Digital Badging for Information Literacy Instruction: Diffusion of Innovations Analysis and Case Study

Digital badging has seen widespread adoption within the US higher education sector with continued growth predicted. Might digital badging present an underrealized opportunity for libraries seeking new vehicles through which to deliver information literacy instructional content? This paper offers an...

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Published in:Portal (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 705 - 723
Main Author: Young, Lauren M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.10.2024
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Adoption of innovations
Agricultural Skills
Case studies
College Applicants
College Credits
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Development
Diffusion
Educational Trends
Higher education
Influence of Technology
Information
Information dissemination
Information Literacy
Information Needs
Innovation
Innovations
Librarians
Libraries
Library Instruction
Library Personnel
Library Skills
Literacy
Literacy Education
Professional Education
Reading Instruction
Social Systems
Teaching
Transfer Students
User training
Writing Instruction
United States > US
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Abstract Digital badging has seen widespread adoption within the US higher education sector with continued growth predicted. Might digital badging present an underrealized opportunity for libraries seeking new vehicles through which to deliver information literacy instructional content? This paper offers an analysis of badging in higher education and considers the strengths and weaknesses of digital badging for asynchronous information literacy instruction by employing Dr. Everett Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations theoretical lens. Current evidence is presented and a case study is provided, detailing Samford University Library's development of an information literacy digital badging pathway incorporating the ACRL Framework and the institution's Christian mission.
AbstractList Digital badging has seen widespread adoption within the US higher education sector with continued growth predicted. Might digital badging present an underrealized opportunity for libraries seeking new vehicles through which to deliver information literacy instructional content? This paper offers an analysis of badging in higher education and considers the strengths and weaknesses of digital badging for asynchronous information literacy instruction by employing Dr. Everett Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations theoretical lens. Current evidence is presented and a case study is provided, detailing Samford University Library's development of an information literacy digital badging pathway incorporating the ACRL Framework and the institution's Christian mission.
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Adoption of innovations
Agricultural Skills
Case studies
College Applicants
College Credits
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Development
Diffusion
Educational Trends
Higher education
Influence of Technology
Information
Information dissemination
Information Literacy
Information Needs
Innovation
Innovations
Librarians
Libraries
Library Instruction
Library Personnel
Library Skills
Literacy
Literacy Education
Professional Education
Reading Instruction
Social Systems
Teaching
Transfer Students
User training
Writing Instruction
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