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What is a digital badge, exactly? The MacArthur foundation says it's "a validated indicator of accomplishment, skill, quality or interest," Students will be able to customize learning goals within the larger curricular framework, integrate continuing peer and faculty feedback about their progress toward achieving those goals, and tailor the way badges and the metadata within them are displayed to the outside world. Students won't just earn badges-they'll build them, in an act of continuous learning.

We actually were intrigued by the badges concept for the LF project and considered applying for the grant through the Digital Media & Learning Competition. But we felt we had our hands full with the project at this time - perhaps in the future?

an interesting analog 

Here's an interesting idea for a way to bring baby boomers into the museum (one section is about retirement planning)...an exhibit that attempts to make financial information resonant and "stick" with people

Perhaps there will be an increased interest in volunteering?

interesting third space for moms. classes, equipment, childcare. First hackerspace for women they say.

Interesting description of what the availability of a "third space" might have meant to a young person as he was growing up:  a space that Jordan could have used to talk about how he felt while on his journey. It could have been used as a platform for Jordan and his peers to discuss what he was comfortable and uncomfortable with.

Interesting information that could provide info on how museums can provide for well-being.

Interesting take on extending the notion of entertainment and visitor participation/crowd curation to decisions about object conservation and presentation.

Interesting info about our every increasingly-busy world... and some tips for marketing that might be useful for museums.  

Celeste shared this article and thought it might be interesting to compare to the trends the LF participants identified at Workshop #2 and in their domain groups.  I think we discussed most of them.

Very interesting! Think about it...most museum professionals are women. Should museums consider this trend as they adapt to new realities?

This 2007 paper has some interesting general thoughts about sustainability and the future of museums with reference to what museum conservators, curators and others might consider in looking ahead at museum operations.

The vaunted "third space" isn't home, and isn't work-it's more like the living room of society at large.  It's a place where you are neither family nor co-worker, and yet where the values, interests, gossip, complaints and inspirations of these two other spheres intersect.  It's a place at least one step removed from the structures of work and home, more random, and yet familiar enough to breed a sense of identity and connection.  It's a place of both possibility and comfort, where the unexpected and the mundane transcend and mingle. And nine times out of ten, it's a bar.

Historic house museums are adapting for the future too! And, if you have any interest in what those of us in the historic house field do and think, I strongly urge you to subscribe to Max's blog if you don't already.

Very interesting article about what it means now and what it might mean in 2075 mean to live in a rural community. Note the list questions ranging from transportation systems to schools to "rural services".

New learning system with 'emphasis on "whole systems thinking" and lifelong learning.' Will be interesting to keep an eye on how this develops.

Interesting thought piece as we get ready for CAM and the 3rd Spaces session.  Are museums more like the library as 3rd space or the one described at the end of the article?

Very interesting commentary on the rise of wearable technology. How do we balance their (potential) use as assistive devices and our privacy rights?

An interesting thought piece on the issues around third places.  What is the etiquette of using a third place, particularly when it is a place of business? Lingering vs. loitering?

Interesting take on the Gen X vs. Millennial generation gap-if it's really a gap, that is.