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Serious fun of using badges in European learning mobility Laimonas Ragauskas, @laimis001 Nerijus Kriauciunas, @badgecraft

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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

EBA Partners

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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

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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

Badges for strategic partnerships

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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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Thank you!

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Badgecraft team, [email protected], @badgecraft

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