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Playlist TC Recognition of Non-formal Learning with Open Badges
Playlist TC Recognition of Non-formal Learning with Open Badges
Content
This Playlist represents your complete journey through the five essential stages of building a high-quality, trustworthy digital badge system. Over the past week, you moved from strategic vision to final implementation planning, mastering the principles of quality design (Quality Label for Badge Recognition), operational flow, and crucial policy foundation. Completing this Playlist confirms your ability to design, launch, and sustain a credible badge system in the global learning ecosystem.
Activities to complete
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Content
Cities of Learning Network partners organise the training course on quality development and use of Open badges in their organisations and educational settings.
Aim and objectives:
- To increase understanding about the essentials of Open badges and it’s potential to recognise and motivate learning
- To increase skills in managing Badge-based recognition processes
- To develop competence in designing and issue quality badges and badge systems, and implement them in your organisation
- To develop understanding about the Quality Label for Badge recognition* and ways to use it for ensuring quality in badging.
*Quality Label serves as a standard for badge-based recognition processes. It shows that badge issuers awarded the label have demonstrated expertise, dedication to established procedures, and a commitment to upholding high standards in using digital open badges for recognition.
What will you gain?
- Knowledge and skills in how to use the technology of digital Open badges
- Skills in designing recognition processes by using open badges
- Understanding of quality criteria of good badges and badge systems as part of the Quality Label for Badge Recognition
- Understanding of issuing badges is a non-formal setting and how issued badges can be valuable for earners
- Access to numerous resources to learn about Open badges and how learners, issuers and organisations can benefit from it
- Hands-on practice of creating and issuing Open badges
- Chance to be engaged in the community of Open badge practitioners
Participants profile:
- This course is for people who are:
- Youth workers*
- Mentors
- Youth work managers
- Youth trainers and facilitators
- Working in the field of non-formal learning and/or youth work
- Dealing with recognition of learning outcomes
- Willing to explore quality use of Open badges in their programmes and projects
- Residents in the countries, identified in the call
- Able to communicate in English
- Above 18 years old
Digital credentials and certification
This training activity is a unique opportunity for participants to use up-to-date and digital recognition solutions, such as digital Open Badges. Every participant will get Youthpass certificate and a portfolio of Open badges linked to specific learning experiences.
Participants recruitment and selection:
Our trusted partners will pre-select and nominate participants based on your profile and motivation.
Costs
Travel costs will be reimbursed based on the actual costs not exceeding the lump sums based on the travel distances, in Euro:
10-99 km - 28 / green travel - 56
100-499 km - 211/ green travel - 285
500-1999 km - 309/ green travel 417
2000-2999 km - 395/ green travel 535
Only justified costs will be eligible for reimbursement If travel costs will exceed the lump sums, the remaining costs shall be covered by the participant or their sending organisation.
Participants may opt for the “green travel” options for a slightly higher travel budget. Please contact the organiser for more information about eligible green travel options.
Board, lodging, local transportation and programme implementation costs will be covered upon full participation in the course.
To balance the training budget, we invite participants to contribute a 50 euro participation fee, which will be deducted from the travel costs reimbursement. In justified cases, participants may request a discount or waive the contribution. Participation fee should not be a barrier for participation.
For more information, please contact organisers:
NGO Awero, info@awero.org
Co-organisers
The European Youth Education Centre Magdeburg (EJBM)
Breakthrough foundation
TiPovej!, Institute for creative society
Associazione Interculturale NUR
Nexes Interculturals
An experienced team of trainers will facilitate this training activity:
Laimonas Ragauskas, Awero, International Youth Work Trainers Guild: http://trainers.salto-youth.net/LaimonasRagauskas
Sandra Zoomers, Breakthrough Foundation, International Youth Work Trainers Guild
Resources
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Tasks
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Location
Lüttgen-Ottersleben 18A, 39116 Magdeburg, Germany
Badge Design Practice
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1 hour 30 minute
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Skills
ETS-TR
#Learning with and from others
ESCO
#production of badges
Activities: 9
Started: 6
Completed playlist: 2
Time to complete: 10 hour 30 minute
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Organisers
Network of Cities and Regions of Learning
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Awero not-for-profit organisation manages 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@awero.org.
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