Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition: Announcement of Competition Winners

Winners

• Winning badge systems will be selected from those presented at the Finals in Stage Three by an expert panel of judges and announced on March 2, 2012 at the Digital Media and Learning Conference.
• Criteria will include:
  • overall technical and pedagogical quality;
  • effectiveness of the badges' assessment process;
  • aesthetic and design quality;
  • likelihood of acceptance and adoption by learners, institutions, employers, and the general public. 
• Winners will receive up to $200,000 for their projects
  • Awards ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 will be granted to the winning teams from Stage Three. These awards will be granted based on project feasibility and complexity, team member expertise, length of time required to complete the work, and level of institutional support.
  • Time to complete winning projects is one year.
• Representatives from winning teams will attend the Digital Media and Learning Conference on March 1-3, 2012 and present their projects at a special forum. Winners must also budget travel expenses to participate in the 2013 Digital Media and Learning Conference.
• Winning badge systems will launch and join the badge ecosystem in early 2013.