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Experimenting With Digital Badges In An Online Graduate Education Course, Laurie Bobley, Ruth A. Best
Experimenting With Digital Badges In An Online Graduate Education Course, Laurie Bobley, Ruth A. Best
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Introduction
In 2011, U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan endorsed digital badges as growing phenomena in the K-12 and higher education reform movement (Grant, 2014a; Tally, 2012; United States Department of Education, 2011). As an innovative technology, digital badges can be used to recognize accomplishments and achievements and may have a solid place in education because of the immediate feedback for graded and non-graded skills and competencies (Foster, 2014). As a disruptive technology, digital badges may emerge as motivational tools for 21st century learners because of inherent elements that are reminiscent of social media and gamification; two growing trends in …