While doing some research on badges, I’ve found some more avenues to explore and examine to better understand the facets of the thinking about badges.

 A few interesting websites/articles:

CNBC -- TheInternet May Be the Key to Managing Runaway College Costs

Although the thinking on this article isn’t exactly new, I find the very succinct way that badges are linked with university education as a means for avoiding escalating tuition costs.

 

Digital Media + Learning Competition 4 -- Competition Winners

I’m really excited to take a better look at what these projects actually entailed, and what the results can inspire for the Mormon Badges project. Winners include Girl Scouts, 4-H and Disney-Pixar.

 Fast Company -- Disney-Pixar, NASA, MozillaPartner On Badges To Shape The Future Of Learning

This article dicusses the Digital Media + Learning Competition above and its winners. I like the idea that they emphasize with badges that, "In a digital platform you have an opportunity to connect learning in a way that's organic."

NY Times – Show Me Your Badge

This is one of the most comprehensive explanations of what badges are and why they’re currently relevant that I’ve yet to see. I am particularly interested in the groups they listed such as Carnegie Mellon University, the Smithsonian and Intel.

 

Forbes -- Why Get a Pricey Diploma When a Bleepin' Badge Will Do?

This article again covers the future of badges, but they talk a lot about the future of badges with the career market. A different angle to a familiar topic.

All in all, I'm discovering more and more about how other projects are starting to use badges. There's still a lot of work to be done, but there really are a lot interesting projects beginning right now.