[Dprglist] DPRG Badging

[Roie Black]

I kind of like the idea! Of course I teach, and I am into issuing
certificates validating knowledge of some topic. This Summer I am teaching
a big bunch of kids, and their teachers, about robotics in KC. I may
suggest this for that organization (aSTEAMVillage.org) Hmmm, a certificate
 in robotics from DPRG! Might be interesting!

Roie

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:33 PM Doug Paradis <paradug at gmail.com> wrote:

> James,
>     Interesting idea. I would like to see how difficult it would be to
> implement. It might be hard to get some older members to buy into it ("I
> don't need no stinking badges"). I think that it would be good way for new
> members to see how they are progressing.
>
> Regards,
> Doug P.
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:11 PM, James LeRoy <james at getsurreal.com> wrote:
>
>> I was curious what the group thinks of implementing a badging system.
>> With the challenges of keeping competitions interesting for advanced
>> roboticists, but then the barrier being too high for new roboticists a
>> badging system could be very interesting.  Unlike the competitions, badges
>> can be earned anytime throughout the year.
>>
>> We've discussed some of these basics in DPRG meetings so we could have
>> badges like:
>>
>>
>>    - MicroController - Arduino basics.  8bit AVRs, 32bit ARM
>>    - Motor Control - Driving a straight line
>>    - Odometry - Rotating 360 degrees, driving a square.
>>    - Displays - Matrix displays, LCD displays
>>    - Sensors - Ping, IR, etc.
>>    - Having a robot that turns on :)
>>    - And many more...
>>
>>
>> But we can also issue badges for things like:
>>
>>
>>    - Entering a DPRG competition
>>    - Placing top three in a DPRG competition
>>    - Volunteering at a DPRG event
>>    - Making a presentation at a DPRG meeting
>>
>>
>> Mozilla has an open source badging system https://openbadges.org/ and
>> there is a free WordPress plugin, https://wordpress.org/plugins/badgeos/,
>> that should make it easy to manage the badges on the DPRG site.
>>
>> What's unique about these badges is they have data embedded in them that
>> identify the person that earned it and they can have links in them that
>> validate the badge.  i.e.  People can post youtube videos for verification.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
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Roie Black
Professor, Computer Science
Austin Community College
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