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Searching together versus searching apart: Evidence from Kaggle

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary How does the mode of search—independently or jointly—affect collective search, a central component of organizational adaptation and innovation? Using naturally occurring data from a strongly incentivized online competition platform, we find that compared to their counterfactuals that search apart, groups searching together ...
Marco S. Minervini, Tianyu He, Phanish Puranam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaderboards or badges in two gamified forums: motivational and engagement differences

International Journal of Serious Games
In a digital forums, the differences regarding the effectiveness of use leaderboards or badges separately and not in combination have not yet been compared.
Joel Manuel Prieto Andreu, Pablo Moreno-Ger   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions and Uses of Digital Badges for Professional Learning Development in Higher Education

TechTrends, 2017
Few instructors in higher education have completed a formal teaching program and, therefore, rely on informal professional development opportunities to enhance their teaching practice. Micro-credentialing in the form of digital badges is one way in which
Patti Dyjur, G. Lindstrom
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Welfare and Educational Impacts of Encounter Experiences and Displays on Zoo‐Housed Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
We investigated the extent and composition of red panda (Ailurus Fulgens spp.) encounters amongst 150 global zoos and their impact on animal longevity and reproduction. Comparative data analysis suggests that encounter animals produced more offspring and had higher longevity (survival) than non‐encounter animals with differences noted between ...
Sarah L. Spooner, Rebecca N. Lewis, Ewan Davies, Katherine Whitehouse‐Tedd, Leah J. Williams, Kanako Tomisawa, Mark J. Farnworth   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Badging the library: are digital badges the next innovation for library skills and training?

, 2015
Libraries are frequently at the forefront of innovation and uniquely positioned to develop and deliver new technologies. This paper evaluates the benefits of one such innovation, digital badges.
Freund, Katharina, Mewburn, Inger, Rutherford, Emily   +2 more
core  

Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
wiley   +1 more source

Do More Micro-credentials Equal Better Grades?

Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice
This study investigates the impact of information literacy digital badges on student course grades. Despite the growing popularity of digital badges in higher education, empirical evidence regarding their effect on academic performance remains limited ...
Emily Rimland, Anne Behler, Wendy Pothier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘I used to walk around the playground wondering where all my friends had gone’: The reflections of how adults with developmental prosopagnosia made friends in childhood

British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Current research into developmental prosopagnosia (DP) estimates a high prevalence rate in the general population, but there exist many gaps in the research. More needs to be learned about the lived experience of those with DP and how to identify it in children. Using reflexive thematic analysis, this study explored the lived experience of how
Alison Shorer
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear particle detection using a track-recording solid [PDF]

, 1984
The design of the nuclear particle detector located in Purdue University's Get Away Special package which was flown aboard STS-7 is detailed. The experiment consisted of a stack of particle-detecting polymer sheets.
Weber, D., Weber, M.
core   +1 more source

Change and Continuity in British Politics: Can the Starmer Government's Approach to Governance Resolve the Crisis in the British State without Radical Reform?

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 140-148, January/March 2025.
Abstract In this article, the key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration in Britain during its initial period in power are examined. The Starmer government is seeking to use the state pragmatically to improve British economic performance, stem the crisis in public services and strengthen the strategic capacity of Whitehall.
Patrick Diamond, David Richards, Sam Warner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source