Foundation of Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials: Demonstrating and Recognizing Knowledge and Competencies

by Dirk Ifenthaler (editor), Nicole Bellin-Mularski (Editor), Dana-Kristin Mah (Editor)

This edited volume provides insight into how digital badgesmay enhance formal, non-formal and informal education by focusing on technicaldesign issues including organizational requirements, learning and instructionaldesign, as well as deployment. It features current research exploring thetheoretical foundation and empirical evidence of the utilization of digitalbadges as well as case studies that describe current practices and experiencesin the use of digital badges for motivation, learning, and instruction in K-12,higher education, workplace learning, and further education settings.

955 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 9, 2016