2013 EDU: GAMES: badges, portfolios, references, milestones

Games, badges, portfolios, references, milestones
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Marking progress.  
That's the function of all these things.  They serve to: 

• Organize learning to fit learning objectives,
• Lay out the path to mastery of important tasks 
• Measure progress as it occurs,
• Focus on capability rather than study,
• Provide guidelines and feedback for self-directed study,
• Motivate the learner,
• Show learners what they need to achieve,
• Recognize and document achievements.

Background

• Badging Systems For Learning at Global Kids
• Global Kids contributes to new video about badges for lifelong learning
• Report: The Introduction of Badges in a K-5 Jewish Day School

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• Samsung Among the First to Innovate with Badgeville’s Behavior Platform 
• Samsung Nation: Join the Fun

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• Education: Gamification as Discipline for Instructional Design

Raph Koster says in A Theory of Fun: Fun is the act of mastering a problem mentally.
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Jesse Schell says in The Art of Game Design:  A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude.

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