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ELC 022: All About Digital Badges
Category: Education
Duration: 00:28:51
Publish Date: 2015-02-20 01:52:12
Description: Digital badges are bound to become increasingly important in the years to come. If you have a vague understanding of digital badges and are wondering how learners can benefit from them, you'll want to listen to this episode. I interview Jon Aleckson, PhD, and Andy Hicken, PhD, from Web Courseworks. They have a good sense of what's going on in the digital badge space right now. You'll learn how digital badges will be used to validate learning, what needs to be done to further adoption and the current state of the technology. WE DISCUSS: What micro credentials are Where digital badges fit in Why micro credentials are needed The psychology underlying digital badges What gives a digital bad or micro credential meaning Standards that are emerging Use cases when digital badges have value What will drive adoption of digital badges Mozilla Open Badges Interoperability of xAPI and Open Badges TIME: 29 minutes RATE: Rate this podcast in iTunes TRANSCRIPT: Download the . RESOURCES AND LINKS: Managing eLearning (the blog at Web Courseworks) Web Courseworks (where Jon and Andy work) ASTM International Standard: New Practice for Achievement-based Digital Badges Mozilla Open Badges Mozilla Backpack xAPI The Limitless Possibilities of xAPI (podcast) Get smart about eLearning with The eLearning Coach delivered to your Inbox every month. Ideas-articles-freebies-resources.
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