Online Learning Update

January 22, 2013

Open Badges Project for Online Learning

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:11 am

by Intelligence Unit

Harvard Business Review has identified several key innovation trends to expect in 2013, one of which is awarding learners (mainly those taking online courses as part of university distance courses, MOOCs or job trainings) with digital badges, rather than classic certificates or degrees. These are “a new type of credential being developed by some of the most prominent businesses and learning organizations in the world, including Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, the University of California, the Smithsonian, Intel and Disney-Pixar.” Compared to the rather generic and often inflated grades in certificates, badges identify the specific skills and knowledge of the badge-holder.

http://www.iu.qs.com/2013/01/10/open-badges-project/

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