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Open badges

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Definition Open badges are created and awarded to identify and recognise competence, skills and achievements. Open badges are often associated with making nonformal learning visible. Open badges aim to identify and recognise, for example, what we learn at work, in our hobbies or in various positions of trust. They are seen as a means of supporting lifelong learning and employment and are aimed at preventing social exclusion.

The original idea of open badges is not only to make nonformal learning visible, but also to better identify competences when, in addition to organisations, individuals and communities can identify and recognise their own or each other’s competence, skills and achievements.

From a technical point of view, an open badge is an image that contains metadata. Metadata indicates who has granted the badge to whom, what the badge recognises and stands for and the criteria on which it is based. Metadata follows the Open Badge standard, which can be used to verify whether the badge is genuine and valid.

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Open badges are created and awarded to identify and recognise competence, skills and achievements. Open badges are often associated with making nonformal learning visible. Open badges aim to identify and recognise, for example, what we learn at work, in our hobbies or in various positions of trust. They are seen as a means of supporting lifelong learning and employment and are aimed at preventing social exclusion.

The original idea of open badges is not only to make nonformal learning visible, but also to better identify competences when, in addition to organisations, individuals and communities can identify and recognise their own or each other’s competence, skills and achievements.

From a technical point of view, an open badge is an image that contains metadata. Metadata indicates who has granted the badge to whom, what the badge recognises and stands for and the criteria on which it is based. Metadata follows the Open Badge standard, which can be used to verify whether the badge is genuine and valid.

Med metadata avses beskrivande och sammanfattande information om forskningsmaterialets kontext, innehåll och struktur, behandling och/eller hantering samt insamling av det.

Metadata or descriptive information refers to the context, content and structure, management and/or processing of research data and information describing and summarising its compilation.

Metadatalla, metatiedolla tai kuvailutiedolla tarkoitetaan tutkimusaineiston kontekstia, sisältöä ja rakennetta, hallintaa ja/tai käsittelyä sekä sen kokoamista kuvaavaa ja tiivistettyä tietoa.