The system of open digital badges aiming to recognise and encourage professional development of Mentors of the European Voluntary Service.
The system has been developed as a result of Strategic Partnership Project "Trusted Badge Systems" in cooperation with Association of Non-formal Education in Lithuania and NGO "Socialinis Veiksmas"
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Guidelines for Open Badges System for European Voluntary Service Mentors
1. Open digital badges
for Mentors of
European Voluntary
Service
>
Strategic Partnership Project “Trusted Badge Systems”
2. Welcome to the badge world! This a step-by-step guide which
will prepare you for using Open digital badges to recognise
learning and work of Mentors for European Voluntary Service
ABOUT OPEN BADGES
∎ Open Badges is a worldwide standard to validate and
recognise learning that happens anywhere. They are visual
representation of learning and achievements.
∎ Badges are digital and thus create new possibilities to
manage achievements: store, share and display them
anywhere on the web and include on CV.
∎ Find out more about Open Badges
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3. ∎ This system has been developed with organisation, usually
implementing group EVS project with approx. 10 volunteers
and 7-8 mentors. Therefore badges for the systematic work
are a lot based on mentors’ training and colleague support.
∎ Badges for self-development can be used in projects with
any number of volunteers. There are no levels, mentors can
earn any badge whenever one is matching the criteria.
Meta-badges are unlocked when all badges of that
competence are earned.
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5. EVS Mentors’ Achievements
Recognise and visualise EVS
mentors’ learning
Reflected practice with EVS
coordinator
Promote and recognise systematic
work of mentors
Methodological competence
Educational relationship
competence
Facilitation of learning to learn
competence
Communication and
cooperation competence
Cooperation with Hosting Organisation
Intercultural competence
Training and reflecting with other EVS
Mentors
Constant support for EVS volunteer
8. I have certain of
knowledge of methods
which I can use in
supporting my mentee
Curious learner Experimenter
I developed skills to
choose, adapt or create
an appropriate method
Analyzer
I have analysed ways a
method was applied,
assessed strong and weak
sides of method.
9. When a person earns 3 badges related to
knowledge, skills and awareness or
attitudes, the Meta-badge is unlocked,
recognising the development within
specific competence area.
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10. Meta Badge “Master of Methods”
This badge shows my experience and methodological competence
development. I unlocked this badge after receiving badges for
demonstrating knowledge and understanding about methods for EVS
mentoring context and reflected practice of using methods.
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11. HOW TO SET UP BADGES
Create a badge project on www.badgecraft.eu
Import “Badge System for EVS Mentors’
Achievements” from badge library
Specify badge content
Familiarise with tips for using badges
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19. CONTENT OF BADGES★
∎ Badges have quite generic descriptions, making the
system easily adaptable to any EVS project.
∎ However, you might wish to add specific details about
your EVS project, dates, places, etc.
∎ “Systematic work” badges are based on a practice
where Mentors have introductory training, mid-term
training and final evaluation. They also have periodic
meetings with EVS project coordinator as well as
meetings just among mentors. Check if badge criteria
are matching with your organisation practices. Trusted Badge
20. Go to Projects/Badges to
view all imported badges
“Draft” indicates the badge that can be modified and yet not
visible to users. You can change badge status in “Settings”
22. SMOOTH START
∎ Introduce Open Badges to all Mentors before the
project starts.
∎ Use a video What is a Badge? Or any other
resource
∎ Give out task code for starting a quest for the
badge “Decision maker”, which is a badge related
to cooperation among EVS Mentor and project
Coordinator
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23. Make sure to change the
badge status to “Draft”.
Then click on “Modify” for
see what is the task code
and change it, if you wish.
24. Check the code and you may
download QR code. Mentors
can start a Quest for this
badge by scanning this
code.
25. KEEP MENTORS ON BOARD
∎ From time to time remind mentors about
badges that they could earn throughout EVS
project.
∎ Keep an eye if there are any evidence
verification requests
∎ Discuss badge earning process with mentors
during your meetings with them.
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26. USE DATA PROVIDED BY BADGES
∎ Review what badges are earned by mentors,
analyse tendencies and encourage mentors to
focus on specific competence if needed.
∎ At the end of the project, generate certificate,
where mentors could choose which badges should
be visible (e.g. either all or just Meta badges) there.
∎ Encourage mentors to share badges or certificates
in order to make their achievements visible
RECOMMENDATIONS!
27. HOW TO GENERATE BADGE
BASED CERTIFICATE?
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28. Go to Project’s settings to
enable certificates
Establish partnerships with the third
parties and ask for endorsemenent.
Their names can be entered here. It will
increase the external value of open
badges
29. Users with the permission
can generate badges to
certificates from the
Project’s section “People”
30. Users can access their
certificates from “My
certificates”. They can be
viewed or downloaded as PDF
33. References
TRUSTED BADGE SYSTEMS
Strategic partnership project
for developing youth work
recognition systems and
establishing endorsement
possibilities together with
employers.
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ERASMUS+
European Union’s programme
which offers funding for
mobility projects in various
fields of education & learning
https://ec.europa.eu/program
mes/erasmus-plus
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Key Action 2 Strategic Partnership project
“Trusted Badge Systems” is co-funded by EU
Erasmus+ programme
NGO SOCIALINIS VEIKSMAS
This badge system was
developed in close
cooperation with EVS
coordinating organisation
“Socialinis Veiksmas”. Find
more at:
http://www.savanoriai.org/ind
ex.php/en/