Digital Badges and Outcomes-Based Learning

The emergence of digital badges in higher education has brought a host of new opportunities and challenges for students and instructors. Through the use of digital badge systems, instructors can create outcomes-based challenges to focus on course competencies. With digital badges, students can easily show what they know while being guided through learning activities. Digital badge systems provide a framework for managing content submissions, completing quizzes or surveys, or customizing instructor approvals. This session will explore research gathered on digital badges and outcomes-based learning at Purdue University, as well as provide the opportunity to build digital badges of your own.

OUTCOMES:
Investigate the definition and purpose of a digital badge * Explore the concept of outcomes-based learning * Create badges that support the outcomes-based learning model