Title
Badge Architectures As Tools For Sense-Making And Motivation In Engineering Education
Abstract
In this paper we argue that badge architectures are narrative, material and performative repertoires which can be meaningfully employed to provide university students with a coherent understanding of education. Badge architectures function as powerful interpretative tools through which students make sense of their immediate learning world. However, the efficiency of badges in education depends on associated structures of distribution, procurement and display that articulate modes of participation within a local community of practice. By considering our experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of the badge system 'RL Hit List', we claim that more insightful perspectives emerge from considering motivation as a socio-technical accomplishment than as a state of mind. This view might be read as an invitation for designers and researchers to reconsider the intrinsic - extrinsic dichotomy in assessing the value of badges to motivate students.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3991/ijep.v5i4.4957
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING PEDAGOGY
Keywords
Field
DocType
Badge architectures, achievements, gamification, motivation, reputation, engineering education
Performative utterance,Local community,Engineering education,Narrative,Pedagogy,Engineering,Procurement,Instrumental and intrinsic value,Reputation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
4
2192-4880
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.48
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Razvan Rughinis12513.70
Stefania Matei243.69