Quality Label for Badge Recognition

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The Quality Label for Badge Recognition (further referred to as the 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 greater credibility and reliability in recognising and promoting quality practices when issuing Open Badges.
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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 to understand the structure, criteria, and procedures for obtaining and maintaining the Quality Label.
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Watch the following video presentation to prepare for the playlist activities.
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By completing the playlist activities, you will get to know the actors involved in the Quality Label process, explore why your organisation might want to get it, and get familiar with the essential criteria and the steps in the application process. Additionally, we will discuss how compliance is evaluated, maintained, and supported by practical documentation and technical solutions.
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Playlist activities:
Activity One: What is a Quality Label for Badge Recognition?
Activity Two: Who is involved in the process of acquiring Quality Label?
Activity Three: The criteria to get a Quality Label for Badge Recognition
Activity Four: The main steps to receive the Quality Label 
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You can als download the Quality Label for Badge Recognition Guide, which explains its structure, content and main features.
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Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

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.
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Why should an Organiser apply for the Quality Label?﻿
What are the benefits?
Organisations with the Quality Label can gain increased 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 organisation, date of issuing, validity, etc.) necessary for different institutions and organisations to recognise it more efficiently across sectors.
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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. 
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The benefits of the Quality Label can also reflect on learners and stakeholders: by earning badges issued by a Quality Label holder, learners can showcase the quality of their learning journey. This 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.
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Why did the Cities of Learning Network decide to develop the Quality Label?
The Cities of Learning Network, as the issuer of the Quality Label, aims to build a more extensive community of badge issuers who are committed to using badges and improving the quality and recognition of badges. 
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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.
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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 contexts.
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Get your badge!Go to the badge task and add your evidence, explaining your knowledge and understanding of Quality Label for badge recognition.
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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 the benefits and reasons for getting the Quality Label for badge recognition. They can also communicate the benefits and reasons to others.
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To earn this badge, person:
Got familiar with the Quality Label for badge recognition;
Explained the benefits and reasons for getting the Quality Label;
Asked further questions when required to better understand the Quality Label.
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Cities of Learning Network members reviewed and validated badge evidence. 

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Task no.1

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Get to know about the Quality Label for badge recognition and respond to the following questions:
What benefits does your organisation see in getting the Quality Label?
In your view, what are the 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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The criteria to get a Quality Label for Badge Recognition

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The main steps to receive the Quality Label

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Activities: 4

Started: 92

Completed playlist: 12

Time to complete: 7 hour

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Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Badgecraft hosts this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@badgecraft.eu.

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Quality Label for Badge Recognition

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Why should an Organiser apply for the Quality Label?

What is a Quality Label for Open Badge recognition?

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