Designing Digital Badges to Improve Learning in Virtual Worlds

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v11i3.7323

Palabras clave:

Badges, Virtual Worlds, Learning, Motivation, Feedback, Goals

Resumen

Digital badges are digital indicators of achievement that are issued in response to a user action within a virtual environment. While badges have been successful in multiple domains, they do not always achieve their purpose. Past research indicates that this is likely a function of specific badging design and how well the badging system integrates with the system

Biografía del autor/a

  • Joey R Fanfarelli, University of Central Florida
    Joey Fanfarelli is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the University of Central Florida

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Publicado

2018-12-28

Número

Vol. 11 Núm. 3 (2018): Pedagogy - Taking Stock and Looking Forward (Part 1)

Sección

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

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