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November 12, 2015

Digital Badges Offer Students Opportunity To Show What They Know

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BY RACHEL MORELLO, Indiana Public Media

More Indiana schools are awarding these badges to supplement – or even replace – traditional class credit. including pilot programs at universities in the state such as IU, Notre Dame and Purdue. “They’re a way of recognizing accomplishment or learning, and it’s digital, which means it can be shared on the Internet easily, like you can post it on Facebook,” says learning sciences professor Daniel Hickey. He has studied and developed digital badges for students in his own classes at Indiana University. In most cases, students are earning badges to show they’ve completed online courses, or certain sections of those courses. They’re then able to display them on their LinkedIn page or online portfolio to present to admissions counselors or potential employers.

http://indianapublicmedia.org/stateimpact/2015/10/30/digital-badges-offer-students-opportunity-show/

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