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Fundamentals

The Fundamentals badge give you the opportunity to explore the course website and be ready for the various technologies we will use this semester.

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Educational Histories

What have your own educational experiences been like? How do you learn best? How do you know? This challenge engages you in thinking through your own experiences with learning.

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APA Ninja

Writers in the field of Education and other social sciences use the APA Style Manual. Master this challenge so that you’re ready for classes in your major!

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Making Literacy

What does it mean to be “literate”? What does it mean to be literate in a particular discipline or activity or context? Engage these challenges to unpack “literacy.”

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Digitizing Education

One key change to education in the last 50 years has been how networked/digital it has become. These challenges will give you opportunities to explore digital elements of education.

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Social Justice

We like to think of Education as the great “leveler” — making open all possibilities for all people — but research suggests that’s not true. These challenges allow you to think through how might make education a more socially just project.

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Educational Hacker

If Education doesn’t work for you, how do you fix it? How do you hack your own education to make it as meaningful as possible to you? These challenges offers you chances to explore ownership of your own learning.