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New Media and the Quality of Life [PDF]

, 1997
We are currently in the middle of a revolution. This revolution, sometimes called the digital revolution, is the revolutionary transformation brought about in the information and communication structure of society by the advent of the digital computer ...
Brey, Philip
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The live social semantics application: A platform for integrating face-to-face presence with on-line social networking [PDF]

, 2010
We describe a novel application that integrates real-world data on the face-to-face proximity of individuals with their identities and contacts in on-line social networks.
Alani, Harith, Barrat, Alanin, Cattuto, Ciro, Correndo, Gianluca, Szomszor, Martin, Van Der Broeck, Wouter   +5 more
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Exploring the Perceived Value of an Open Digital Badge for Virtual Collaboration

Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 2021
Despite the recent growth in the development of alternative digital credentials within post-secondary education, students remain uncertain about their value and use.
Daniel Piedra
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Measurement of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among adults with asthma. [PDF]

, 2001
Because the morbidity and mortality from adult asthma have been increasing, the identification of modifiable environmental exposures that exacerbate asthma has become a priority. Limited evidence suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
Blanc, PD, Eisner, MD, Hammond, SK, Katz, PP, Yelin, EH   +4 more
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NASA STEM Digital Badges for Educators and Their Students: A Pilot Program Bringing STEM into Middle Schools using NASA Langley Research Center’s Centennial Celebration

Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2017
A pilot program was developed for middle school (grades 6-8) educators and students to apply NASA real-world problems to classroom concepts as part of NASA Langley Research Center’s (LaRC) Centennial Celebration through the use of digital badges.
Marile Colon Robles, Marjorie Thrash, Candace Walker, Dr. Kimberly M. Brush   +3 more
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Genesis of Altmetrics or Article-level Metrics for Measuring Efficacy of Scholarly Communications: Current Perspectives [PDF]

, 2014
The article-level metrics (ALMs) or altmetrics becomes a new trendsetter in recent times for measuring the impact of scientific publications and their social outreach to intended audiences.
Das, Anup Kumar, Mishra, Sanjaya
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Digital Badges for Professional Development: Supporting Library Personnel with the CLA School Library Standards

Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2016
The Canadian Library Association published Leading Learning, a library standards guide for school libraries in 2014. The Quebec School Librarians Network (QSLiN) adapted these standards into a digital badge professional development program.
Sandra Bebbington, Ellen Goldfinch, Julian Taylor   +2 more
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Student Perceptions of the First Digital Badging Experience at Costa Rica’s State University of Distance Education

Ubiquity Proceedings, 2023
This full paper shows the perception of a group of students at the Costa Rica’s State University of Distance Education, UNED, who received their first digital badge after participating in a course/workshop aimed at developing basic research skills.
Mario Barahona Quesada, Adriana Cascante-Gatgens, Maynor Barrientos Amador   +2 more
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(Digital) tools as professional and generational identity badges in the Chinese creative industries [PDF]

, 2015
Animators, architects, designers, and others active in the Chinese creative industries are expert users of tools, both analog and digital. Performances of expert tool use (the wearing of professional identity badges) are strategic ways of signaling ...
Bjarke Liboriussen, Boden MA, Brown T, Csikszentmihalyi M, Glaser B, Hesmondhalgh D, Hesmondhalgh D, Keane M, Kolko J, Liboriussen B, Liboriussen B, Liu F, Mannheim K, Salen K, Schön DA, Silverman D, Turkle S   +16 more
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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
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