanges involve talk of rape or exult over the atomic bombing of Japan. There are frequent slurs on homosexuals, Asians, Hispanics and women.\n\nSuch comments can be heard on all online video gaming systems, including PlayStation Network, Blizzard Entertainment (World of Warcraft) and others." (para. 3-4).

"Musings on the edtech frontier" (blog tagline)