Tag: badges

Brown Bag: Digital Badges in a Science Class: Insights into Students’ Cognitive and Affective Reactions

Speaker

Brittland DeKorver, Lyman Briggs College

This session will discuss the implementation of digital badges in a chemistry laboratory course. Brittland will address the simple questions such as: What are digital badges? and more complex questions such as: What are some obstacles (and work-arounds) to implementing them in a course? What type of learning outcomes can I measure with digital badges, and what kind of impact will badges have on my students? Read Full Article →

News
MSU D2L Training Tips graphic

MSU D2L integrates Awards tool for issuing badges in courses

MSU IT integrated the Awards tool into MSU D2L enabling instructors to issue badges and certificates recognizing student achievements and encouraging engagement.

Badges and certificates can be issued manually or based on release conditions to reward students and introduce an element of gamification to courses (e.g., obtaining a high score, submitting a discussion post, helping classmates). Read Full Article →