Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges and Portfolios

David Niguidula, EdD, is founder of Ideas Consulting, based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is best known for his work on digital portfolios in K-12 schools; in the 1990s, Niguidula led the first research project on the topic while at Brown University's Coalition of Essential Schools. Through his development of the Richer Picture platform, Niguidula has assisted schools and districts across the country and around the world as they create proficiency-based requirements and implement new assessment practices. Niguidula's focus is on using technology for transforming school practice. He has degrees in computer science and education from Brown University and earned his doctorate in instructional technology and media at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Shows how students can meet standards and express their individuality through digital badges and portfolios. Building off an essential question - What do schools want their students to know and be able to do? - David Niguidula then shows how schools can implement a proficiency-based approach to student learning.