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    Idag Ă€r det inte bara genom traditionella utbildningar som vĂ€rdefulla förmĂ„gor kan erhĂ„llas, utan detta kan Ă€ven ske genom internet, samt pĂ„ andra fysiska platser utanför skolan. DessvĂ€rre finns det inte nĂ„got allmĂ€nt accepterat sĂ€tt att redovisa denna informella kompetens. För att lösa detta problem har den amerikanska stiftelsen Mozilla Foundation, kĂ€nd för att ha utvecklat webblĂ€saren “Mozilla Firefox”, skapat “Open Badges”. Open Badges Ă€r en typ av e-utmĂ€rkelse, dvs. ett digitalt certifikat, som till skillnad frĂ„n andra innehĂ„ller metadata som gör det möjligt att verifiera vem som Ă€r utgivaren, vad som krĂ€vdes för att skaffa och vem badgen Ă€r utgiven till m.m.   Genom denna uppsats Ă€mnar vi ta reda pĂ„ om och i sĂ„dana fall varför denna typ av belöning motiverar studenter att slutföra en onlinekurs om miljömedvetenhet. För att undersöka detta skapades en hemsida och en kurs med en uppdragsbaserad struktur. TvĂ„ olika grupper med tio personer vardera erbjöds genomföra kursen. Den ena gruppen informerades om hur Open Badges fungerar och att de skulle belönas med en sĂ„dan om de slutförde kursen (“Open Badges-gruppen”). Den andra gruppen fick inte denna information (“kontrollgruppen”). Efter kursomgĂ„ngens slut kallades de medverkande till en fokusgrupp för att diskutera Open Badges.   Vi fann att i den grupp som informerades om Open Badges slutförde tvĂ„ av tio kursen medan noll av tio i kontrollgruppen slutförde kursen. I fokusgruppen förklarade de tvĂ„ som slutförde kursen att det var specifikt deras önskan att fĂ„ en Open Badge som motiverade dem att utföra de uppdrag de tyckte var jobbiga. Samtliga personer i fokusgruppen tyckte Ă€ven att framtiden för Open Badges beror pĂ„ arbetsgivares anvĂ€ndning av dem.   Eftersom det bara var personer i Open Badges-gruppen som slutförde hela kursen tyder detta pĂ„ att Open Badges fungerar bra som motivationskĂ€lla. Detta styrks Ă€ven av att studenterna i fokusgruppen slutförde vissa uppdrag eftersom de blev motiverade av Open Badgen, Ă€ven om de tyckte dessa uppdrag var svĂ„ra eller jobbiga.   De deltagare som genomförde kursen ansĂ„g att Open Badges gav motivation för att det kĂ€ndes som ett slutmĂ„l. De ansĂ„g Ă€ven att det var spĂ€nnande och intressant och sĂ„g Ă€ven en potential i Open Badges i allmĂ€nhet, inte endast för den badge vi utdelade, som merit pĂ„ arbetsmarknaden.   Alla deltagare sĂ„g anvĂ€ndningsomrĂ„den för Open Badges bĂ„de online (utanför traditionella utbildningsinstitut) och offline (vid traditionella utbildningsinstitut). De tyckte att Open Badges kunde anvĂ€ndas online för att visa pĂ„ att man lĂ€rt sig nĂ„got pĂ„ egen hand, och offline för att belöna exemplariskt arbete, till exempel en Badge för bĂ€sta kursresultat i nĂ„gon speciell kurs.Today it is not only through traditional education that skills can be acquired. Skills can also be gained through the internet as well as at physical locations other than academic institutions. However there is currently no universally accepted way to display this informal knowledge. To solve this problem the American organization Mozilla Foundation, who created the web browser “Mozilla Firefox”, has created “Open Badges”. An Open Badge is a type of achievement that, in contrast to other achievements, contains metadata which enables verification of the issuer, the steps needed to receive the Badge and information about who received the badge etc.   Through this essay we intend to find out if and why this kind of reward motivates students to complete an online course about environmental awareness. To investigate this we created a homepage containing an online course with a mission based structure. Two different groups with ten members each had the choice to complete the course. In one of the groups the participants were informed about Open Badges and how it works (the “Open Badges group”). The participants in the other group did not get this information (the “control group”). After the online course’s deadline was due we held a focus group meeting to discuss Open Badges.   We found that in the Open Badges group two out of ten students completed the course. Zero out of ten students in the control group completed the course. At the focus group meeting the two students who completed the course explained that Open Badges explicitly motivated them to complete the missions in the online course which they thought were strenuous. All of the students in the focus group argued that for Open Badges to work, it needs to be adopted by the labor market.   Since the students who completed the course were in the Open Badges-group, the results lean toward showing that Open Badges in fact work as a motivational source. This claim is also supported by the fact that the students in the focus group completed some missions just because they were motivated by the Open Badge, even though they considered these missions hard or strenuous.   The participants who completed the course believed Open Badges gave them motivation because it felt like a final goal. They also thought it was exciting and interesting. Additionally, they saw potential in Open Badges in general, not only for the Badge they received, as a merit on the labor market. All participants saw ways of using Open Badges both online (outside of traditional educational institutions) and offline (at traditional educational institutions). They thought that Open Badges could be used online in order to show what you have learned on your own, and offline to reward exemplary work, for example a Badge for the best course result in a specific course

    Vom "Naturstudium" zur Systemtheorie: Soziologische AnsÀtze im Wirtschaftsrecht

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    MONTHLY PERIODICAL INDEX

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    This department lists the articles and comments which appear in twenty-five leading law reviews

    MONTHLY PERIODICAL INDEX

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    This department lists the articles and comments which appear in twenty-four leading law reviews

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    This department lists the articles and comments which appear in twenty-five leading law reviews
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