There were only 3 UK institutions, and one outside the UK fully implementing badges.
“We have built our own badge issuing system, which enables us to issue badges for
'offline' achievements too. We have issued over 100 badges to date, these have been for a
number of skills/achievements. “
“We have built an issuing platform and are issuing badges for collaborations we're
engaged in.”
Option 6 (Anyone can award badges through the VLE) corresponds with organisations that have
enabled badges within the VLE but has no institutional policy to embed these.
What areas are you considering using Open Badges for?
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Open Badges has a wide range of possible applications. Organisations were surveyed to discover
what applications of badges they were considering.
The most popular use for Open Badges was CPD with 24 out of the 58 responses responding with
this option, and in most cases this was Staff CPD.
The second most popular purpose for badges was in an academic context .
“…badges are being considered as a way of recognising those who complete components
of the online course.”
“Initially for the Masters students’ research core skills training”
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