DML Competition 4: Research Symposium

DIGITAL MEDIA + LEARNING COMPETITION RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM @DML2012 
FEBRUARY 29, 2012 // 5-8 PM // PARC 55 // 55 CYRIL MAGNIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA



A conversation about badges, eportfolios,reputation systems,

and the future of learning 

Join the winners of the Digital Media and Learning Research Competition, "Badges, Trophies, and Achievements,"  for a conversation about the current state of research on recognition and accreditation systems for informal and interest-driven learning.  We will explore some of the opportunities provided by employing badges and other assessment systems in learning communities, some of the dangers, and consider the pressing research questions that need to be addressed. Over the last year, a  wide-ranging public conversation about potential future applications of badges and the place of badges in our learning ecosystem has captured the attention of educators, technology makers, and researchers. How can current and past research inform these debates? What are the most important questions we need to raise about the effective design and deployment of badge and reputation systems?

 
5:30 - 7:00 // PANEL DISCUSSION (Parc 55: Market Street Room, 3rd Floor)

 

WELCOME  

DAVID THEO GOLDBERG

Executive Director, University of California Humanities Research Institute 

  
JULIA STASCH

Vice President of U.S. Programs, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 

  

PANELISTS 
DARREN CAMBRIDGE American Institutes for Research
Faculty Writing Prize for "Eportfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment" 

 

RICHARD MILLS Lancaster University
Doctoral Student Grant award winner for "Exploring the motivational effects of badges - who do badges appeal to and why?" 

 

REGINOLD A. ROYSTON and 
ASHLEY FERRO-MURRAY UC Berkeley
Doctoral Student Grant award winner for "Who's Achievement?: Evaluating 
Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms" 

 

H. CECILIA SUHR Miami University Hamilton 
Research Grant award winner for "A New Era of Evaluation on Music Social Networking Sites" 


MODERATED BY 

ALEX HALAVAIS

Digital Media and Learning Hub, University of California, Irvine 

7:00 - 8:00 // RECEPTION (Parc 55: Powell I & Powell II, 3rd Floor)