[CASL-L] Free Webinar 1/24, 3:30pm Eastern: Badging for Learning in Libraries

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From: Kristin Fontichiaro <font at umich.edu>
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Subject: [aaslforum] Free INFOhioWebinar next Thursday, 1/24, 3:30pm Eastern: 
Badging for Learning in Libraries

Hi, everybody --

Our Michigan Makers team will be doing a free one-hour webinar for INFOhio on 
the digital badging movement and its possibilities for libraries next Thursday, 
January 24, from 3:30 - 4:30pm Eastern.

Webinar Description: Badging for Learning in Libraries
Thursday, January 24, 2013, 3:30 - 4:30pm Eastern
Collecting online badges as signs of acquired skills or new learnings is an 
emerging concept in both formal and informal learning environments. Cloth badges 
defined scouting and gave scouts a way of displaying their skills (via sashes, 
kerchiefs, or vests). How can moving that practice online — and creating digital 
backpacks with digital badges that also demonstrate new skills and abilities — 
transform learning? How can the microcredentialing aspect of digital badging 
help to capture skills that are not reflected on formal academic transcripts? 
How can librarians use badges to empower informal learning in powerful ways that 
transcend current practice and empower patrons, colleagues, and students? The 
presenters, a team from the University of Michigan School of Information who 
badged October’s OELMA conference, will share an overview of digital badging, 
discuss how badging can move beyond extrinsic motivation and into a meaningful 
representation of skills, and share tips for effective practice. Presenters (in 
alphabetical order): Kristin Fontichiaro, Sharona Ginsberg, Victoria Lungu, 
Shauna Masura, Samantha Roslund


Learn more on the INFOhio website (where the link to the archived presentation 
will be posted soon after the live webinar):
http://www.infohio.org/educator/webinars.html


Register - it's free:
http://infohio20130124.eventbrite.com/


Learn more about badging with these online resources:
http://bitly.com/bundles/activelearning/1


Hope to see you there!

Kristin

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Kristin Fontichiaro
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan School of Information
3435 North Quad
105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
font at umich.edu
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