T64 D&D: Digital Badging in Online Adviser Training

• In Event: Roundtables - Friday
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtables II - D&D

Short Description

The open badge movement is disrupting the existing models of higher education with its emphasis on competency-based evaluation. Learners are empowered and motivated to complete non-credit academic work, even from a distance and self-paced. Meanwhile, digital badges demonstrate great potential to be used in professional training. The presentation showcases the practice of how digital badging is integrated in online adviser training project for assessment and insights are provided for integration of digital badges in professional training.

Authors

• Hengtao Tang, SICET

• Shulong Yan, The Pennsylvania State University