Evaluation and Credentialing in Digital Music Communities: Benefits and Challenges for Learning and Assessment

by H Cecilia Suhr and H. Cecilia Suhr

An examination of the use of digital badges as a reward for both casual online music evaluators and professional musicians.

Professional and amateur musicians alike use social media as a platform for showcasing and promoting their music. Social media evaluation practices--rating, ranking, voting, "liking," and "friending" by ordinary users, peers, and critics--have become essential promotional tools for musicians. In this report, H...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527146
• ISBN13: 9780262527149
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher