Have you ever played video or computer games and wanted to complete a particular challenge, simply because there is an achievement/medal for completing it? A medal that appears on your profile for all to see. For many gamers, the answer is yes.
So I ask italki users: Would you like to receive medals on italki for completing italki language challenges? For example the Olympic Language Challenge's upcoming Challenges such as "Marathon", "Javelin" and "Multi-medal Winner." When won/earned, these medals could appear on your profile page to confirm and show to all which challenges you worked hard to complete and when they were awarded. There for all to see.
Memrise, for example (another language learning website) includes a basic example of this in the form of badges; virtual awards that show your rank (based on time spent each day doing flash cards) and your best day streak (consecutive days of viewing flash cards). As a very regular user of italki for the last year, personally I thought it would be really cool to show off all of the hard work users invest in order to complete the big challenges italki throws at us. It's a simple extra motivator/award that becomes part of your profile forever.
Other potential non-special event medals could also be implemented. Milestones for students completing 10 total lessons and up. Perhaps even teachers could earn medals for completing certain amounts of lessons with students over their career and so on.
So would you welcome medals? Would it be an additional motivator to compete in italki language challenges? Would you like to have them proudly on display on your profile?
