You have to be really careful with this. The overwhelming evidence is that,
most of the time, rewarding people for good performance makes them perform
poorly.
see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
If your badge system ends up as a reward system, then you will end up with
the same probl
Hacker Scouts in Oakland, CA uses badges too, and is a blending of Scouting
and the Make Movement, and uses badges.
http://hacker-scouts.org/
Boy Scouts also recently launched a STEM program with new badges:
http://www.scouting.org/stem.aspx
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM, kirby urner wrote:
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Andre Roberge wrote:
There seems to be a trend on various websites to award users "badges" to
keep track of progress. Other than the rationale that "everyone is doing
it this days so it must serve a purpose", do any of the edu-sig readers
have experience with using
There seems to be a trend on various websites to award users "badges" to
keep track of progress. Other than the rationale that "everyone is doing
it this days so it must serve a purpose", do any of the edu-sig readers
have experience with using "badges" or similar tricks to encourage learning
when
