They are also \u201chelping facilitate broader shifts away from measuring, accrediting and credentialing\u00a0achievement<\/em>\u00a0and towards capturing, validating and recognizing\u00a0learning<\/em>\u201d (Hickey and Chartrand 2020: 943). And they need to be intrinsically meaningful<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gamification is the insertion of game mechanics and thinking\u00a0in to\u00a0non-game scenarios. It is now commonplace in everyday life \u2013 \u00a0think of Pokemon, cafe loyalty cards, BU\u2019s \u2018Green Rewards\u2019 scheme, or activity recording apps such as\u00a0Strava\u00a0or\u00a0StepsApp.<\/p>\n Badges or Awards such as those available in Brightspace are part of the \u2018gamification\u2019 of Higher Education, and part of the shift to learning-focused rather than achievement-focused education.<\/p>\n Telling students that there are badges to be won can encourage them to seek them out, but beware of overuse!\u00a0 If badges are issued indiscriminately they can lose value and the pedagogical purpose is diminished.<\/p>\n You can set release conditions for badges to be awarded automatically on the completion of certain criteria, or award them manually. They can be hidden and be triggered by particular student behaviours. You can use them to award points and generate \u2018leaderboards\u2019, although this plays on competition among the student cohort and may be a deterrent for some students.<\/p>\n This is not just for gamers, however!<\/p>\n You could use awards on your unit to<\/p>\n There is a growing academic literature on gamification and badges and learning.\u00a0\u00a0Recent examples include:<\/p>\n Besser, E. D., Newby, T.J. (2020) Impact of performance feedback for effective use of digital badges. J of Education and Learning<\/em>, 9.3<\/strong>, 79-91.<\/p>\n Gibson, D.,\u00a0Ostashewski, N., Flintoff, K.\u202fet al.<\/em>\u202f(2015) Digital badges in education.\u202fEduc\u00a0Inf\u00a0Technol<\/em>\u202f20,\u202f<\/strong>403\u2013410. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10639-013-9291-7<\/p>\n Hickey, D.T., Chartrand, G.T.\u00a0(2020)\u00a0Recognizing competencies vs. completion vs. participation: Ideal roles for web-enabled digital badges.\u202fEduc\u00a0Inf\u00a0Technol<\/em>\u202f25,\u202f<\/strong>943\u2013956.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10639-019-10000-w<\/a><\/p>\n Hickey D.T., Uttamchandani S.L., Chartrand G.T. (2020) Competencies in context: New approaches to capturing, recognizing, and endorsing learning. In: Bishop M.J., Boling E., Elen J., Svihla V. (eds) Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology<\/em>. Springer, Cham.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-36119-8_26<\/a><\/p>\n Risquez, A., Cassidy, D., & O\u2019Suilleabhain, G. (2020). Badge of honour? An exploration of the use of digital badges to support a partnership approach to faculty development.\u00a0Australasian Journal of Educational Technology,\u00a0<\/em>36.<\/em>5<\/strong>, 18-29. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14742\/ajet.6112<\/a><\/p>\n Roy, S., and Clarke, D. (2019). Digital badges, do they live up to the hype?\u00a0British Journal of Educational Technology<\/em> 50.5, 2619-36.<\/p>\n See also Brightspace Awards Case Study<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance on creating and using awards in Brightspace<\/a><\/p>\n Online guidance for Brightspace and other TEL Tools is available from the\u00a0Brightspace Staff Resources area<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Guidance on approaches for assessment is available in the\u00a0Assessment & Feedback Toolkit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n For further help, contact your Faculty Learning Technologist:<\/p>\n Did you know that you can create and award badges in Brightspace?\u00a0 There\u2019s a badge for it, too. Some research shows that students like them, and that they can improve student engagement and motivation (Roy and Clarke 2019). 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<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat is gamification?<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>\nWhen might you use digital badges?<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>\nWhat does the literature say?<\/h2>\n
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