Digital Media and Learning RESEARCH Competition deadline extended.

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The deadline for the Digital Media and Learning Research Competition
has been extended. All applications are now due on January 6, 2012 by
5pm PST/8pm EST.

Full call posted below.

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Digital Media and Learning Research Competition: Call for
Applications

Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for
Informal and Interest-Driven Learning

Deadline: January 6, 2012 at 5pm PST/8pm EST | Visit
dmlcompetition.net for more about the Competition.

Online networks, digital resources, and gaming environments provide
rich opportunities for learning that is demand-driven and learner-
centered. More and more people are turning to networked knowledge
communities, online tutorials, and other digital resources for wide
ranging learning needs. While learning is migrating to these more
informal and non-institutionalized kinds of contexts, we still have
little research that examines how people assess, recognize, and
display the learning that happens in these settings. What are the
emerging techniques and practices for managing reputation and
recognizing learning? What are the broad historical and structural
understandings of how accreditation operates in our changing social
and cultural environment? What systems exist for recognizing learning
outside of formal degree and training programs? How do credentials and
other displays of achievement operate in the digital and networked
world? What kinds of skills and experiences have not been well
captured by existing credentialing and recognition systems? How is the
landscape of credentialing changing (or not) with the shift to digital
and networked society?


We seek empirical and theoretical research focusing on these
questions. Studies should focus on areas such as:

Ranking, badging, and achievement systems in games, clubs,
competitions, and other forms of interest-driven activities.
Accreditation and certificates outside of formal degree programs,
including areas such as work skills training, language, writing and
critical capabilities, arts, crafts, and other trades.
The role of credentials, badges, and other recognitions of achievement
in career and reputation development.
Empirical, theoretical, and critical studies of how companies, groups,
institutions, and individuals produce, utilize, and exploit various
credentialing and reputation systems.
For details, please visit http://dmlcompetition.net or connect with
us online:


Web: http://www.dmlcompetition.net
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dmlComp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DMLcomp
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Digital-Media-Learning-Competition-3935137