Digital badges – rewards for learning?

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1817-1824

  Shields, Rebecca ^a   Chugh, Ritesh ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Credentials; Digital badges; Education; Engagement; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Learners; Learning; Motivation; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978776284     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-016-9521-x     Document Type: Article

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