This document discusses the potential uses and limitations of badging across different audiences. It is divided into sections on the pros and cons of badging, potential peer-to-peer and professional uses, and how suitable badging is for different groups. Group members Razzaq, Maja, and Sally each consider badging for their own audiences of K-12 education, hospitality professors/MBA students, and organic food purchasers/growers. While badging may have many applications for children and training, the value of badges being honored and limitations for adults are noted. The document concludes that fair evaluation criteria and awarding structures would need to be established for badging to work well in educational environments.

1. BADGING
HOW SHOULD IT BE USED
Group Members:
Razzaq Clark (Documenter)
Maja Anderson
Sally Speed

2. BADGING
PROS
A variety of
possible uses
for children
and teens
CONS
Not sure if they
work well with
adults, unless
credentialed
effectively.
Possible Peer to
Peer uses
Value of badges
being honored by
other
organizations
Can be very
useful in a
professional
training
environment
Eliminate the
possibility of
nepotism and
favoritism

3. Badging and
our
Audience:
Is it Suitable?
Razzaq
Private K-12 Secular and
Religious Education
Badging: Many Applications
Sally
People Purchasing or Growing
Organic Foods
Badging: Some Applications
Maja
Professors, MBA Students,
Undergraduates in Hospitality business
degree submitting and downloading case
studies
Badging: Few Applications

4. Making a Good Badge
Strong &
Meaningful
Credentials
Design…a
small, but still
important
component
selective with
evaluating
requirements
GOOD
BADGE

5. Summary
 Overall, we focused on how badging will relate to the audiences we
identified for our learning environments.
 Maja believes badging may not work well with her audience, but may find a
place if used by the system if it is awarded for the person with the most case
studies downloaded.
 Sally also wasn’t sure how badges will merge with her audience. During
that discussion, a few possibilities she suggested were for awarding badges
for certain organic foods they produced. Also, a badge can be awarded to
an individual who successfully created their own organic garden after being
trained. It can be a collaborative badge from larger organic organizations.
 Even though I realize badging can be valuable in a k-12 learning
environment, I was concerned with how to make sure the process was fair.
If we are using the children to award other students, then we have to create
a structure to try to eliminate the friend aspect that is so significant in that
environment. Sally suggested to group kids randomly, outside of their
primary friends. At the grade school level, it can begin to teach them how
to be “fair” and nice”.

6. Organic Foods
Hospitality Professors & MBA Candidates
K-12 Education
Even though we have very different audiences, a use for badging was still discovered.
One fact is certain. In an educational environment, we have to make sure the badge
requirements are thoroughly compiled and then awarded accordingly to ensure
respected credentials.