Supporting clinical research professionals through educational innovations [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Clinical Research Professionals (CRPs) are essential members of the Clinical and Translational Research Workforce. Many academic medical institutions struggle to recruit and retain these vital team members.
Diana Lee-Chavarria +7 more
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Digital badges in academia: An educational tool for the clinical research coordinator [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Translational ScienceDigital badges can provide condensed competency-based knowledge enabling individuals a chance to explore specialized careers in clinical research. A digital badge can be an efficient pathway to introduce clinical research job roles and educate a larger ...
Barbara DeMarco +2 more
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Badged up for success: Digital badges enable graduate students to become confident communicators via real-world opportunities and to document their skills for employers [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Translational ScienceIn January 2023, the South Carolina Science Writing Initiative for Trainees (SC-SWIFT), an internship in the College of Graduate Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina, began offering tiered digital badges in science communications.
Kimberly McGhee +3 more
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A review of microcredentials in health professions continuing professional development [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineMicrocredentials are an emergent tool to support knowledge and skill development. Despite their growing popularity in medical education – and higher education more broadly – it is unclear how these strategies have been utilized to support continuing ...
Kelly Womack-Adams +4 more
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Understanding climate engagement and open recognition in European higher education: A mixed-methods study across four countries [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] [PDF]
Open Research EuropeBackground This mixed-methods study investigates student engagement with climate issues and perceptions of open recognition systems across four European educational institutions in France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain as part of the OpenPass4Climate ...
Pablo Martín-Ramos +8 more
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Digital badges: Pinning down employer challenges
Journal 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
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Digital Badges in Education [PDF]
Education and Information Technologies, 2016 Digital badges provide new affordances for online educational activities and experiences. When used with points and leaderboards, a badge can become a gamification element allowing learners to compete with themselves or others, and to know how close they are to accomplishing a goal and acquiring its accompanying reputation.
Gibson, David +4 more
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Digital open badge-driven learning - a doctoral thesis summary
Education in the North, 2020 Digital open badges are gaining popularity as a means of identification and recognition of competences acquired differently. Meanwhile new ways to motivate, scaffold and assess competence-based learning processes in professional development are emerging.
Sanna Brauer
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Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2021 This paper explores participants’ perceptions of eportfolio on the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning’s PACT digital badge in which eportfolio is a central component of the teaching and learning experience.
Marie O Neill, Ken McCarthy
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Universal Design: a valuable resource to enhance and improve teaching and learning
Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 2023 Opinion Piece. This short piece will explore my experience of undertaking the Digital Badge for Universal Design in Teaching and Learning with the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning from October to December 2022.
Caoimhe Kiernan
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