1. Long Road SFC Open Badges
Issued through Moodle

2. Badges supplied by Nick Potamitis for Cambridge Technicals Media
Step 1: Design your badge
Badges supplied by Nick Potamitis for Cambridge Technicals Media

4. What skills does the badge represent?
Step 2: Work out the badge criteria
Who is the badge for?
What skills does the badge represent?
What behaviour does it encourage?
What does the earner have to do?
What evidence will show the criteria has been met?
What opportunities does it unlock?
Does it expire?
Who supports and recognises your badge?
Where does a user find out about your badge?
Who awards your badge and how?
What resources are needed for badges to work?
What other badges exist in your eco system?
Are there different levels?

5. Add the badge to your course page
Step 3: Log on to Moodle and your course page
Add the badge to your course page
Manage the badge by setting up the following:
Badge name
Description
Image
Issuer details
Badge expiry date (if relevant)
Criteria and conditions to be met to earn it
Message
Then enable access
Next step is after LRSFC and into the global environment …

6. Step 4: Students and staff register for a Mozilla backpack

7. Step 5: Sort your badges into public and private collections and display the public collection on professional networks or social media

8. Things to avoid!
Developing too many badges, which requires an assessment component for the badge earner, could create work overload and a situation where the meaning/value of badges could be diluted.
What if one department creates a badge for presentational skills, for example, but two other departments also have a similar badge? Which one is considered the most valuable?

9. Challenges ahead
Building credibility into badges and making sure they are recognised by employers and universities so that young people see the value in engaging with badges.

10. Working Group Meet 2 or 3 times a term
Help to implement the badges initiative
Oversee QA cross-college
Encourage sharing of best practice possibly through database on T & L page
Network with feeder schools, local employers, universities, voluntary organisations
Promote to students – perhaps with 2 or 3 students in the group to give their perspective.

11. More information
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