Foundation of digital badges and micro-credentials : demonstrating and recognizing knowledge and competencies

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Foundation of digital badges and micro-credentials : demonstrating and recognizing knowledge and competencies

Dirk Ifenthaler, Nicole Bellin-Mularski, Dana-Kristin Mah editors

Springer, c2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This edited volume provides insight into how digital badges may enhance formal, non-formal and informal education by focusing on technical design issues including organizational requirements, learning and instructional design, as well as deployment. It features current research exploring the theoretical foundation and empirical evidence of the utilization of digital badges as well as case studies that describe current practices and experiences in the use of digital badges for motivation, learning, and instruction in K-12, higher education, workplace learning, and further education settings.

Table of Contents

Part I Theoretical Foundation of Digital Badges.- Chapter 1 Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials: Historical Overview, Motivational Aspects, Issues, and Challenges.- Chapter 2 A Philosophy of Open Digital Badges.- Chapter 3 Keep Calm and credential On: Linking Learning, Life and Work Practices in a Complex World.- Chapter 4 Drivers, Affordances and Challenges of Digital Badges.- Chapter 5 Evaluating the Public Promise.- Chapter 6 Building Collective Belief in Badges: Designing Trust Networks.- Chapter 7 Learning Journeys in Higher Education: Designing Digital Pathways Badges for Learning, Motivation and Assessment.- Part II Technological Frameworks and Implementation.- Chapter 8 Badging Platforms: A Scenario-based Comparison of Features and Uses.- Chapter 9 Adopting Digital Badges in Higher Education: Scoping the Territory.- Chapter 10 Passport to Designing, Developing and Issuing Digital Instructional Badges.- Chapter 11 Transforming Workplace Learning Culture with Digital Badges.- Chapter 12 The Role of Endorsement in Open Badges Ecosystems.- Chapter 13 Implementing a Badging System Faculty Development.- Part III Learning and Instructional Design Considerations.- Chapter 14 Toward a Comprehensive Theoretical Framework for Designing Digital Badges.- Chapter 15 Digital Badges and Micro-credentials: Digital Age Classroom Practices, Design Strategies, and Issues.- Chapter 16 Digital Badges: Purposeful Design in Professional Learning Outcomes for K-12 Educators.- Chapter 17 Height vs Depth in Badging Framework Design.- Chapter 18 What We Can Learn about Digital Badges from Video Games.- Chapter 19 Digital Badges as (parts of) Digital Portfolios: Design Patterns for Educational and Personal Learning Practice.- Chapter 20 Badge Claims: Creativity, Evidence and the Curated Learning Journey.- Part IV Case Studies: Practices and Experience.- Chapter 21 Digital Badges for Professional Development: Teachers' Perceptions of the Value of a New Credentialing Currency.- Chapter 22 When Digital Badges Work: It's Not About the Badges, It's About Learning Ecosystems.- Chapter 23 The Authority Behind the Badge: A Practice Analysis Case Study.- Chapter 24 Student Perceptions of Digital Badges as Recognition of Achievement and Engagement in Co-Curricular Activities.- Chapter 25 Applied Gamification: Creating Reward Systems for Organizational Professional Development.- Chapter 26 Implementing Digital Badges in Australia: The Importance of Institutional Context.- Chapter 27 Development and Implementation of Digital Badges for Learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Practices in Secondary Contexts: A Pedagogical Approach with Empirical Evidence.- Epilogue.- Chapter 28 Moving Forward with Digital Badges in Education.

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  • NCID
    BD06575736
  • ISBN
    • 9783319154244
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [S.l.], Switzerland
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 530 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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