Take a look at how Lipscomb University is thinking about competency-based learning and badges -- a reimagining of how skills can be a currency in the work force.
Time Magazine article features digital badges as a new credential and way to combat the "sit and get," "drive by," "spray and pray" methods of teacher PD
Here is my latest post on the SAMR Model, badge learning (specifically, TAMRITZ's framework), and New Bloom's -- wresting with how the three intersect from the lens of an instructional designer