Digital competencies

Shared Responsibility

by Jorine van Egmond | May 10, 2021 | Badge host, Badge wallet, collection, Europe, Lifelong learners, National or regional government agencies, Non-formal learning providers, Project, Research Study, Skill Mapping, Validation, Website, Youth work organisations

Shared Responsibility was an Erasmus+ funded project in 4 European countries between 2016 and 2018. The project was based on the need to find a tailor-made solution on how to give recognition to all learning. The partners worked together with the regional...

SHARE the Badge

by Jorine van Egmond | May 10, 2021 | Badge host, Badge wallet, collection, Europe, Lifelong learners, Migrants, Mobile Wallet, Non-formal learning providers, Pathway, Project, Website

SHARE the Badge is a follow up on the Strategic Partnership ‘Shared Responsibility’. Within Shared Responsibility a SHARE method and system (collections of Badges and handbook) have beenmade. In this follow up Erasmus+ project the partners want to make it...

Gentle students

by Jorine van Egmond | May 10, 2021 | Case Study, collection, Higher Education Institutions, Municipalities, Pathway, Project, Validation, Website

This project in Gent, Belgium is a great example of a project for students of the Artevelde Hogeschool to be active in volunteering in the city of Gent. By doing this being rewarded with Open Badges. Gentle students is stimulating students to engage in learning...

Digital badging – The need for assessment framework

by Susan Simonsen | May 10, 2021 | Article, collection, Companies, Formal education providers, Global

This article takes an example of digital / IT competence and examines the challenges involved in accurately reflecting the competencies needed for badge attainment and the issues in relating these skills to established assessment frameworks within the IT Industry. ...