Articles on Badges

Chronicle of Higher Education: "'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas" http://chronicle.com/article/Badges-Earned-Online-Pose/130241/

U.S. News and World Report: "Online Courses Experiment With Digital Badges" http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2014/12/10/online-courses-experiment-with-digital-badges

Northern Illinois University Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center: "Increase the Fun in Your Courses with Digital Badges" http://facdevblog.niu.edu/digitalbadges

The New York Times: "Beyond the College Degree, Online Educational Badges" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/education/beyond-the-college-degree-online-educational-badges.html?_r=0

eLearning Industry: "4 Benefits To Using Badges In Online Learning" http://elearningindustry.com/using-badges-in-online-learning

Degree of Freedom - An Adventure in Online Learning: "Learning Badges" http://degreeoffreedom.org/learning-badges/

U.S. Department of Education: "Digital Badges for Learning" http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/digital-badges-learning

Distance Education: "Online Education "Badges": What They Are and What They Mean for Students" http://www.distance-education.org/Articles/Online-Education--Badges---What-They-Are-and-What-They-Mean-for-Students-520.html

Examples of How Badges are Being Used

Colorado State University Online Plus: Skills-Based Digital Badges for Learning http://www.online.colostate.edu/certificates/digital-badges/

University of Central Florida and American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU): BlendKit Course: Badges https://blended.online.ucf.edu/blendkit-course-badges/

Additional Resource Links

Learning Times: "Badges. Recognize achievements and foster community engagement. For life." http://www.learningtimes.com/what-we-do/badges/

Credly https://credly.com/

CourseSites Badges: New Currency for Professional Credentials (Free Course on Badges) https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/courseHomepage.htmlx?course_id=_264998_1