The discussion of badges continues apace. Welcome to badge world, writes Alex Reig. And in this article he weighs in: "It's not about the badge. It's about the thing you do to get the badge. If you look at a college students' transcript, you can see a list of courses. If you look deeper, you could find a syllabus and the work the student did for those courses." And he calls for something more challenging: "instead of badges for micro activities, badges that take years to achieve. Badges that would require more dedication than a college degree. Badges that are too rare to create a real marketplace." I think he's hit on a point here. The appeal of badges is that they're easy - do three hours, collect a badge. But if a badge were hard - I mean, really hard, that might mean something. Also, Audrey Watters with more thoughts on badges and why it's important that they're open.
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