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Badges and Moodle – Mark DuBois Weblog
I spent some time this summer investigating the potential use of badges in my courses for the coming fall, 2013 semester. I realize that some students will embrace this concept and others will not. I thought it appropriate…
Read More »Showcasing the Co-Curricular: ePortfolios and Digital Badges
Learning scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found a sweet spot in the pairing of digital badges and eportfolios: the perfect opportunity for students to showcase learning achievements not normally featured in traditional transcripts and student…
Read More »Give recognition for your student’s achievements – Award them Open Badges
Open Badges is a new digital reward system which allows students to verify their skills, interests and achievements and store them all in one place. The badges are awarded by completing a series of tasks or meeting a…
Read More »The Case for Social Innovation Micro-Credentials with Badges
Digital badges as a credentialing tool may force us to re-think and redesign education, especially for emerging fields such as social innovation.
So how do digital badges work? Unlike traditional academic degrees that tend to communicate what subject you studied and where you studied it, most digital badges are more granular in scope. They point to specific knowledge and skills you’ve acquired, and in most cases, demonstrated. For example, instead of going to a reputable business school and leveraging that institution’s MBA to get a job, you would earn a series of badges that would demonstrate your business acumen—such as your mastery of business model canvas, Lean Startup, and customer development. Your school—or any school for that matter—doesn’t need to issue the badges itself; the badges simply need to come from a trusted source that can certify your competencies.
Source: www.ssireview.org
Read More »Digital Badges – A Suggested Taxonomy
One of the things I have discovered as I work with badges is that they are not all the same. The badges issued to staff are qualitatively different to those offered to students. Many of the badges incorporated into learning management tools are different again. This is problematic, because if badges representing robust credentials are put beside ‘well done’ badges issued to grade school students, the integrity of the whole system is put into question. To overcome this a standard taxonomy for badges needs to be established to differentiate between types of badges within the open standard. The question is how should this taxonomy be defined?
Source: doncollegegrant.wordpress.com
Read More »How We Use Digital Badges for Recognition and Motivation
See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Figure 1 – Survey data shows badges are used most with professional development The uptake of digital badges in industry and education has been even faster See on www.extremenetworks.com
Read More »From Badges to Breakthroughs: Unleashing Learner Potential through Competency-Based Achievements | EDUCAUSE.edu
See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab In the From Badges to Breakthroughs: Unleashing Learner Potential through Competency-Based Achievements panel session at EDUCAUSE 2013, various presenters explored challenging innovations related to prior learning assessments, badge frameworks, and verification of competencies…
Read More »Shortcut to OpenBadges
See on Scoop.it – Moodlicious The chances are you are busy in your job, too busy to play with Moodle these days. You have heard of Open Badges but you need to fast track your knowledge of them…
Read More »Webmaker Badges Roadmap
See on Scoop.it – Digital Fluency It’s roadmappin’ time again, folks. I’ve shifted my focus a bit to zero in on making badges a success and that has two pieces: • Web literacy badges • The Open Badge…
Read More »Backpack & Beyond: Open Badges for Skill Sharing
Backpack & Beyond: Open Badges for Skill Sharing
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