Level Up! Digital Badges to Motivate Students
Conference Tracks
Online Learning – Research
Abstract
Digital badges are ways for learners to display the skills they have obtained from courses and can be part of a greater gamification design. Digital badges enable instructors to identify new competency areas and recognize mastery or demonstration of those competencies. Badges signal to peers and to instructor’s active learning, engagement, and ongoing development. Badges are motivating, promote community, encourage critical thinking and rewards participation in formative assessment activities. This study provides insight into online student perceptions of a digital badging program, explain what a digital badging program is, benefits, and how to get started.
Session Format
Presentation
Location
Room 3
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Recommended Citation
Dyer, Thomas D.; Aroz, Jacob; and Koukoudeas, Stefan, "Level Up! Digital Badges to Motivate Students" (2019). SoTL Commons Conference. 21.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2019/21
Level Up! Digital Badges to Motivate Students
Room 3
Digital badges are ways for learners to display the skills they have obtained from courses and can be part of a greater gamification design. Digital badges enable instructors to identify new competency areas and recognize mastery or demonstration of those competencies. Badges signal to peers and to instructor’s active learning, engagement, and ongoing development. Badges are motivating, promote community, encourage critical thinking and rewards participation in formative assessment activities. This study provides insight into online student perceptions of a digital badging program, explain what a digital badging program is, benefits, and how to get started.
