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spir-8506	Duncan, Sean; Huang, Joey	CONNECTING BADGES: EXPLORING THE UTILITY OF DIGITAL BADGES FOR LEARNING IN AFFINITY SPACES	2015.0	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1587	84	45	Supplementary interviews were conducted with members of each affinity space in order to capture first-person accounts of digital badge considerations, as well as the ways that individuals within affinity spaces conceived of the social practices within each space. While some have advocated for the implementation of digital badges in order to better credentialize, assess, and promote informal learning practices online, there has been very little study of how current, non-educational badging (and other recognition systems) may impact activities within existing online spaces (if at all).	cache/spir-8506.pdf	txt/spir-8506.txt