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Quality Label for Badge Recognition

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The Quality Label for Badge Recognition (further referred to as Quality Label) signifies a commitment to upholding quality standards in badge-issuing activities. By fostering a community dedicated to delivering quality learning opportunities and skill recognition, it aims to offer additional credibility and reliability in recognising and promoting quality Open Badge issuance practices.

This playlist will provide valuable insights into the Quality Label and its significance to the learning community across all sectors. You will be guided step by step in understanding the structure, criteria, and procedures for obtaining and maintaining the Quality Label.

Watch the following video presentation to prepare for the playlist activities.


By completing the playlist activities, you will get to know actors involved in the Quality Label process, explore why your organisation should pursue it, and get familiar with the essential criteria and steps in the application process. Additionally, we will discuss how compliance is evaluated and maintained, supported by practical documentation and technical solutions.

Playlist activities:
  1. Activity One: What is a Quality Label for Badge Recognition?
  2. Activity Two: Who is involved in the process of acquiring Quality Label?
  3. Activity Three: The criteria to get a Quality Label for Badge Recognition
  4. Activity Four: The main steps to receive the Quality Label

You can download the Quality Label for Badge Recognition Guide, which explains its structure, content and main features.



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What is a Quality Label for Badge Recognition?
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By completing this activity, you will get to know the concept of the Quality Label for Badge Recognition. It will cover the Quality Label's benefits and significance in promoting credibility, quality and trust in using Open Badges for recognition.



Why should an Organiser apply for the Quality Label?


  • What are the benefits?
The Quality Label can bring to its recipients an increase in trust, credibility, recognition and visibility by highlighting the quality of their badge-issuing activities both within and beyond their sector. The Quality Label includes the essential data (e.g., name of issuing body, date of issuing, validity, etc.) necessary for different institutions and organisations to recognise it more efficiently across sectors.

Moreover, getting the Quality Label and committing to upholding its criteria can motivate an Organiser to offer qualitative content and activities. Earning the Quality Label is in and of itself a learning experience that can help develop and improve skills and competencies related to badge recognition.

The benefits of the Quality Label can reflect also on learners and stakeholders: by earning badges issued by a Quality Label holder, learners can showcase the quality of their learning journey, which can facilitate the next steps in their pathway by cooperating with or even endorsing a Quality Label holder, stakeholders can demonstrate their commitment to quality learning and also benefit from an increase in credibility, trust and visibility.

  • Why did the Cities of Learning Network decide to develop the Quality Label?
The Cities of Learning Network, as an issuer of the Quality Label, aims to build a more extensive community of badge issuers who are committed to using badges and improving badges’ quality and recognition.

Quality Label holders stand out among other badge issuers, and the Quality Label helps to build trust and reputation for badges as a tool for recognition, both for badge earners and stakeholders.


What is a Quality Label for Open Badge recognition?

  • A process through which Badge issuers can evaluate and improve their badge recognition practices while developing and improving skills and competences related to badge issuing.
  • A visual sign of quality in badge recognition which communicates a compliance with the quality standard and increases trust and reputation of badge issuer and Open Badges as tool for recognition.
  • A solution to ensure better recognition quality and understanding how Open Badges are used for recognition across sectors and learning domains.


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Cities of Learning Network created and manages this activity facilitating the Quality Label for badge recognition implementation.



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Badge earner has essential knowledge and understanding of benefits and reasons of Quality Label for badge recognition. A person is able to communicate benefits and reasons to others.

To earn this badge, person:
  • Got familiar with the Quality Label for badge recognition;
  • Explained benefits and reasons for Quality Label;
  • If needed, asked further questions to better understand Quality Label.

Cities of Learning Network members reviewed and validated badge evidence. 
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Get to know about the Quality Label for badge recognition and respond to the following questions:

  • What benefits does your organisation see in acquiring the Quality Label?
  • In your view, what are broader reasons for having the Quality Label?
  • Optional: What questions do you have about the Quality Label?
Who is involved in the process of acquiring Quality Label?
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30 minutes
Activities: 4
Started: 85
Completed playlist: 5
Time to complete: 7 hours
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