Category Archives: Badges/Badging for Learning
Digital Badges + Youth + COPPA = Family Badges?
For a long time, I’ve struggled with how to create community interest in digital badges during formative years of youth because COPPA regulation limits the information web sites can collect from youth under age 13. How can we grant digital badges to … Continue reading
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ASCD SmartBrief Survey: Teachers and Digital Badges
Results from a simple one-click survey via the ASCD SmartBrief site on teacher understandings of digital badging (sample size unknown): ASCD SmartBrief via kwout Best herbal pill can be described as a perfect blend of levitra cialis viagra herbal ingredients … Continue reading
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Hello, SLAV!
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by pellethepoet [Public domain] Good morning! Today in Melbourne (look how I say that like it’s an everyday, normal experience — it is not!!), I’m working with the School Library Association of … Continue reading
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Badging isn’t really about badges
In a conversation with a colleague about advice she had received to include badging in a project design, I asked, “What did the advisor push you to have badging do inside your project?” She responded, “I think right now, they’re mostly just … Continue reading
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Metaphors for Badging
“sunday afternoon, hands on hips” cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by Jack Lord There are a lot of people on our campus and in our community thinking about badging, the Open Badges project, and badging for learning. On … Continue reading
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Badges — Like Portfolios?
“The Human Zoo,” cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by an untrained eye A few days ago I was noodling ideas for a student paper topic, and the words “portfolios” and “digital badges” popped into my head. And … Continue reading
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UMSI’s Quasi-Con featured at OpenSource.com
Congratulations to Victoria Lungu, Sharona Ginsberg, Shauna Masura, and Kelly Davenport, who have published a post at OpenSource.com. The team created digital badging for Quasi-Con 2013, a student-run unconference held at the University of Michigan School of Information. From the … Continue reading
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SXSW Booth Talks and a Sneak Peek at Fall 2013 Makers as Innovators Series
Last week was a whirlwind. I started the week in Austin, Texas, helping at the University of Michigan booth at South by Southwest (SXSW), came back to Ann Arbor for some badging conversations with out-of-town public library guests on Wednesday, … Continue reading
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Badging Bibliography Bonanza!
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by futureatlas.com Are you interested in digital badging? Looking for peer-reviewed articles, informal articles, or blog posts about the topic? Today, HASTAC announced its annotated bibliography of over 150 badging resources, saying: … Continue reading
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Badging Webinar Today at 3:30pm!
Just a reminder that today is the Michigan Makers’ webinar, hosted by INFOhio. Join us today from 3:30 – 4:30pm Eastern. It’s free, and we’d love to have you! Webinar details are below: Badging for Learning in Libraries Collecting online … Continue reading
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