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Open BadgesMaking Learning

VisibleHigher Education Version

March 8, 2015

Don PresantPresentation support page:

http://bit.ly/openbadges4he

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Education à la carte“She’s come undone...”

www.udacity.com/nanodegree

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The PhD Employment GapExpectation meets reality

conferenceboard.ca

“The problem is threefold: attitude, employability, and job searching skills.”

academica.ca

BUT...“Knowledge is not enough”

NEW RESOURCES:

PSE: 39.4%

Where are Canada’s PhDs Employed?

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“The Ones That Got Away”Study: completion stats miss the point!

WestEd Slideshare

Key Findings about non-completion of

programs:

1. Many non-completers had significant earnings

gains

2. Economic value: content vs. credential

3. Non-completers are “non-traditional” students

4. Unknown factor: value of 3rd party credentials

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Gaps in preparation, perception Lack of applied learning & soft skills

Hart Research Associates for the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) January 2015

Applied Learning Soft Skills

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70:20:10 RuleNot all learning takes place in the classroom

deakinprime.com wikipedia.org

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Co-Curricular Records

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Vision of Co-Curricular Records

http://bit.ly/ePIC2014_CCR1

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What Problem are We Solving?

Student Engagement ≈ Student Success

Value learning outside the classroom

Track, measure & authenticate

Leadership

Community service

Athletics

Special interests

Specialized skills and

knowledge

Evidence-based support for further

goals:

Academicscholarships, awards,

bursariestransfer to senior college

community college to university

graduate school

EmploymentWBL/WIL, internships

placements, permanent jobs

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What Problem are We Solving?

“when they are going out to search for a job, they are able to submit their co-curricular record along with their transcript and show their whole, overall student experience.”

University of Calgary

University Affairs 2010

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ExampleA transcript for graduate employability

Employers don’t want

another piece of paper!

ccr.utoronto.ca

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Employability (Trent University, 2013)“Employer Responses to the Co-Curricular Record”

Problem solving abilities, adaptability/flexibility, enthusiasm/dedication, communication (written & verbal), personable nature, ability to learn, reliability

bit.ly/TrentU_CCR

Top Skills or Qualities

Types of activities

Interest in CCR as a paper document:

“Students should use the document as a tool for reviewing their co-curricular experiences and reflecting on what skills/learning achievements were gained from each.”

“Any relevant co-curricular experiences should be incorporated into the resume, and potentially referenced in the cover letter.”

Longer-term commitments demonstrate a greater level of student investment; leadership roles are valued.

minimal

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Why not the whole story... online?

AcademicTranscript

Co-CurricularRecord

ExperiencedLearning

FormalLearning

ePortfolio

AccreditedExperiential

Learning

DegreeCourses

Thesis / Capstone Project

UnapprovedCo-Curricular

Activities

WorkExperience

-past-current

OpenCourses,

PD

ApprovedCo-Curricular.

Activities

Personal Life Experience

-past-current

PLAR/RPL

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“Paper Silos”Issues with certification today

freedesignfile.com/92259

Transparency issues “Dumb” paper often needs other

documents, e.g. syllabus Proxy only – not the “whole

story” Easy to forge

Physical issues

Difficult to share, easy to lose

Recognition issues

Lack of granularity Lack of context

no links to supporting evidence Experiential learning not valued Lack of alignment, transfer,

articulation (“stackability”)

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ePortfolios

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>75% 5 key learning

outcomes: critical thinking, complex problem-solving,

written and oral communication and applied

knowledge in real-world settings

“It Takes More than a Major”2013 survey of 318 employers

bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU

Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)

93% Candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically,

communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more

important than their undergraduate major

>80%An electronic portfolio would be useful to them in ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in

their company or organization

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Your “Accidental ePortfolio”Tracking your digital footprints – study

Use Google or other search engines to research candidates

Research the candidate on Facebook

Monitor the candidate’s activity on Twitter

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Employers who would…

n = 2,775 US/Canada July 2013 cb.com/18xbgez

Some of the search activity happens before candidates are even called for a job interview.

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eSourcing is SocialEmployers want to find you

techvibes.com

Oct 2014

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Is LinkedIn enough?

With ideas from: Does LinkedIn work as an ePortfolio?

PROAwareness

workplace focus (esp. North America)

EvidenceSlideshare

InfographicsVideos,

Recommendations (?)

Social network“Friend of a Friend”

Personal Learning Network

LinkedIn GroupsTimelines

CONFlexibility

customization, segmentation alignment

to requirements/outcomeinteroperability - feeding

to/from other sites

Archivingfile storage

Private modesreflection, formative assessment,

mentoring

Learning frameworksself-assessment, plans, rubrics, etc.

Audiencebeyond white collar

older worker? (79% are 35+)

OwnershipTerms of Use, business model

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Benefits of Learner Owned ePortfolios

Personal control and privacy

Not at the mercy of social media business models

educ6040fall10.wikispaces.com/ePortfolio

Public and private use

ArchiveReflective chamber

ShowcaseRecognition tool

all in one package

Supports Recognition of Prior LearningMore flexible, shareable version of paper portfolios

Reduces wasteful repetition of training and education

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Benefits of ePortfolios

Employer acceptance

2015AACU survey

aacu.org 2015

EVIDENCE OF SOFT SKILLS IS KEY

e.g. “effective communication, applied skills, evidence-based reasoning, and ethical decision-making”

Designed for learning and development

More supportive, flexible than Web 2.0 tools; good for RPL

Personal control and privacy

Not at the mercy of social media business models

Integrated public/private use

Archive, reflective chamber, showcase, recognition tool

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ePortfolio as PLEAlan Davis – Kwantlen Polytechnic University

BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013

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Open Badges“micro-portfolios”

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What are Open Badges?Brief introduction

bit.ly/openbadges4tpd

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www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7253 metronews.ca/

Origins of Badges

Authority

Badge Tracking Android App

Since pre-Roman times

Blue Light

Achievement

Affiliation

Skills

Military

Scouting

Heraldry

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Digital BadgesGamification, engagement, “recidivism”

earnyourwings.aircanada.com www.redcritterconnecter.com

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A digital representation of an accomplishment, interest or affiliation that is visual, available online and contains metadata including trusted links that help explain the context, meaning, process and result of an activity.

As an open artefact, the earner can present the badge in different contexts from which it was earned.

What is an Open Badge?Micro-credential - modular record of learning

Clear progress markersmotivating learners, supporting advisors

Flexible learning pathwaysgranular, incremental, multi-source, laddered, remixable

Visual brandingissuers and earners

Online trust systemdemonstrate skills & capabilitiesproof of performancebacked by issuer

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www.badgealliance.org/why-badges/

A skills ecosystemOpen Badges, micro-portfolios in social networks

Going digital helps…

separatingcombiningassessing aligning

“valorising”validatingsharing searching

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Open Badges & Social Media

Curated in ePortfolio

Interactive criteria

Pulled from Backpack

LinkedIn Profile

Facebook timeline

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What is an Open Badge?Different perspectives…

“…a simple digital standard for recognizing and sharing achievements, skills and performance.”

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

A micro-credential

A discrete recordin a modular

transcript

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

A portable graphic with an embedded

description and links to supporting

information

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

A reward forpositive

(prescribed) behaviour

A marker on a development path

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How do Open Badges

support learning?

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Some uses of badgescan be combined...

Recognize Status

Reputation

Group affiliation

transformingassessment.com/TA_webinar_5_mar_2014_Simon_Cross.pdf

Keep artefacts

Souvenirs of experience

Motivate learning

“Game mechanics”

Set goals (missions)

Track progress

Set goals

Learning pathways

Assess &Recognize Learning

Formal, non-formal, informal

Fill recognition gaps not currently

well-served

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Simple, versatile, agnostic...Small pieces can build powerful systems

Julian Ridden

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Open Badges and GamificationSome similarities, some differences

Game mechanics Open Badges

Points (xAPI), sub-badges

Levels Milestone badges

Quests Badge pathways

Mastery Competency

Bonuses, “easter eggs” Stealth badges

Leader boards Social networks

Formative Formative & summative

Internal recognition External recognition

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ADULT

YOUTH

Open Badges: Lifelong, Lifewide Learning

LOWSTAKES

HIGHSTAKES

VolunteerExperience

WorkPlacements

AfterSchool

Programs

ClassroomEngagement

WorkplaceEngagement

PersonalLearning

MOOCs

Co-CurricularRecord

Workshops

P/T & Summer

JobsAdmission to

Higher Ed

Admission toPost GradSchools

Job Hire

Conferences

Recognitionof Prior

Learning

EmployabilityPortfolio

CareerTransition

Communitiesof

Practice

Memberships,Affiliations

Awards,Achievements

TeamBuilding Professional

Credentials

“Soft”Credentials

Red Cross, Cadets, Scouts,

etc.

E-learningCourses

FormativeFeedback

Awards,Achievements

ContinuingEducation

Employee Development

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OU’s OpenLearnBadged Open Courses – “pipeline tool”

Starting with 5 open courses

Badges:

“Statements of Participation”

“does not carry any formal credit towards a qualification as it is not

subject to the same rigour as formal assessment.”

1. Taking the first

steps into higher

education 2.

Succeed with

learning3.

Succeed with

maths – Part 1

4. Succeed

with maths – Part 2

5. English: skills for learning

Not MOOCs – perpetually open

open.edu/openlearn/

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Purdue UniversityBalancing Badges with Grades

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Adding value to gradesPurdue University

Open Badges Grades

Learner control over presentation and “ownership”

A-F grading system focuses on sorting-based assessment and can be opaque.

Transparency of learner attainments and mastery

Not always indicators of actual capabilities.

(Often) provide specific evidence for learner attainments from life-wide contexts

Do not explicitly address informal learning except via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) processes

Adapted from Bill Watson, PurduePoly 2014 (YouTube )

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Leveraging learners’ badge-earning pathways to: assist issuers in improving their instructional design scaffold learners’ reflection over the learning process

https://sites.google.com/site/obie2015ws/

“From Learning Evidence to Learning Analytics”

Some suggested topics:

Impact of different badges on learner engagement e.g. participatory badges vs. assessment-based badges

Combining OBs with other recent initiatives e.g. xAPI, LRMI

Examining learning ‘pathways’ that emerge in large scale OB initiatives

Using semantic technologies on badge metadata

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How do Open Badges

support recognition?

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Lipscomb University/PolarisFortune 500 Competency Performance Model

www.lipscomb.edu/professionalstudies/core-for-employers

“CORE measures 15 competencies on a badge system, which is based on a nationally respected and Fortune 500-proven competency performance model—the Polaris Assessment System. Companies already utilizing this system include Nike, PetSmart, Disney, Mars, Wendy’s among many others.”

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Deakin UniversityBadges for Employability Soft Skills

t.co/ior8y5pbqe

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Recognizing Co-Curricular LearningUniversity of Michigan

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“If you add up all the time undergraduate students spend in their four years at college, only about 8 percent of their time is on the curricular, and 92 percent is on everything else.

....the light really went on when we saw how well the service learning students picked up on this opportunity to earn badges and showcase them in their eportfolios, at the same time truly highlighting, as never before, their co-curricular experiences.”

G. Alex AmbroseProfessor of Practice, Associate Ass. Director of ePortfolio AssessmentKaneb Center for Teaching and LearningUniversity of Notre Dame

Showcasing the Co-CurricularePortfolios & Open Badges at Notre Dame

campustechnology.com

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PaperBadgerPublish...or perish the thought?

https://github.com/mozillascience/PaperBadger

source

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Community Learning for Educators

educause

Community

Service Communications

Leadership Development Awards

Subject Matter Development

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Badging Health Professionals Continuing Professional Development

http://www.paincommunitycentre.org/cpd/badges

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Madison CollegeBadging non-credited Continuing Education

madisoncollege.edu/badges

Strategic Objective:Creation and promotion of innovative, market-based credentials in credit, non-credit and customized programming (i.e. Badges) “There are 120 badges to be rolled out this summer

(2014).”

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What’s happening in Canada?

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Emerging in CanadaEarly Adopters (#badgeCAN)

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George Brown College Research and Innovation (in progress)

Typesof Applied Research

Components of Applied Research

AppliedResearch

Methodologies

Integrity&

Conduct

LiteratureSearch

Strategies

Accountability in

Collaboration

Networking & Knowledge

Transfer

R&D Policy and

ProcedureEntrepreneurship

APPLIED RESEARCH COMPETENCIES FIELD EXPERIENCE

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Open Badges at UBCLow stakes exploration, experimentationDigital TattooBy students for

students Internet identity

Video Game LawStealth badges for online engagement

Master of Ed TechStudents as course

content authorsEntrepreneurial role

play

badges.open.ubc.ca

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Exciting new projectHumanitarian PLE across the career lifecycle

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Career Pathways

Humanitarian PLE across the career lifecycle

Talent Pipelin

e

RecruitmentInductionFormative

AssessmentGap Training

Team BuildingPerformance Management

Talent Management

ExperienceAchievementsProfessional Development

Career Development

Leadership Development

SME SpecializationCareer Change

Outplacement

External Performance

SupportGoogle, YouTube

External repositories

Coaching and

Mentoring

Other External Learning MOOCs, Open Ed Resources, Personal Learning Network,

Communities ofPractice

Other Humanitarian

LMSs such as:

OCBA OCG

Academic recognition?

New Mission?

New MSF role?

New Career?

O p e nB a d g e s

OCB

Other MSF LMSssuch as:

HRIS/ERPSystems

PerformanceManagement

System Talent Management

System

Skills Marketplace

Dem

andSupp

lyBadgePassport/ePortfolio

ExternalRecognitio

n

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What does all this mean?

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“The Ones That Got Away”Study: completion stats miss the point!

WestEd Slideshare

Key Findings:

1. Many non-completers had significant earnings gains2. Economic value: content vs. credential3. Non-completers are “non-traditional” students4. Unknown: value of 3rd party credentials

Implications for Open Badges:

1. Badge sub-skills for employabilityIdentify discrete sub-skills within a larger program of study that are valuable in the workplace

2. Badge individual program outcomesQuantify the value of short-term course-taking: granular measurement of program quality

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Badge PathwaysMozilla “Discover” (Gates funding)

http://discover.openbadges.org/

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Open Badge EcosystemOpen skills exchange – modular, flexible, interoperable

Mozilla BackpackStore, Share, Display Open

Badges

Open Badge Issuer

Create, Issue, Manage badges

Local BackpackStorage & Display

badge passports“micro-portfolios”

badge communitiesstore, share, connect

Open API

Open

API

Global Badge CommunityIssuers, earners, consumers

Open

APIIssuerGroups

EarnerPassports

Open

APIs

eLearningPlatforms

ePortfolioPlatforms

CommunityPlatforms

Drupal(CMS)

Other possible plug-ins

LTI

SCORM

Open Learning(OER, etc.)

ePortfolios

Personal Websites

Communities of

Practice

ERP/HRIS

Open

API

Other display alternatives

Job portals

xAPI

OpenAPILMS

Man

ual

SAP, Oracle(ERP/HRIS)

LinkedIn, Facebook

Talent Manageme

nt

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Pearson VUE: AcclaimIf Pearson is getting into badges.…

bit.ly/1nJFBaY

 Acclaim’s unique approach…is to work with academic institutions and high-stakes credentialing organizations to offer diplomas, certificates and other professional credentials as Open Badges.blog.youracclaim.com/

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How do I get started?

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Wait - Are Open Badges for You?Some questions to ask

Behavioural goals?

Redeemable worth?

Worth the effort? Filling a void? Marketing ROI?

Value add?

Champions?

Sustainability?

What would your badges “buy”? Have you talked to employers?

Internal leadership? Professional bodies? Employers ?

Cost structure? Who will maintain & improve it over time?

Engagement, feedback, recognition, development? Skills frameworks?

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Make/adapt your own (FOSS) License & install proprietary SW Software as a Service

Getting startedDIY versus Supported

Explore: earn a badge, display it Immerse: research, LPP (lurking) in badge community Experiment: design a badge, design a small badge system Pilot, build internal support, implement, maintain and improve

Badge Canvas

Design Principles Card Deck

Do It Yourself

Workshops: awareness, train the trainer Design & implementation support Technology support

Supported

Technology choices

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Open Badges for educationIntersection of open systems & badging

Research in Learning TechnologyVol 22 (2014)

Open production Open access

Open appropriation(interpretation)

Badges as motivator

Impact of issuer identity on learner motivation?

Impact of badge visibility on learner motivation?

Impact of different audience interpretations on learner motivation?

Badges as pedagogical tool

How can stakeholders find & evaluate badges to earn and consume in a diverse ecosystem?

Ways of supporting learners as they earn badges in open environments? Does openness help or hinder? (bazaar vs. church)

Ways of supporting learner navigation decisions through personalized badge pathways in heterogenous environments?

Badges as credential

Impact of issuer identity on badge credibility?

Impact of badge visibility on credibility?

Adaptability of interpretation across audiences? Impact of audience on badge credibility?

Adapted from: www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/23563

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Badge Design Principles ProjectRecognizing Learning with Digital Badges

DPD Project Design Principles Card Deck

Use badges to

map learning

trajectory Align badges to standards

Have experts issue

badges Seek external

backing of credential

Recognize diverse learning

Use badges as a means

of external commun-

icationDetermine appropriate lifespan of badges

Recognize educator learning

Award formal

academic credit for badges

Promote discovery

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Badge Design Principles ProjectAssessing Learning with Digital Badges

Use leveled badge systems Enhance validity with expert judgment Align assessment activities to standards: create

measurable learning objectives Use performance assessments in relevant contexts Use e-portfolios Use formative functions of assessment Use mastery learning Use rubrics Promote "hard" and "soft" skill sets Involve students at a granular level

DPD Project

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Badge Design Principles ProjectMotivating Learning with Digital Badges

Recognize identities

DPD Project

Engage with the community

Provide outside value of badges

Promote collaboration

Set goals

Stimulate competition

Recognize different outcomes

Utilize different types of assessments

Provide privileges

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Badge Design Principles ProjectStudying Learning with Digital Badges

Using evidence in badges and badge ecosystemsStudy badge impact with badge evidence: Research WITH & OF badges

Improve badge impact with badge evidence: Research WITH & FOR badges

Improve badge ecosystems with badge evidence: Research WITH & FOR

ecosystems

DPD Project

Using traditional

evidence

Study badge impact: Research OF badges

Improve badge impact: Research FOR badges

Improve badge ecosystems: Research FOR ecosystems

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