Enhanced employability

Do digital badges really provide value to businesses?

by Adi Nachman | May 10, 2021 | Article, collection, Companies, Employment-related learners, Global, Recruitment / HR, Research Study

A short post by IBM reviewing their successful implementation of Digital Badges in training programs. The post is looking at the value that Badges provided in learners’ engagement, skills development and sales competency, as well as other business areas, often...

IBM Digital Badge Program: Overview for external audiences

by Susan Simonsen | May 10, 2021 | collection, Companies, Employment-related learners, Global, Presentation

A presentation from IBM presenting their badge programme and some of the results achieved on their courses through awarding badges. The presentation brings facts and figures from IBM’s experience, including a list of lessons learnt and tips for successful badge...

Employer Perceptions of Critical Information Literacy Skills and Digital Badges

by Susan Simonsen | May 10, 2021 | collection, Companies, Formal education providers, Higher Education Institutions, Meta-Study, Recruitment / HR

This study examines which competencies are valued by employers when it comes to information literacy and whether any of these skills are difficult to represent through formal qualifications. It investigates whether there is interest among employers in using digital...

Belgium Case Study – Be Badges

by janus | May 10, 2021 | Badge host, Badge wallet, Case Study, collection, Companies, Country, Employment-related learners, Europe, Migrants, Municipalities, National or regional government agencies, Project, Recruitment / HR, Skill Mapping, Stakeholders, Tech Stack, Type, Validation

A short report of case study conducted by Federal Job Recruitment agency Selor, working with Open Badges to evaluate hard and soft skills among diverse audiences, in effort to narrow gap to the labour market. As part of the project’s effort, a European...

The Role, Implementation and Impact of Digital Open Badges on a Civil Engineering Degree

by Susan Simonsen | May 7, 2021 | Badge wallet, Case Study, collection, Companies, Employment-related learners, Higher Education Institutions, Ireland

Link: https://oro.open.ac.uk/69824/ This paper evaluates the success of using digital open badges to encourage student participation and to increase motivation on an undergraduate engineering study. Whilst the study takes place within a formal education environment,...