Open Badges: a best-practice framework

Lennert Voogt; Lisa Dow; Simon Andrew Dobson

doi:10.1109/SAI.2016.7556070

Open Badges: a best-practice framework

Lennert Voogt, Lisa Dow, Simon Andrew Dobson

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

The widespread adoption of online education is severely challenged by issues of verifiability, reliability, security and credibility. Open Badges exist to address these challenges, but there is no consensus as to what constitutes best practices regarding the implementation of an Open Badge system within an educational context. In this paper we survey the current landscape of Open Badges from educational and technological perspectives. We analyze a broad set of openly-reported pilot projects and case studies, and derive a comprehensive best practice framework that tries to capture the requirements for successful implementation within educational institutions. We conclude by identifying some significant gaps in the technology and identify some possible future research directions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 SAI Computing Conference (SAI)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	796-804
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467384605
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SAI.2016.7556070
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2016
Event	SAI Computing Conference 2016 - ExCeL London (CentrEd Conference Center), London, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016 http://saiconference.com/Computing2016

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Conference	SAI Computing Conference 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	13/07/16 → 15/07/16
Internet address	http://saiconference.com/Computing2016

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Open Badges
Blended learning

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