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Digital badges: A simple tool to improve student motivation and performance
Keywords
Badging, digital credentials, microcredentials
Session Abstract
Badging is a free, easy to use, tool that is built into most LMS applications and can be implemented in as little as an hour. This session will provide an overview of digital badges as well as instructions and resources on how to incorporate them into your course or program.
Session Description
Course offerings in online learning environments have grown drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While this shift has been challenging for all education stakeholders, it has been partially difficult for students and faculty who had not intended to engage in this delivery modality. Thus, it has been vitally important for the academic community to find free, easy to use, tools that can be employed to enhance these learning environments for students and faculty. Digital badging is one of these tools. It is an innovative curricular technique that incorporates gamification into a course. Prior studies indicate that gamified environments improve student academic performance and increase motivation. Utilizing badges encourages learner control and recognizes an accomplishment, skill, or trait in a novel way. Badging technology is built into most LMS applications and can be implemented in as little as an hour. Badges can be used in lieu of a numerically graded assignments, used in conjunction with graded work to bolster its significance, or they can be used to create a standalone educational program where badges are stacked for a more substantial digital credential that certifies the mastery of a skill or educational achievement.