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'''The right badges''' | '''The right badges''' | ||
*What skills should be assessed? Who decides? | *What skills should be assessed? Who decides? | ||
*Are some skills better left unassessed? | *Are some skills better left unassessed? | ||
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'''External influences''' | '''External influences''' | ||
*How much influence should outside stakeholders, such as employers, have on badges? | *How much influence should outside stakeholders, such as employers, have on badges? | ||
*Should they be able to design assessments and badges that are relevant to them? | *Should they be able to design assessments and badges that are relevant to them? | ||
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'''Granularity''' | '''Granularity''' | ||
*What's the right level of granularity for individual badges? | *What's the right level of granularity for individual badges? | ||
* For example, the HTML5 badge recognizes mastery of the entire language. Should there be HTML tag-level badges as well? | * For example, the HTML5 badge recognizes mastery of the entire language. Should there be HTML tag-level badges as well? | ||
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'''Badge lifetime and evolution''' | '''Badge lifetime and evolution''' | ||
*Should badges expire? | *Should badges expire? | ||
*What's the best way to deal with skills that need to be refreshed or renewed? | *What's the best way to deal with skills that need to be refreshed or renewed? | ||
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'''Motivation''' | '''Motivation''' | ||
*How does introducing badges affect learners' motivations? | *How does introducing badges affect learners' motivations? | ||
*If learners were already intrinsically motivated, how do we avoid "crowding out" those motivations with an extrinsic badge system? | *If learners were already intrinsically motivated, how do we avoid "crowding out" those motivations with an extrinsic badge system? | ||
'''Gaming and Validity''' | '''Gaming and Validity''' | ||
*For any system with value, some people will inevitably try to cheat or "game" the system. | *For any system with value, some people will inevitably try to cheat or "game" the system. | ||
*How will people game the system? How much will they do so? | *How will people game the system? How much will they do so? | ||
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'''Formal learning''' | '''Formal learning''' | ||
*How badges translate to more traditional learning environments? | *How badges translate to more traditional learning environments? | ||
*What's required to make traditional schools and institutions value and recognize badges? | *What's required to make traditional schools and institutions value and recognize badges? | ||
*Can we meet those requirements without requiring more fundamentally changes? | *Can we meet those requirements without requiring more fundamentally changes? | ||