Open Badges
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Open Badges
Open badges are digital badges which show a range of learning achievements. You can share them on social media and employability websites such as LinkedIn.
Open badges:
- Indicate an accomplishment or skill
- Include metadata held within the badge that has information about the awarding institution and the criteria for achieving the badge
Developing an extra-curricular Open Badge at Âé¶¹´«Ã½
If you have an idea for an extra-curricular Open Badge we would like to hear your proposal. It is important that badges awarded by Âé¶¹´«Ã½ have value, and are difficult to achieve.
Please consider the following when developing your badge:
- Developing criteria that each student should achieve before being awarded a badge
- Identifying what assessment will determine achievement of the badge and who will carry out the assessment
Application process
- Complete the and send it to ltds@ncl.ac.uk
- LTDS consider the application and complete a supporting statement
- The Student Experience Sub-Committee consider the full application
- If approved LTDS set up the badge on Open Badge Factory
- You manage the assessment process and confirm which students who should be awarded the badge
- Schools or Services can administer the awarding of badges to successful students via NU Reflect


