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Digital badge

(Digital badge / digital open badge)

Validated graphical visualisation of a learning experience, – e.g. participation in a course, seminar or workshop, or acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences – with or without certification.

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A digital badge can be shared on social media, added to email signatures, embedded on a CV or portfolio, or added to digital badge wallets;
a digital open badge is a digital badge whose content (e.g. identity of the holder, learning content, learning outcomes, issuing organisation, issuing or expiration date, assessment criteria) is verifiable and portable;
open badges can be issued, earned, and managed by using a certified open badge platform; digital badges are issued in a variety of formal, non-formal or informal settings.

Source:
Cedefop, Glossary. Terminology of European education and training policy, (last accessed 10/2024)
Cedefop, Glossary. Terminology of European education and training policy, (last accessed 10/2024)
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This revised and expanded multilingual glossary defines 430 key terms used in European education and training policy. Building on the Terminology of European education and training policy – A selection of 130 key terms, published in 2014, this latest version, which draws on the experiences of Cedefop’s experts, gives new definitions and covers the latest European Union policy priorities, particularly on skills intelligence and employment.
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A digital badge is a clickable graphic that contains an online record of

1) an achievement,

2) the work required for the achievement,

3) evidence of such work, and

4) information about the organization, individual, or entity that issued the badge.

Mozilla has created an Open Badges Infrastructure (OBI) standard that includes a display platform called the Badge Backpack so that badge earners will have a free, hosted, public location for management and display of their digital badges. Thus, badges earned by individuals from disparate organizations that use custom badging platforms may be aggregated in one location for others to view. Digital badges can be used, among other things, to depict course completion, establish micro-credentials, represent honors, show event participation, and demonstrate community membership (Bixler & Layng, 2013; cited by Lemoine & Richardson, 2015).