By Allie Alayan for AACE Review
In August 2019, Mozilla announced that it is retiring its Open Badges Backpack platform and moving all user accounts to Badgr, a platform created by the company Concentric Sky (CSky). CSky was the lead author of the Open … Read more
By Allie Alayan for AACE Review
Dr. Martin Ebner, an Austrian researcher who is an expert on open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs) recently presented a keynote to the “International Seminar on Linguistics and Literature” at the ‘Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto’, … Read more
By Allie Alayan for AACE Review
Designing Effective Digital Badges: Applications for Learning, written by Joey R. Fanfarelli and Rudy McDaniel, is a book that was published in 2019 by Taylor & Francis Group. This is a hands-on guide that uses real-world examples … Read more
By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review
In order to encourage participation in online communities or other informal learning settings, and to facilitate users’ professional development, a “badge” system offers recognition of an individual’s achievement and contributions. Photo Credit Manada Torak-Renn, flickr creative commons. Badges are … Read more