Purpose | This unit takes a flowchart and makes it interactive. The user works through the decision process about how to publish their article as open access. |
Intended Audience | Authors interested in publishing their work as open access. |
Tools | Articulate Storyline 360, Adobe Illustrator. |
Origins
Summary
The badges were generally well received by stakeholders, although a need to educate the faculty and staff on open badges was prevalent throughout implementation. A number of badges have were awarded and became prominent in graduate orientation and hybrid training areas of the institution.
Design Overview
The Open Badges Ecosystem project served to provide a training and performance improvement tool for faculty and staff at The University of Tampa. The scope of the project included researching badges, creating awareness of what they are, and providing a proof of concept within the constraints of our institutional tools. It also included developing a set of badges for use at UT. This includes three phases:
Phase I: Research
This phase started the general research into Open Badges, benchmarking similar efforts at other institutions, findings in the literature, and learning to articulate what open badges are, how they are useful, and what the differences are between them.
Deliverables
- Research Presentation to Faculty (notes)
- Open Badge Enabled Blackboard Training Course
Phase II: Design
This phase involved designing the badge icons, symbol sets, and ecosystem model for UT. We worked with the Public Information department to create symbols that were approved for UT branding, and worked with various entities to create a base set of symbols that covered a variety of concepts. Instructions for use were created, and the system is now extendable to create future badge sets.
Deliverables
- Open Badges Ecosystem
- Adobe Illustrator File
- 9 Badge Shields
- 31 Symbols
- Instructional Materials for use
- Adobe Illustrator File
Phase III: Development
In this phase all of the badge icon sets were created. Each of the 9 badge shields from Phase II represent a college or department, and each badge can be either academic or non-academic in nature. Each badge also has one of 4 levels (0, 1, 2, or 3 stars), and there are currently 31 symbols. Therefore, there are currently 2,232 separate badge images.
Deliverables
- 2,232 Badge images
- [31 symbols x 4 levels (=124) x 2 options for academic/non-academic (=248) x 9 shields (=2,232)]
Summary
The badges were generally well received by stakeholders, although a need to educate the faculty and staff on open badges was prevalent throughout implementation. A number of badges have were awarded and became prominent in graduate orientation and hybrid training areas of the institution.
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