If badges will open doors to opportunity and employment I'm all for it.  People need a way to validate their experience and learning, and a solid badge economy promises to do just that. 

This is a growing trend worth watching. 

News:  My sources tell me that Learning Times will be announcing a new badge economy at Educause in February.  Keep a sharp eye out! 

The new European university context requires a methodological and evaluative shift towards active didactic, socio-constructive and investigative perspectives that are student-centred. This study describes the learning setting, the results and the conclusions of an innovative practical exercise carried out by first-year students on two different degree courses at an Andalusian university, using e-portfolios set up for group work and implemented through an edublog. The study's main aim is to establish the most significant achievements, problems and evidence that emerge from this didactic group project. The project includes the design and implementation of a multimedia educational material (MEM), and involves the students in didactic planning and self-assessment processes. The conclusions show that the e-portfolio is a didactic method that fully integrates teaching, learning and assessment into a continuum by allowing students to work together didactically on such aspects. This methodological alternative also greatly helps the lecturer in his/her understanding of the students' learning processes, the working methods of his/her classes, the problems associated with team working, the information sources that students use, and the tutoring and learning-assessment processes. Lastly, the e-portfolio enables the future social educators' levels of didactic comprehension and professional-competency acquisition to be gauged.

LINK to pdf:

http://rusc.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/article/view/v10n1-aguaded-lopez-jaen/v10n1-aguaded-lopez-jaen-en

Awesome infographic to show changes over the last 15 year.

From play to motivation, from motivation to creativity, from creativity to multiple intelligences, then to improve meaningful learning forever.

This is a nice visual summary of terms in education technology.

Implementos tecnológicos móviles y mezcla de entornos presenciales y virtuales para potencializar el aprendizaje, van a requerir de estrategias eficaces pedagógicas variadas y diversas para cada caso y situación concreta educativa.

Para familarizarnos con la terminología.