{"id":5884,"date":"2015-10-07T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2017-02-01T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:51:23","slug":"worth-sharing-digital-badges-hit-the-big-time-in-higher-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/07\/worth-sharing-digital-badges-hit-the-big-time-in-higher-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: Digital badges hit the big time in higher ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5888\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/summit-badges-300x112.png\" alt=\"summit-badges\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/summit-badges-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/summit-badges.png 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It&#8217;s not the badges that are meaningful &#8211; it&#8217;s what they represent.\u00a0If the the thing they represent is meaningful then the badge is meaningful. It also helps if the badge is recognized as a form of credential.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting that this comes across my feed in the same week that I get a notice from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan State<\/a> (where I did my Graduate Certificate in <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.reg.msu.edu\/AcademicPrograms\/ProgramDetail.asp?Program=1497\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reg.msu.edu\/AcademicPrograms\/ProgramDetail.asp?Program=1497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Serious Game Design and Research<\/a>, from\u00a0<a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/tc.msu.edu\/\" href=\"http:\/\/tc.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media<\/a>) that they are offering badges too. I&#8217;ll show them to you when I get them. This also relates to yesterday&#8217;s post on how institutions can become gamified &#8211; in part by doing exactly\u00a0this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universitybusiness.com\/article\/digital-badges-hit-big-time-higher-ed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Oregon-St.-Badge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>While digital badges may sound like overshared gimmicks from the latest trendy game or social network, they have become serious commodities in the world of college credentials.More institutions no<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universitybusiness.com\/article\/digital-badges-hit-big-time-higher-ed\">Digital badges hit the big time in higher ed | University Business Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5884'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5884);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5884);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5884);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>It&#8217;s not the badges that are meaningful &#8211; it&#8217;s what they represent.\u00a0If the the thing they represent is meaningful then the badge is meaningful. It also helps if the badge is recognized as a form of credential. Interesting that this &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/07\/worth-sharing-digital-badges-hit-the-big-time-in-higher-ed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9,352,369,24],"tags":[126,387],"class_list":["post-5884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-gamification-2","category-higher-education","category-teaching-learning","tag-gamification","tag-gamification-101"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1wU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4235,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/17\/the-power-of-a-nudge-part-1-a-stronger-behavior-d-lithium-community\/","url_meta":{"origin":5884,"position":0},"title":"The Power of a Nudge?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been working on my talk for the EdTechTeam Calgary Summit featuring Google for Education (#gafesummit) and I've had a couple of AHA moments regarding gamification. I hate feeling like I'm being manipulated - and this seems to be a big part of what \"driving behavior\" is about in gamification.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"lithium.com nudge 1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lithium.com-nudge-1-300x239.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2329,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/17\/gamification-are-badges-and-points-enough-will-monetary-rewards-fix-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":5884,"position":1},"title":"Gamification: Are Badges and Points Enough? Will Monetary Rewards Fix It?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Badges, points, and leaderboards: Is Gamification good or bad? The short answer is: YES. Part of the problem is that some people who are jumping on the gamification bandwagon don't actually know much about games. Like a great many other fads, gamification is viewed by some as a panacea -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4073,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/21\/seven-key-elements-of-gamification-plus-or-minus-two\/","url_meta":{"origin":5884,"position":2},"title":"Seven Key Elements of Gamification, Plus or Minus Two","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A little while ago I wrote a reaction to a post about 8 steps to make your course less boring, and at the end of it I promised to post my own list. Here it is. I will qualify this list by saying that my interest is in gamification for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gamification-banner.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gamification-banner.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gamification-banner.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gamification-banner.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gamification-banner.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gamification-banner.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3649,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/07\/22\/can-gamification-boost-independent-learning-mindshift\/","url_meta":{"origin":5884,"position":3},"title":"Can Gamification Boost Independent Learning? | MindShift","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't get me wrong, I think there is much potential in gamification, but I don't think the reward structure is the most important part. It's really not about points and badges. There are some kinds of people who love these sorts of rewards, and others who don't - points and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5412,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/24\/can-badges-and-leaderboards-make-low-income-students-participate-more-in-campus-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":5884,"position":4},"title":"Can Badges and Leaderboards make Low-Income Students Participate more in Campus life?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"An article about how a \"gamified\" interface to campus life is supposed to help low-income students (can you tell I'm skeptical?). Here's what they do: Give out points and badges for doing stuff. Reward competing\u00a0against their fellow students to earn more points (which they can trade for stuff at Starbucks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5946,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/11\/01\/worth-sharing-gamification-separating-fact-from-fiction\/","url_meta":{"origin":5884,"position":5},"title":"Worth Sharing: Gamification: Separating Fact from Fiction","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Game-Based Learning \/ Gaming \/ Learning \/ Social Learning While this isn't a new article, it's one worth repeating. The 4 Myths described by Kapp are: Gamification and Games are the same. Gamification alienates older learners. There is no science behind gamification. Gamification is about points, badges, and leaderboards. 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