Serious fun of using badges in European learning mobility
Laimonas Ragauskas, @laimis001Nerijus Kriauciunas, @badgecraft
Context
The terms 'Learning mobility in the field of youth' refer to the mobility of young people across countries, inside and outside Europe, in formal and non-formal learning settings
Learning mobility takes place in the frame of exchange programmes with the aim of promoting and developing personal and professional competences, communication, interpersonal and intercultural skills, and active citizenship among others.
Every year the European Union supports more than 400,000 young people to work, train and study abroad.
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European Badge Alliance
European Badge Alliance (EBA) is a strategic partnership of organisations and institutions active in learning mobility and committed to the quality and recognition of learning and achievements using Open digital badges.
EBA aims at using Open digital badges to innovate the recognition, validation and communication processes of key competences acquired by young learners and staff in non-formal learning contexts, especially through experiences of learning mobility abroad.
Co-funded through EU Erasmus+ Programme3
European tools in focus
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Badges for youth exchanges
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On-boarding badge claimed with code
Special Powers - bonus badge
Badge quest:3 out 5 tasks
Unlock 5 other badges
Badge quest: 4 out 5 tasks
Badge quest:3 out 5 tasks
Badge quest:3 out 5 tasks
Badge quest:3 out 5 tasks
Badge quest:all tasks or nothing
Badge quest:3 out 5 tasks
Badges for European Voluntary Service
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3 on-boarding badges issued via email/claim code
8 fun badges issued via email/claim code
24 badges for each key-competence area issued after completing quests
Level 1 badge quest:1 of 3 tasks
Level 2 badge quest:3 of 6 tasks
Level 3 badge quest:4 of 7 tasks
Example of EVS badge questBadge description:The first level badge of the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship competence. That means that volunteer managed to do the first and important step into implementation of their own initiative – exploring the needs of the people they collaborate with.
Task 1: Set up the meeting with your hosting organization, learn about their activities and find out the possibilities what kind of initiative you can implement during EVS project and share them with us! Evidence type: text input, verified by 1 project member
Task 2: This competence is also about flexibility and looking for different and creative ways of doing things. Do you want to become Flexy –sexy? Than just do something without using any special resources. You asking us how? Just find your way, do it and share with us your experience! Evidence type: file upload, verified by 1 project member
Task 3: As it is about initiative and entrepreneurship...create your own task! Evidence type: verified by 1 mentor 9
Badges for Youth Worker’s mobility
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On-boarding badge claimed with code
Special topic badge:3 of 5 tasks
14 badges for key-competence areas
Personal competence:3 of 5 tasks
Professional competence:3 of 5 tasks
Unlock 9 other badges
Badge quest:4 of 5 tasks
Badge systems in progress
_Badges for school exchanges
_Badges for Vocational Education and Training mobility
_Badges for Erasmus practice placements
_Badges for international facilitators
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Be serious about badges, but have some fun too_Consider adequate resources for design and testing phases
_Well embed badges into learning processes
_Include possibilities to add verified evidence of achievements
_Relate to existing competence frameworks and recognition tools
_Use elements of gamification
_Create playful and colourful design
_Have lightweight implementation
_Dare to challenge traditional thinking of credentials
_Play with numbers
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Some useful references_Learning mobility and non-formal learning in European contexts. Policies, approaches and examples, http://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/learning-mobility-and-non-formal-learning
_European Badge Alliance, http://www.ebawebsite.net
_Mozilla Open Badges, https://www.openbadges.org
_Badgecraft, https://www.badgecraft.eu
_European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme, https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus
_Europass, https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
_Youthpass, https://www.youthpass.eu/
_Key-competences for Lifelong Learning, http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/school/competences_en.htm
_Badge images for youth exchanges, http://www.freepick.com 15
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