Open Badges are a flexible framework for issuing a digital credential to a student that acknowledges they have learned something or developed a particular skill. I believe Open Badges represent an exciting innovation in education, because with badges:<\/p>\n
I have developed several collections of open badges\/microcredentials, including the Badgeschool badges, utilized at Brigham Young University and other institutions. The badges and rubrics are available on Badgr<\/a>. Tutorials to assist in earning these badges are available on the tutorials website<\/a>. Many thanks to the graduate students and colleagues who have assisted in this effort! The framework guiding our development of Badgeschool badges is described in our TechTrends article<\/a>.<\/p>\n I frequently am asked how one can “get started” with open badges. Well, we have an article for you!<\/p>\n Getting Started with Open Badges<\/a>. Published in\u00a0IRRODL.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I have also authored a review of the most current (at the time) literature<\/a> on this topic.<\/p>\n Who cares about open badges? An examination of principals\u2019 perceptions of the usefulness of teacher open badges in the United States. Published in\u00a0Open Learning (2021).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Guardrails to constructing learning: The potential of open microcredentials to support inquiry-based learning. Published in <\/span>TechTrends (2020)<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Designing microlearning instruction for professional development through a competency-based approach<\/a>. Published in\u00a0TechTrends (2020).\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Designing computational thinking and coding badges for early childhood educators<\/a>. Published in\u00a0TechTrends (2020).\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Value of open badge microcredentials to employees, customers, and the organization: A case study<\/a>. Published in\u00a0IRRODL (2019).\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Effectiveness of undergraduate instructional design assistants in scaling a teacher education open badge system<\/a>. Published in\u00a0Contemporary Issues in Technology in Education (2019).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Using open badges to certify practicing evaluators<\/a>. Published in American Journal of Evaluation (2015).<\/em><\/p>\n Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Designing Open Badges for a Technology Integration Course<\/a>. Published in\u00a0TechTrends (2013).<\/em><\/p>\nLearning More About Open Badges<\/h2>\n
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