OpenStax Kinetic shifted from gift cards to shareable digital badges to incentivize adult learners to participate in research studies¶

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Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q1
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Subclaims¶

q1 i? OpenStax Kinetic, whose studies are opt-in, moved toward a scalable incentive strategy using digital badges shareable with professional networks. → kinetic-badges

Evidence¶

kinetic-badges¶

Roschelle, J., Wortman, A., & Pautz Stephenson, S. (2025, January). Expected and Emerging Requirements for Digital Learning Platforms as Research Infrastructure. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/241

q1 · i? · design · r2

Design-evolution report from the Expected Requirements section (user experience work). The platform, whose studies are opt-in, replaced gift cards with shareable digital badges after iterative user research on adult-learner motivation; no comparative effectiveness data are reported.

"Transitioning from a previous strategy to offer a small number of gift cards, OpenStax Kinetic has moved toward a scalable strategy to incentivize students to participate in studies by offering digital badges that can be shared with their professional networks, providing learners with tangible evidence of their accomplishments."

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