Poster – Badges for College Credit (BCC): Motivating learning in informal science programs through digital badge systems

March 17th, 2016 | RESEARCH

This poster was presented at the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting held in Bethesda, MD on February 29-March 2. The University of Washington Bothell in partnership with three informal science learning institutions coordinate and develop afterschool science programs for high school students. Upon successful completion of the programs, high school students are awarded college credit. The program design and method for issuing college credit is through the design, implementation and issuing of digital badges. The project aims to support programs that engage high school students from a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Document

Badges-for-College-Credit.pdf

Team Members

Carrie Tzou, Principal Investigator, University of Washington
Theresa Horstman, Contributor, University of Washington

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1322512

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Research: Badges for college credit (BCC): Motivating learning in informal science programs through a digital badge system

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Undergraduate | Graduate Students | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Higher Education Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Public Programs