PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Armed with a MacArthur grant, the Providence After School Alliance is pioneering online badges to show how much high school students have learned in extracurricular classes on topics as varied as dance and aeronautical engineering, photography and debate skills.
Online badges, which students can display on Facebook, Twitter and personal webpages, are a growing way for schools and colleges and other organizations to offer rewards that help people show off their skills to friends, family members and even potential employers.
A similar system has taken root at the University of Rhode Island.
On Sunday, The Providence Journal's #eWave: The Digital Revolution explores this trend.
eModule: See an overview of digital badges and the two reward systems noted above.