Results 11 to 20 of about 100,379 (270)

Using Skills Profiling to Enable Badges and Micro-Credentials to be Incorporated into Higher Education Courses

open access: yesJournal of Interactive Media in Education, 2023
Employers are increasingly selecting and developing employees based on skills rather than qualifications. Governments now have a growing focus on skilling, reskilling and upskilling the workforce through skills-based development rather than ...
Rupert Ward   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Investigation of the Effect of Badges in the Online Homework System for Undergraduate General Physics Course

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
Badges in education are an increasingly popular phenomenon, and a variety of questions exists as to the abilities and effectiveness of badges. In this study, the effect of digital badges within a Moodle-based online homework system was studied for an ...
James Uanhoro, Shelley Shwu-Ching Young
doaj   +2 more sources

Digital badges: Pinning down employer challenges

open access: yesJournal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021
Digital badges hold considerable potential for employers and recruiters, as they evidence accomplishments of skills and competencies at a more granular level than a traditional degree certificate.
Joy Perkins, Mary Pryor
doaj   +2 more sources

Getting Started With Open Badges and Open Microcredentials

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This article is intended as a practical resource to help interested organizations design and implement an open badging system. Open badges are a type of open credential designed to recognize a variety of skills, knowledge, and experiences, both inside ...
Kyle Clements   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Using 3-D Printed Badges to Improve Student Performance and Reduce Dropout Rates in STEM Higher Education [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Students’ perception of excessive difficulty in STEM degrees lowers their motivation and, therefore, affects their performance. According to prior research, the use of gamification techniques promote engagement, motivation, and fun when learning. Badges,
R. Lara-Cabrera   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nudging the Food Basket Green: The Effects of Commitment and Badges on the Carbon Footprint of Food Shopping

open access: yesEnvironmental and Resource Economics, 2023
We use an incentive-compatible experimental online supermarket to test the role of commitment and badges in reducing the carbon footprint of grocery shopping.
Luca A. Panzone, Natasha Auch, D. Zizzo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Importance of Green Certification Labels/Badges in Online Hotel Booking Choice: A Conjoint Investigation of Consumers’ Preferences Pre- and Post-COVID-19

open access: yesCornell Hospitality Quarterly, 2023
In light of travelers’ growing preference for sustainable hotel accommodation, this study investigated the relative importance of green certification labels/badges in online hotel selection/booking choice.
G. Assaker, P. O'Connor
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of badges to spur frequent travelers to write online reviews

open access: yesJournal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, 2023
Purpose Online travel reviews platforms have become innovative information systems due to the incorporation of sophisticated gamification elements such as visually appealing badges.
Sérgio Moro, Stefania Stellacci
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparing the effectiveness of badges and leaderboards on academic performance and motivation of students in fully versus partially gamified online physics classes

open access: yesEducation and Information Technologies : Official Journal of the IFIP technical committee on Education, 2022
Gamification, or the intentional use of gaming elements in non-game contexts, has been touted as a promising tool to improve educational outcomes in online education, yet the evidence regarding why it might work and its effectiveness is inconclusive. One
S. Balci   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analytic reproducibility in articles receiving open data badges at the journal Psychological Science: an observational study

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2021
For any scientific report, repeating the original analyses upon the original data should yield the original outcomes. We evaluated analytic reproducibility in 25 Psychological Science articles awarded open data badges between 2014 and 2015. Initially, 16
T. Hardwicke   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy