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Of course I followed the roll out of MacArthur's Badges for Lifelong Learning competition quite closely. I have studied participatory approaches to assessment and motivation for many years. Thanks in part to Daniel Pink's widely read book Drive, many worried that badges would trivialize deep learning and leave learners with decreased intrinsic motivation to learn.

"For many, "open textbooks" seem to be primarily about cost savings, about saving money for both funders and learners, but not particularly about challenging the "form" of what we have known as a textbook. And I agree, affordability is a strong motivator to get into this space, and an obvious selling point for all the stakeholders (well, almost all - commercial publishers don't seem exactly thrilled about it.)"