Digital Credential Evolution
Open Access
- 1 January 2023
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 1197-1216
Abstract
In this chapter, we discuss open recognition as a key part of the digital learning/open education revolution, and open microcredentials a method for open recognition to disrupt traditional educational practices surrounding how we recognize and certify learning. We begin with definitions of open microcredentials, badges, verifiable credentials, and similar concepts. Then, we discuss the potential of open microcredentials to impact teaching and learning at the micro-, meso-, and macrolevels. We then conclude with recommendations for practice and the suggestion of a framework to guide research.Keywords
Funding Information
- Brigham Young University
- The International Christian University
- The University of Oldenburg
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (19K02983)
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (16DHB2129)
This publication has 46 references indexed in Scilit:
- Digital badges for staff training: Motivate employees to learn with micro-credentialsJournal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
- Grading students' programming and soft skills with open badges: A case studyBritish Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
- Perceptions and Uses of Digital Badges for Professional Learning Development in Higher EducationTechTrends, 2017
- The Effectiveness of Digital Badges on Student Online ContributionsJournal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
- When Digital Badges Work: It’s Not About the Badges, It’s About Learning Ecosystems2016
- Assessment worlds colliding? Negotiating between discourses of assessment on an online open courseOpen Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2016
- Transcending conventional credentialing and assessment paradigms with information-rich digital badgesThe Information Society, 2016
- Digital badges in undergraduate composition courses: effects on intrinsic motivationJournal of Computers in Education, 2015
- Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Designing Open Badges for a Technology Integration CourseTechTrends, 2013
- Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement: An OverviewEducational Psychologist, 1990