Buckeye Badges: A pilot project at Ohio

State University

Tim Rhodus, ProfessorHorticulture & Crop Science

Ohio State UniversityRhodus.1@osu.edu

Badging Experiences

Started with credly.com

Proposal for Buckeye Badges

Current Assessment Information

Active Badging System

Goals, Outcomes, Criteria and Measures across the curriculum

❖ Curricular badges❖ Co-curricular badges❖ Job readiness badges

TitleDescription

Criteria

EvidenceDate IssuedIssued By

Award/Earn Badges

AudienceBadge Content

University Assessment and

Accomplishments

July 2015 to April 2016 (10 months)

• Received funding from Dean of Undergraduate Education

• Designed a badging system, backpack and public website

• Engaged with 10 instructors,13 class assignments & the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

• Awarded 1,573 badges

• Created custom plugin for U.OSU.EDU

Presentations with the ELT Community on campus, Innovate 2015 Academy of Teaching 2016 Annual Conference and the 2016 AAEEBL Midwest Regional Conference

Badges Issued Course Assignments + Denman

Autumn and Spring Course Assignments

Autumn Spring

876 Badges Issued

Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

2016 Presenter 2016 Awardee 2016 First Place Award

697 Badges Issued

Issuing & Receiving

Badge Award Email

Latest Badges

Pending Issues

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Pressing Issues

Integrating Badging &

Greater Acceptance

What’s Coming Next?

Badging Priorities