Badges

This is part of gamification...

The badges I come up with:

Some useful sites on this:
 http://idstuff.blogspot.com/search/label/%23altcred 


I think badges can be useful if they are generalised somehow and linked to certain skills (soft/transferrable). This is good for self-awareness, identifying own strenghts and weakness, goal-setting. Also, and most importantly maybe, can be handy in job interviews or evaluations where we are usually asked to describe a situation where we have demonstrated certain skills, e.g. teamwork, problem-solving... So I started thinking from that:

Teamwork

-giving constructive feedback

- Encouraging others (by comments etc.)

- helping others (sharing links, answering questions, ..)

Critical thinking

-Giving insightful comments

- Asking thought-provoking questions

- Problem-solving

- Answering questions

-          …

Reflection on learning/practice

- Writing comments by reflecting on learning

-Setting own goals

-          …

Cultural awareness

-Sharing practice in own culture/context by comments

-Making contacts with others (by addressing names, commenting on someone’s comment or questions, remembering the info about others), showing the learning about different cultures/contexts through comments…

-showing empathy/respect in comments towards other cultures