Article at the Open Badges in Education workshop

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Article at the Open Badges in Education workshop
Hans Põldoja, hanspoldoja.net, 2014/12/24
Post linking to an article on the use of open badges in education. Covers badges briefly and most notably, identifies the following use patterns (quoted from the post):

• composite badges can be achieved by completing multiple assignments;
• activity-based badges can be awarded automatically based on measurable learning activities;
• grade-based badges are based on the grades that the learners have received;
• hierarchical badges are divided to several levels, some of which may be composite badges based on lower level badges. More...