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Samuel J. Abramovich, PhD is an American professor at the University at Buffalo in New York who has published extensively on digital badges, makerspaces, and Open Educational Resources (OER) in education.

Abramovich holds a PhD in Learning Science and Policy from the University of Pittsburg (2013); a Masters of Teaching in Social Studies Education from the University of Virginia (2003); and B.A. in Politics from Brandeis University (1998). From 2013-2019, he served as an Assistant Professor before becoming an Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction, and Information Science in 2019 for the University at Buffalo.

Research

 * The focus of Abramovich's work has been on digital badges, online ratings systems, makerspaces, and Open Educational Resources (OER).
 * Badges can be a form of alternative assessment and have been shown to increase motivation in learners (Abramovich et al., 2013b).
 * The use of digital badges can assist with the development of personalized learning pathways for learners, documenting their progression (Abramovich, 2016)
 * Digital badges may be most effective when used as rewards for lower-level rather than higher-level skill acquisition (Abramovich et al., 2013b).
 * Instructional designers should consider both the motivation and the ability of learners when designing badges and including them as stakeholders in digital badging conversations (Abramovich et al., 2013b).
 * The value of digital badges may best be viewed through the lens of achievement goal theory (Abramovich et al., 2013b).
 * Digital badges may be successfully used to credential specific skills and competencies (Abramovich et al., 2013b).
 * Learners generally deem digital badges awarded for participation as less meanigful than badges awarded based on skills (Abramovich et al., 2013b).
 * Digital badges should be linked to assessments, and the assessments to objectives and goals for learning (Abramovich, 2016).

Journal Articles:

 * Cun, A., Abramovich, S. & Smith, J. (2019). An assessment matrix for library makerspaces. Library & Information Science Research, 41(1), 39-47.
 * Kruger, J. S., & Abramovich, S. (2019). Open Educational Resources: The New Frontier. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 5(2), 155-158.
 * Abramovich, S., & McBride, M. (2018). Open Educational Resources and Perceptions of Financial Value. The Internet and Higher Education, 39, 33-38.
 * Abramovich, S. (2017) Are There Jewish Digital Badges?: A Study of Religious Middle- and High-School Girls’ Perception of an Emerging Educational Technology-Based Assessment. Journal of Jewish Education, 83(2), 151-167.
 * Abramovich, S. (2016) Understanding Digital Badges in Higher Education through Assessment. On the Horizon, 24(1), 126-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/OTH-08-2015-0044.
 * Reid, A. J., Paster, D., & Abramovich, S. (2015). Digital badges in undergraduate composition courses: effects on intrinsic motivation. Journal of Computers in Education, 2(4), 377-398.
 * Wardrip, P.S., Abramovich, S., Bathgate, M. & Kim, Y.J. (2014). Taking badges to school: A school-based badge system and its impact on participating teachers. Computers & Education, 95, 239-253.
 * Abramovich, S., Schunn, C.D., & Correnti, R. J. (2013). The Role of Evaluative Metadata in an Online Teacher Resource Exchange. Educational Technology Research and Development, 61(6), 863-883.
 * Abramovich, S., Schunn, C., & Higashi, R. (2013). Are badges useful in education? It depends upon the type of badge and expertise of learner. Educational Technology Research and Development, 61(2), 217–232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-013-9289-2.
 * Abramovich, S., & Wardrip, P.S. (In Press). Can digital badges strengthen religious ethnic-cultural identity in a religious education setting?. British Journal of Religious Education.

Book Chapters:

 * Wardrip, P. S., & Abramovich, S. (2017). Ask Not What You Can Do for Badges; Ask What Badges Can Do for You. In M. F. Young & S. T. Slota (Eds.), Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game Mechanics Can Shape the Future of Education. Information Age Publishing.
 * Abramovich, S., & Wardrip, P. S. (2016). The Impact of Badges on Motivation to Learn. In L. Y. Muilenburg & Z. L. Berge (Eds.), Digital badges in education: Trends, issues, and cases. Routledge.

Invited Lectures:

 * Abramovich, S. (2016, April). Why would I want to earn Points, Levels, or Badges?: Gamification for Motivation, Feedback, and Credentialing [Lecture]. SUNY Conference on Meaningful Gamification, Buffalo, NY.
 * Abramovich, S. (2015, August). Badges are Dead. Long Live Badges [Lecture]. CRESST Conference: Do. Or Do Not. There Is Not Try: Making Games and Technology Work for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction, Redondo Beach, CA.
 * Abramovich, S. (2016, April). Why would I want to earn Points, Levels, or Badges?: Gamification for Motivation, Feedback, and Credentialing [Lecture]. SUNY Conference on Meaningful Gamification, Buffalo, NY.
 * Abramovich, S. (2015, February). The Future Is Hiding In Front of You: Classrooms of the Future can be found in Bridging the Social-Technical Gap [Keynote]. Digital Challenges, Teaching and Learning in the Classroom of the Future symposium, Buffalo, NY.
 * Abramovich, S. (2015, January). Symbiosis: Jewish Education and the Learning Sciences [Lecture]. ELI Talks, New York, NY. http://elitalks.org/symbiosis-jewish-education-and-learning-sciences

Conferences:

 * Abramovich, S. (2019, May). What's going on with OER? - Tools and ideas that will allow you to say something important about OER [Conference Presentation]. SUNY Conference on Instruction & Technology, Purchase, NY.
 * Abramovich, S., & Yip, J. (2019, June). Research in Service to Practice: Connecting Faculty and Practitioners to Transform Library Services [Panel Presentation]. American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
 * Kruger, J. & Abramovich, S. (2019, May). Writing an OER Textbook with 75 Undergraduates: The Challenges, Successes, and the Lessons Learned [Conference Presentation]. Presentation at SUNY Conference on Instruction & Technology, Purchase, NY.
 * Meyers, E., Jones, K., & Abramovich, S. (2019, October). Methods and Measures, or How Do We Study Learners and Learning with Information? [Workshop Presentation]. 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Melbourne, VIC.
 * Millerjohn, R., Abramovich, S., & Wardrip, P.S. (2019, October). Library Makerspace Learning: Hands-on Assessment & Documentation Practices & Tools [Conference Presentation]. Presentation at the Fifth Annual Maker Ed Convening, Pittsburgh, PA.
 * Wardrip, P.S., Millerjohn, R., Abramovich, S., & Smith, J. (2019, August). Assessments in Library Makerspaces: The audience is everyone! [Conference Presentation]. Play Make Learn, Madison, WI.
 * Abramovich, S. (2018, October). Digital Badges: Research Evidence proving that it’s an Open Assessment Technology [Conference Presentation]. OpenEd, Niagara Falls, NY.
 * Abramovich, S., Brahms, L., & Wardrip, P.S. (2018, October). Assessment of Learning and Engagement through Making in Informal Learning Settings [Workshop Presentation]. Maker Educator Convening (MakerEd), San Jose, CA.
 * Bergner, Y., Abramovich, S., & Worsley, M. (2019, March). What are the learning and assessment objectives in educational Fab Labs and Makerspaces? [Paper Presentation]. FabLearn 2019, New York, NY.
 * Cun, A., & Abramovich, S. (2018, November). The Challenge of Assessment for Library Makerspaces [Poster Presentation]. ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
 * McBride, M., & Abramovich, S. (2018, October). Design Based Research in Open Education [Roundtable Presentation]. OpenEd, Niagara Falls, NY.
 * Orzech, M. J., Myers, K., & Abramovich, S. (2018, October). Developing Openness through Scholarly Communications in the Academic Library [Poster Presentation]. OpenEd, Niagara Falls, NY.
 * Wardrip, P.S., & Abramovich, S. (2018, August) A Wonderland of Maker Kits [Conference Presentation]. Play Make Learn, Madison, WI.
 * Watanabe-Rose, M., & Abramovich, S. (2018, October). Large Scale Research Partnerships to Improve Understanding of OER: A SUNY/CUNY Collaboration [Symposium]. OpenEd, Niagara Falls, NY.
 * Abramovich, S., & Watanabe, M. (2018, March) When are we going to get there?: OER Research at SUNY and CUNY [Conference Presentation]. CUNY/SUNY OER Showcase, New York, NY.
 * Wardrip, P.S., Kim, Y.J., & Abramovich, S. (2017, August) Assessment in Non-Traditional Learning Environments [Workshop Presentation]. Play Make Learn, Madison, WI.
 * Bergner, Y., & Abramovich, S. (2017, May). A Perfect Storm for Progressive Assessment Practice: The Educational Maker Movement [Paper Presentation]. National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, TX.
 * Bergner, Y., Abramovich, S., & Worsley, M. (2016, July). Assessment of Learning in Makerspaces and Fablabs: Theory and Practice and History [Symposium]. International Testing Commission Conference, Vancouver, AB.
 * Bergner, Y., Abramovich, S., & Worsley, M. (2016, October). Finding Evidence of Learning: Assessment in Fablabs and Makerspaces [Workshop Presentation]. FabLearn 2016, Stanford, CA.
 * Bowler, L., Nesset, V.M., Abramovich, S., & Julien, H. (2016, June). Investigating the family as a community of (digital) practice: Where do we go from here? [Poster Presentation]. Canadian Association for Information Science annual conference, Calgary, AB.
 * Abramovich, S. (2015, June). Digital Media Learning and Culture in Collaborative Learning Spaces [Conference Presentation]. Digital Media &Learning (DML) Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
 * Abramovich, S. (2016, April). Can Digital Badges Use and Strengthen Ethnic Identity? [Paper Presentation]. Third International Conference of the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA), Chicago, IL.
 * Abramovich, S. (2016, April). Which One's the Cart and Which One's the Horse? Digital Badges as Credentials [Poster Presentation]. AERA, Washington, D.C.
 * Bowler, L., Nesset, V.M., Abramovich, S., & Julien, H. (2016, June). Investigating the family as a community of (digital) practice: Where do we go from here? [Poster Presentation]. Canadian Association for Information Science annual conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.
 * Mackey, T. P., Forte, M., Stone, K., & Abramovich, S. (2015, October). Integrating Open Digital Badging Content in Collaborative Metaliteracy MOOCs [Conference Presentation]. Online Learning Consortium (OLC) International Conference, Orlando, FL.
 * Abramovich, S. (2014, June). Badges for Jewish Educator Professional Development [Paper Presentation]. Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) Conference, Los Angeles, CA.