Foundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials: Demonstrating and Recognizing Knowledge and Competencies

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Digital Badges and Micro-credentials: Historical Overview, Motivational Aspects, Issues, and Challenges....Pages 3-21
A Philosophy of Open Digital Badges....Pages 23-40
Keep Calm and Credential on: Linking Learning, Life and Work Practices in a Complex World....Pages 41-54
Drivers, Affordances and Challenges of Digital Badges....Pages 55-70
Evaluating the Public Promise....Pages 71-95
Building Collective Belief in Badges: Designing Trust Networks....Pages 97-114
Learning Journeys in Higher Education: Designing Digital Pathways Badges for Learning, Motivation and Assessment....Pages 115-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Badging Platforms: A Scenario-Based Comparison of Features and Uses....Pages 141-161
Adopting Digital Badges in Higher Education: Scoping the Territory....Pages 163-177
Passport to Designing, Developing and Issuing Digital Instructional Badges....Pages 179-201
Transforming Workplace Learning Culture with Digital Badges....Pages 203-219
The Role of Endorsement in Open Badges Ecosystems....Pages 221-235
Implementing a Badging System Faculty Development....Pages 237-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Toward a Comprehensive Theoretical Framework for Designing Digital Badges....Pages 261-272
Digital Badges and Micro-credentials: Digital Age Classroom Practices, Design Strategies, and Issues....Pages 273-286
Digital Badges: Purposeful Design in Professional Learning Outcomes for K-12 Educators....Pages 287-305
Height vs. Depth in Badging Framework Design....Pages 307-324
What We Can Learn About Digital Badges from Video Games....Pages 325-342
Digital Badges as (Parts of) Digital Portfolios: Design Patterns for Educational and Personal Learning Practice....Pages 343-367
Badge Claims: Creativity, Evidence and the Curated Learning Journey....Pages 369-387
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Digital Badges for Professional Development: Teachers’ Perceptions of the Value of a New Credentialing Currency....Pages 391-409
When Digital Badges Work: It’s Not About the Badges, It’s About Learning Ecosystems....Pages 411-419
The Authority Behind the Badge: A Practice Analysis Case Study....Pages 421-442
Student Perceptions of Digital Badges as Recognition of Achievement and Engagement in Co-curricular Activities....Pages 443-455
Applied Gamification: Creating Reward Systems for Organizational Professional Development....Pages 457-466
Implementing Digital Badges in Australia: The Importance of Institutional Context....Pages 467-482
Development and Implementation of Digital Badges for Learning Science, Technologly, Engineering and Math (STEM) Practices in Secondary Contexts: A Pedagogical Approach with Empirical Evidence....Pages 483-508
Front Matter....Pages 509-509
Moving Forward with Digital Badges in Education....Pages 511-517
Back Matter....Pages 519-530