Open badges for education: what are the implications at the intersection of open systems and badging? [PDF]
Badges have garnered great interest among scholars of digital media and learning. In addition, widespread initiatives such as Mozilla’s Open Badge Framework expand the potential of badging into the realm of open education. In this paper, we explicate the
June Ahn +2 more
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Showing mutual support through digital empathy badges [PDF]
Charity badges and empathy (awareness) ribbons are common tokens of support for charities and other worthy causes. In this paper we revisit the concept of smart badges with the aim of developing digital equivalents of the charity badge/empathy ribbon. We
Coulton, Paul +6 more
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Developing badge eco-systems to support engagement in class-based and online learning [PDF]
Background Badges enable academic and non-academic learners to collect and display their achievements and to enhance their training and qualification repertoire.
Bryson, David +2 more
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Identification of Gamification Components In Association With User`s Experience In The Services Of Digital Libraries [PDF]
The present research has been done with a view to identifying gamification components in association with users' experience in the services of digital libraries.
Mitra Samiei +2 more
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REVIEW OF DIGITAL BADGES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE LITERATURE AND APPLICATIONS
In the increasingly researched field of gamification, that is the application of the game design elements in no game contexts, one of the most used techniques is the use of digital badges.
Imre ZSIGMOND +2 more
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Model cyfrowego potwierdzania umiejętności i kompetencji zawodowych specjalistów B+R [PDF]
Micro-credentials, particularly digital badges and Open Badges, are seen as a promising format for lifelong learning. They meet conditions and needs for modularity of learning, collecting and accumulation of achievements, building flexible learning ...
Ireneusz Woźniak
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Do Open Data Badges Influence Author Behaviour? a Case Study at Springer Nature
Digital badges have previously been shown to incentivise journal authors to share their data openly. In this paper we introduce an Open data badging project at the Springer Nature journal BMC Microbiology.
Rebecca Pearce, Rebecca Grant
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The live social semantics application: A platform for integrating face-to-face presence with on-line social networking [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Design, Development and Use of a Digital Badges System in Higher Education
Badges are non fungible tokens used to document or certify achievements in academics or in any other domain. Besides their utility as proof of achievement, badges are of interest in higher education as pure incentives to push the students and learners in
María-Estrella Sousa-Vieira +2 more
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Digital Brick: Enhancing the Student Experience Using Blockchain, Open Badges and Recommendations
The main purpose of this work is to describe the process of design and implementation of a novel e-Learning platform, named Digital Brick, intended to enhance the students’ experience in obtaining formal certifications of their competencies. The research
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