Offering Institution
BME-Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem
Short Description of the Practice
Issuing digital open badges to complement awards, special (cumulative) learning achievements, and non-formal courses and training.
The University has its own digital open badge displayer platform, developed by the Institute of Continuing Engineering Education that is gaining more and more traction within the organization. The ownership of the platform allows very tailored solutions to be created and allows collaborative recognitions from several departments, faculties and universities as well, as it was already piloted and is in use. This certification system can easily be integrated within EELISA, creating a transparent and unified system of recognition of different achievements of collaborations within the initiative up to certifications and diplomas issued under the trademark in a form that can easily be shared by the awardee, making the most impact in the workforce.
Main Activities of the Practice
Project based learning, evidence-based learning, gamification.
1. Designing the system of recognition and defining the content of each badge based on guidelines, taking into consideration possible growth such as stackability.
2. Tailoring the forms in the displayer platform to best reflect the will of the issuer. The platform already contains several recommendations for VET, HE, CPD and general badges, by for example including ESCO reference or number of credits.
3. Creating a visual identity. For example, all digital badges issued by the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences have similar elements, regardless of if it is a green diploma or a dean’s award. All digital badges can be generated into a printable certificate, its design is also part of this step.
4. The platform has an issuer and an issuer’s assistant role. The Institute provides training for the appointed responsible staff to be able to create, issue and document badges.
5. The platform has an Earner Wallet function as well; thus, all receivers of digital open badges also receive instruction on how to upload, share and use them.
Target Audiences
Various target groups, students, academics, staff and non-academics.
Number of Modules and Total Duration of Implementation
5
Type of Delivery
Remote
Language of Delivery
Multilingual
Learning Objectives
TBC
Learning Outcomes
TBC
Learning Environment, Spatial and/or Remote Learning-based Arrangements
A virtual learning environment is helpful, but any environment can feed learning achievements digital recognition.
Inclusiveness- Specific Policies of Inclusiveness and Implementation Tools
N/A
Awarding Mechanisms
Open Badges.
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