Foundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials Demonstrating and
This edited volume provides insight into how digital badges may enhance formal, non-formal and informal education by focusing on technical design issues including organizational requirements, learning and instructional design, as well as deployment. It fe
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undation of Digital Badges and MicroCredentials Demonstrating and Recognizing Knowledge and Competencies
Foundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials
Dirk Ifenthaler • Nicole Bellin-Mularski Dana-Kristin Mah Editors
Foundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials Demonstrating and Recognizing Knowledge and Competencies
Editors Dirk Ifenthaler University of Mannheim Mannheim, Germany
Nicole Bellin-Mularski University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
Deakin University Melbourne, Australia Dana-Kristin Mah University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-15424-4 ISBN 978-3-319-15425-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15425-1
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Preface
Digital Badges represent a valid indicator of specific achievements, knowledge, skills, and competencies that can be earned in formal and informal learning environments. Digital Badges represent an opportunity to recognize such achievements through credible organizations that can be integrated in traditional educational programs but can also represent experience in informal contexts or community engagement. Furthermore, instructional designers can use badges to motivate and influence engagement by providing for example focused goals or challenging tasks. Digital Badges are a relatively new technology and therefore acceptance depends on the level of quality control, the actual design, and implementation in learning environments. They offer a form of recognition of learning, with a focus on qualifications like problem-solving, self-management, flexible, and individual learning achievements, and provide information to relevant stakeholders when they are digitally linked with user profiles or shared in social networks. But implementing digital
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