Digital Badges: Catalyst in the Evolution of Higher Education or “Killer App” for Alternatives?

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

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Colleagues/

Select Recent postings to the _Alt-Ed_ blog with a focus on Digital Badges ...

/Gerry

> With Forced Resignation of UVa President, We See the Biggest Impact of MOOCs

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/with-forced-resignation-of-uva.html

> Case Of A Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) At A College Of Education

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/case-of-massive-online-open-course-mooc.html

> Gates Foundation Announces $9 Million in Grants to Support Breakthrough Learning Models in Postsecondary Education

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/gates-foundation-announces-9-million-in.html

> CT > Seeking Systemic Change: Higher Education in a Digital, Networked Age: A Q&A with George Siemens

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/ct-seeking-systemic-change-higher.html

> A/V Now Available > Anya Kamenetzon "Who Can Learn Online, and How?"

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/av-now-available-anya-kamenetzon-who.html

> Massive Open Online Courses As New Educative Practice

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/massive-open-online-courses-as-new.html

> CT12 > General Keynote: Meeting the Challenge of Change: Historical Models of Transformation and Lessons for Higher Education

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/ct12-general-keynote-meeting-challenge.html

> P2P > In This Online University, Students Do the Teaching as Well as the Learning

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/p2p-in-this-online-university-students.html

> Digital Badges: Catalyst in the Evolution of Higher Education or “Killer App” for Alternatives?

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/digital-badges-catalyst-in-evolution-of.html

> MOOC Mythbuster – What MOOCs Are and What They Aren’t

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/mooc-mythbuster-what-moocs-are-and-what_24.html

> 'Digital Badges' Would Represent Students' Skill Acquisition

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/digital-badges-would-represent-students.html

> What Are Open Badges ?

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/what-are-open-badges.html

> Digital Badges for Learning < Remarks by Secretary Duncan

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/06/digital-badges-for-learning-remarks-by.html

Enjoy !

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com


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