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Empty Endorsements
It seems like every day, I get another message from LinkedIn that someone has endorsed me. I suppose my first reaction is a short burst of pride or happiness. It’s hard not to feel this when someone says you are good at something. Then the resentment takes over. Because LinkedIn endorsements are meaningless. At best, [...]
Posted in Research Tagged badges, Information Society, LinkedIn, Reputation, Social information processing, social media, Web 2.0 1 Comment
The Badges of Oz
Almost a year ago I wrote a post about being a “skeptical evangelist” when it comes to the uses of badges in learning. This was spurred, in large part, by a workshop run by Mitch Resnick at DML2012 that was critical of the focus on badges. This year Resnick was back, as part of a [...]
Also posted in Teaching, Technology Tagged anti-learning technology, Appalachian trail, badges, Bill Gates, Dorothy, Dorothy Gale, Heraldic badge, Kansas, magician, Mitch Resnick, Napoleon, Oz, Salmon Kahn, Scarecrow, technology of motivation, Tin Woodman, Wizard of Oz 2 Comments
Re-Presenting Badges
Yes, it’s another badge post. Feel free to skip, or take a look at some of the other badge-related stuff I’ve posted earlier to get some background. One of my earliest questions, asked a couple of years ago, about badges and the Open Badge Infrastructure is whether you could put badges into the infrastructure that [...]
Also posted in Teaching, Technology Tagged API, badge systems, badges, Facebook, Fitbit, Four Square, helper site, Heraldic badge, OAuth, twitter 2 Comments
Getting Glass