Crafting digital Open Badges

Content

Learn to craft digital Open Badges, design recognition for learning, and appreciate learning achievements.﻿
Open Badges is a global standard to recognise and verify skills, learning and achievements. They are digital micro-credentials that may represent identity, interests, competences and achievements across the web.
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Design and make ready digital Open Badges to capture, value and recognise every learning.  Explore and complete the “Creating quality Open Badges and badge systems” learning playlist and activities. Reflect on the following questions:
Submit your reflection responses to the badge evidence below.
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Watch the following video explainers on digital Open Badges and how to start using them.
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Inspiring resources:
Watch video explainers on digital Open Badges and how to create them﻿.
Watch video presentations on how organisations use badges
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Awero organisation created this educational resource and activity to support trainers' digital competence development.
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Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for trainers to work internationally. In particular:
Is comfortable with exploring and experimenting digital technologies and tools;
Refers to various assessment and self-assessment principles and methods;
Applies appropriate methods and digital tools for assessment and self-assessment of their own learning achievements.
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Badge earner has developed an understanding of digital Open Badges and how they can be used in training practice.
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To get this badge, trainer:
Completed at least some of the activities of the learning playlist "Creating quality Open Badges and badge systems"
Reflection on how digital Open Badges can be used in training practice. 
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Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for trainers to work internationally.
Learning duration: 90 mins.

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Learn about digital Open Badges by completing some of the activities of the learning playlist "Creating quality Open Badges and badge systems". Share your reflection on the following questions:
What have you learned about digital Open Badges? What activities and badges did you complete?
How can you use digital Open Badges in your training and learning activities?
What are the potential risks and challenges of using this technology?
If you have earned, include digital badges as a public URL link or screenshots.

Skills

ETS-TR

#Is comfortable with exploring and experimenting digital technologies and tools

ETS-TR

#Refers to various assessment and self-assessment principles and methods

ETS-TR

#Applies appropriate methods and digital tools for assessment and self-assessment of their own learning achievements

Learning to learn

Added to playlist (1)

Time to complete: 4 hours

Organisers

Nectarus

Used in playlists

Learning with and about digital technologies

Nectarus

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