In reply to Peter Rawswthorne.

But how long before the badge layer itself gets gamed? Every time you create a new accreditation system, people stand to gain or lose because of it. It's a new priesthood, like SCORM became, even though few actually understand it, so SCORM certification became an end in itself. It was just a big game. Google's algorithm was gamed in order to get higher search engine rankings, and spawned an entire SEO industry, and so too will other systems be gamed. It's in our very human nature ;)