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Digital Badges: credentialing the things that make us fully human

iLearn Technology

Two weeks ago, I attended the Digital Badge Summit in Denver, CO. I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom.

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Chalk & Wire unveils MyMantl learning recognition network

eSchool News

In addition to portfolios, MyMantl will offer digital badging tools, competency-based education program designers and job tools.

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Make Learning Transparent with Badges

Graphite Blog

Digital badging is a new practice worth examining that can make students' discrete learning goals and accomplishments more transparent and concrete. Badges can be a helpful way to motivate and assess students. Badging values the learning process, not just the final product.

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Make Learning Transparent with Badges

Graphite Blog

Digital badging is a new practice worth examining that can make students' discrete learning goals and accomplishments more transparent and concrete. Badges can be a helpful way to motivate and assess students. Badging values the learning process, not just the final product.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

It is frustrating to only have a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE accessible only when you are on campus. Students can create eportfolios with social bookmarking tools and as a final project create eportfolio presentations in which they reflect on the learning for each module/unit. What is your connection?

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