Fostering innovative and open methods and tools in the classroom and beyond.
Expanding the scope and impact of traditional and digital humanities for the contemporary world.
Thinking critically about the role and design of technology, data and the social sciences in our lives and learning.
Promoting openness, access, and diversity in technology, and education in service of an equitable society.
Promoting change in schools, museums, libraries, and other organizations.
Advocating for new forms of scholarly communications, including blogging, multimedia, open publishing, and academic journals and presses.
How can colleges and universities use badges? Anyone interested in exploring the role of digital badges in higher education is welcome to join this group, initiate a forum, share resources, and ask the big (and little) questions about the implications of implementations of badge systems within and across institutions of higher education.
Michael Olneck, professor of educational policy studies and sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, shared his paper Insurgent Credentials: A Challenge to Established Institutions of Higher Education with us last year, and has written a new paper titled Insurgent Credentials II: What Is Sociologically Significant About Digital Badges?
