5 key steps in developing a system for digital credentials
As job applicants seek to demonstrate their skills, institutions can arm their students with digital credentials eCampus News
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Open Badges: A systematic Review of Peer-Reviewed Published Literature (2011-2015)
Open badges are a digital representation of skills or accomplishments recorded in a visual symbol that is embedded with verifiable data and evidence. They are created following a defined open standard, so that they can be shared online. Open badges have gained popularity around the world in recent years and have become a standard feature […]
Blended Learning From Design to Evaluation: International Case Studies of Evidence-Based Practice
This study compares and contrasts four international faculty development programs for blended learning in order to understand the benefits, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations from such initiatives. The benefits identified for faculty members, who participated in these programs, were that they became more reflective of their teaching practice and began to make a role adjustment […]
Exploring Digital Badges in University Courses: Relationships between Quantity, Engagement, and Performance
Digital badging research is gaining momentum as instructors and administrators consider new models for assessing learning in nontraditional contexts (e.g., informal science learning programs, flexible online courses, adaptive learning systems). While many studies are examining the effectiveness of digital badges for pedagogical functions, such as motivating students, few attempts have been made to identify relationships […]
Digital, Verified and Less Open
More colleges are issuing digital badges to help their students display skills to employers or graduate programs, and colleges are tapping vendor platforms to create a verified form of the alternative credentials. Inside Higher Education
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