Open Digital Badges and Reward Structures
Open Digital Badges and Reward Structures
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开放数字徽章和奖励结构
DOI:
10.1017/9781316823279.011
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发表时间:
2019
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通讯作者:
Katerina Schenke
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作者:
D. Hickey;Katerina Schenke
: In recent years, web-enabled credentials for learning have emerged, primarily in the form of Open Badges. These new credentials can contain specific claims about competency, evidence supporting those claims, links to student work, and traces of engagement. Moreover, these credentials can be annotated, curated, shared, discussed, and endorsed over digital networks, which can provide additional meaning. However, digital badges have also reignited the simmering debate over rewards for learning. This is because they have been used by some and characterized by many as inherently “extrinsic” motivators. Our chapter considers this debate in light of a study that traced the development and evolution of 30 new Open Badge systems. Seven arguments are articulated: (1) digital badges are inherently more meaningful than grades and other credentials; (2) circulation in digital networks makes Open Badges particularly meaningful; (3) Open Badges are particularly consequential credentials; (4) the negative consequences of extrinsic rewards are overstated; (5) consideration of motivation and badges should focus primarily on social activity and secondarily on individual behavior and cognition; (6) situative models of engagement are ideal for studying digital credentials; and (7) the motivational impact of digital credentials should be studied across increasingly formal “levels.” Digital badges are a new kind of learning credential that can contain hyper-links that provide easy access to relevant web-enabled information. In contrast to grades and degrees, digital badges can contain specific claims about competencies, details about how those competencies were acquired, and links to evidence such as completed work and traces of engagement. Recognizing