Getting started with digital badges

by Jorine van Egmond | May 10, 2021 | collection, Presentation

This powerpoint presentation gives a wonderful overview on getting started with digital badges. It was part of a WIT workshop in February 2021 given by Dr. Doug Belshaw and practically guide you on the concept of digital badges and from slide 69 gives you an overview...

Badge Wiki!

by Susan Simonsen | May 10, 2021 | collection, Companies, Global, Higher Education Institutions, Non-formal learning providers, Project, Website, Youth work organisations

This wiki provides extensive background information about open badges, with badge project examples, links to research, case studies and FAQs.  A useful starting point for anyone interested in implementing badges.

6 Reasons Why Online Course Creators Should Use Digital Badges

by Susan Simonsen | May 10, 2021 | Article, collection, Companies, Global, Non-formal learning providers

This article is aimed at educators providing online courses, and gives an easy to understand overview of the benefits of using digital badges for education providers offering online courses.  The article hails badges as “an incredibly powerful tool” for...

10 platforms for issuing Open Badges

by janus | May 10, 2021 | Article, Badge host, Badge wallet, collection, Companies, Formal education providers, Global, Higher Education Institutions, Meta-Study, Non-formal learning providers, Project, Stakeholders, Tech Stack, Type, Youth work organisations

Concise links list of Open Badges platforms, with correlating cross-references to review when making decision on platform to use.

Recognizing competencies vs. completion vs. participation: Ideal roles for web-enabled digital badges

by Susan Simonsen | May 10, 2021 | collection, Formal education providers, Higher Education Institutions, Multiple, Non-formal learning providers, Research Study, Youth work organisations

This study examines the status of 30 funded badge systems in the years following the Design Principles Documentation project – whether the badge systems were suspended, existing or thriving. The authors coded the systems according to the forms of learning and...