Moving forward with digital badges in education

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Digital badges are an emerging technology in education that symbol achievements, knowledge, skills, and competencies in various educational contexts and thus contribute to meaningful learning pathways. This edited volume presents a collection of works and findings on digital badges from multiple perspectives concerning education: theoretical approaches, design implementations of badging systems as well as various case studies and research findings, which give valuable insight into practical experiences and challenges in twenty-first century learning experience. This epilogue provides an analysis of the previous chapters with focus on three major themes that have emerged: (1) the impact of digital badges on learning and assessment, (2) digital badges’ design and technological considerations, and (3) stakeholders’ perspective on digital badges concerning acceptance. We aim to move forward with digital badges in education and therefore conclude with directions for further research on digital badges in different educational contexts such as K-12, higher education, and organizations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFoundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials : Demonstrating and Recognizing Knowledge and Competencies
EditorsDirk Ifenthaler, Nicole Bellin-Mularski, Dana-Kristin Mah
Number of pages7
PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
Publication date01.01.2016
Pages511-517
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-15424-4, 978-3-319-79218-7
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-15425-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2016
Externally publishedYes

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    Research areas

  • Assessment, Badging system, Digital badges, Instructional design, Motivation
  • Educational science