Badges & Assessment at P2PU

Recap of assessment at Peer 2 Peer University and working plan for version 3.0, delivered at Duke University/DML Grantees Conference.

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1. •Background •Badge Ecosystem •Testing Our System: Empirical Research and UX •Future of badges at P2PU ALL ABOUT BADGES HOW THEY WORK AT P2PU Vanessa Gennarelli @mozzadrella CC-BY
2. • P2PU: badgemakers since 2009 • Published a seminal whitepaper • Webmaking 101: over 1,000 learners • Next milestone: Badge- issuing platform BACKGROUND Vanessa Gennarelli @mozzadrella CC-BY
3. •3 types of badges •Influenced by a gameful theory of motivation BADGE ECOSYSTEM Require 1 peer vote Awarded automatically by the system Stealth Badges Require evidence of project... Peers assess on a rubric Gauge “how well” a peer has accomplished a task Often used for traits (“Team Player”) Community Badges Skill Badges
4. • Test our system through research projects • P2PU Labs • Research Questions • Relationship between badges and participation • Measure community activity around “accredited” versus “user-generated” badges • How “open” to everyone is open ed? Vanessa Gennarelli @mozzadrella CC-BY TESTING OUR SYSTEM: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
5. • Usability • Badge creation • Badge review • Appeal & Learner Satisfaction • Methods: • Interviews • Mental Model research • Usertesting.com screencast testing • Pre-launch click tests • Post-launch A/B testing Vanessa Gennarelli @mozzadrella CC-BY TESTING OUR SYSTEM: UX RESEARCH
6. •Finishing up our plan for 3rd iteration of badges •Looking at lessons learned and listening to critique •Deploy our 3.0 in phases •New badge system •Assessment in cohorts •Learner trajectories Vanessa Gennarelli @mozzadrella CC-BY FUTURE OF BADGES @P2PU