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As microcredentials become more prevalent, so too should the ethical engagement with practices, assumptions, and effects on society. A classification system helps everyone negotiate changing systems of credentialing. 
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Some higher ed institutions are experimenting with digital badges as a way to encourage and document learning among faculty and staff.
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Talk to: Information Futures, Post Graduate Students at Manchester Metropolitan University, 26 March 2014
Carlos Fosca's curator insight,
March 28, 2014 6:44 AM
Interesante presentación que resume tres temas de gran actualidad: que entendemos por alfabetismo digital (digital literacy) y cual es su importancia hoy en día, que son los recursos educativos abiertos (OER) y como se están usando y desarrollando los reconocimientos (medallas) abiertos (open badges) en los procesos de aprendizaje.
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With new programs and standards emerging, digital badges are helping students prove what they've learned in--and outside--school.
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If you have been following our blog series on digital badges you are familiar with the concept of digital badges and how they are beginning to realize their
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Rewards as a Way to Motivate Students to Learn Today’s schools commonly use grade-based evaluations where students get rewarded for the knowledge they gain.
Moushira Issa's curator insight,
June 16, 2013 5:04 PM
Get recognition for learning that happens anywhere. Then share it in the places that matter. 
Paula Iaeger PhD's comment,
June 18, 2013 9:43 AM
This is one application of badges that cross generations and circumstances. When workers are offered recognition for the training they receive, there is a desire to know more. A simple certificate might help but a digital badge for its transportability is much better. In a classroom grades of course have their place but what I like is that the natural curiosity is rewarded when a badge is voluntarily pursued. Badges celebrate extra effort, not mediocrity and a just-get-by mentality.
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Boy Scouts do it. Video games do it. Sometimes grades aren't enough. What's a teacher to do? Check out this handy guide to using badges in your classroom!
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