HIP Digital Badges: Building a Student Facing HIPs Structure Presentation by Raquel Adams

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Introduction

Raquel Adams, Associate Professor of Fine Arts

Background:

  • Southwest Tennessee Community College; Memphis, TN
  • QEP Director
  • Course Developer
  • TBR HIP Ambassador: TEL and Special Projects
  • Facilitator: HIPs Faculty Development Track (Tues 7:30 Rise and Shine Session: Indiana Ballroom G)
  • Focus Areas: Digital Literacy, Student Engagement, Equity and Inclusion Practitioner, HIPs

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Agenda
  1. Learning Objectives and Session Prompt
  2. Define HIPs
  3. Define Badging and Common Uses
  4. TBR HIPs Repository
  5. Assignment Examples
  6. Student Response

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Learning Objectives

This session is intended to help participants identify ways to increase student awareness and engagement in HIPs. Attendees can expect to identify concrete examples to help students leverage and share competencies gained in HIPs courses.

Session Prompt: 3-2-1 Reflection

As we move along, I'd like you to take a few notes to share at the end of today's session:

  1. Three things you learned.
  2. Two things you might try.
  3. One thing you'll share.

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High Impact Practices

A high-impact practice (HIP) is a pedagogical approach that requires an investment of time and energy over an extended period and has unusually positive effects on student engagement in educationally purposeful behavior (Kuh, 2010). High-impact practices are evidence-based teaching and learning practices that have been widely tested and shown to be beneficial for college students (Kuh, 2008).

Characteristics of high-impact activities include 8 Key Elements:

  1. Setting appropriately high expectations
  2. Significant investment of time and effort by students over an extended period of time
  3. Interaction with faculty and peers about substantive matters
  4. Experiences with diversity
  5. Frequent feedback
  6. Reflection and integrative learning
  7. Real-world applications
  8. Demonstrated competence

HIPs: Tennessee Board of Regents

  1. Advising
  2. Certifications
  3. First Year Experience/Semiar
  4. Global Cultural Awareness
  5. Honors Education
  6. Learning Communities
  7. Peer Mentors
  8. Service Learning
  9. Student Employment
  10. Study Abroad
  11. Technology Enhanced Learning/E-Portfolios
  12. Undergraduate Research
  13. Work-based Learning
HIPs Badge Repository
TEL Badge: Microsoft Teams Professional Development Session
HIPs Badges
Study Abroad Badge

Benefits of Digital badging or micro-credentialing:

  • A visual representation of progress within the academic journey
  • Once issued, badges or micro-credentials are accessible 24/7, providing immediate access and validation
  • Provides students, faculty, staff, admin, and the workforce the ability to view progress, skills achieved, and credentials earned more effectively.
  • Align with job market skills and data to give students and employers meaningful context to learning.

Common Uses: certifications/micro-credentialing, mapping academic journey, gamification, validation/encouragement

Badging Platforms: Suitable, Territorium, *Badgr, *D2L (*FREE)

Digital badges can help students contextualize these experiential learning opportunities within their career path. By incorporating HIP badges, students will begin to recognize the value of HIPs and engage in a more student-centered HIP structure. With digital badging, students will become increasingly aware of the HIPs they’ve engaged in and can share these particular skill sets with employers more effectively.

Course Planning: Badge-Worthy Assignments
  • Academic Portfolio (E-Portfolio/TEL)
  • Major Assignments/Projects: Presentation, Podcast/Interview, Group Assignment
  • Certifications

Non-Credit Applications:

  • Career Prep: Career Services Activities (handshake, career assessments, mock interviews, professional development)
  • Student Leadership/Peer Mentors
  • Student Clubs
  • Student Awards

Student Artifacts: Technology Enhanced Learning and Global Cultural Awareness Badges:

Video Presentation (Online/Hybrid)

Final Exam Presentation (In-Person)

Student Presentation
The Digital Age

Why is this exciting for students?

  • Building Course Relevancy: Job Market Skills
  • Contextualizing HIPs for Students
  • Small Wins: Retention, Persistence
  • Easy to share in an email signature, Resume, or Comprehensive Learner Record
Student Response
  • Increased Participation in Practice Assignments
  • Improved Quality of Work in Project Submissions
  • Friendly Competition (they want that badge!)
  • Increased Motivation
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Thank you for joining me this morning!

Looking for more "HIP" sessions? Please consider joining my session tomorrow morning, HIPs Faculty Development Tracks: Scaling HIPs with Professional Development. In this session, I'll outline ways to increase faculty engagement with HIPs by developing a community of practice to support and validate HIPs implementation.

Tuesday, 7:30 Rise and Shine Session: Indiana Ballroom G

Keep in touch!

radams11@southwest.tn.edu

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