Save the Date Reminder: AIR Digital Badges Discussion
What is a digital badge and how is it different, or similar, to the credentialing systems now in use in adult education? What is the value of digital badges for our education field and how can we use this emerging electronic system to measure or validate individuals’ knowledge and skills? What would an adult education digital badge system look like and which individuals and programs would offer badges?
Follow this link http://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-716 to read The Potential and Value of Using Digital Badges for Adult Learners, a report recently released for public comment by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, through a contract with the American Institutes for Research (AIR).
LINCS will provide an online discussion of this report during the week of December 3–9, 2013, through the Technology and Learning group. Please join us for an exciting discussion about digital badges facilitated by Steve Reder (http://www.pdx.edu/profile/meet-professor-steve-reder) and David Wiley (http://davidwiley.org/), two researchers who bring combined knowledge of adult education, technology, and digital badges to our forum.
Please mark your calendar, and become familiar with the report! We will soon announce a discussion thread where you can post preliminary questions and thoughts on this topic.
Best regards,
The LINCS Community Team