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Digital Badging

These resources were collected by the MERLOT Teacher Education Board during their study of digital badging in higher education.

Date Added to MERLOT:: July 21, 2015
Created by:: Jane Moore
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Digital Badges (Collection)
How do Badges Work Infographic (Reference Material)
What is a Badge? (Presentation)

A video on badging that would be a great introduction to a professional development session on badging.
Keeping up with Digital Badges for Instruction (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

Good overview of what digital badges are, how they work, why use them; some criticism of use and multiple resources.... More
Educause: 7 Things You Should Know about Badging (Reference Material)

Part of Educause's 7 Things series.
Mozilla Open Badges Wiki (Workshop and Training Material)

This is a wiki with more of the technical information about badging.
UC Davis Badge Initiative: Badging from Within (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

Use of badging in an agriculture program at UC Davis.
Badging and Lifelong Learning: Some background on badging in general (Collection)

Curated by Sheryl Grant of HASTAC, this site includes many resources on digital badging.
The Open Badges Resume (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

A list of the most prestigious badges one could earn in January, 2013.
Colleges Use 'Digital Badges' to Replace Traditional Grading (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

The article describes the use of badging in high school.
Open Learning Badges and Higher Education: Threats and Opportunities (Presentation)
Infographic: The power of badges (Reference Material)
Pearson's White Paper on Badging (Reference Material)

White paper from Pearson on the value of badging. Meant to sell their Acclaim program but useful for rationale on... More
There's a Badge for That (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

Article includes many resources.
Digital Badges in Higher Education: An Overview (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

This white paper was written in late 2012-early 2013. It includes a brief bibliography.
Digital Badges: Catalyst in the evolution of higher education or "killer app" for alternatives? (Open (Access) Journal-Article)

This is an article that is pro-badging as an assessment process.
Show Me Your Badge (Open (Access) Journal-Article)
Is Badging the Needed Paradigm Shift in Evaluation? (Open (Access) Journal-Article)