Open badges in Adult Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Open badges in Adult Education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition, transparency, certification; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

5 adult education and training organisations have joined in the Open Badges for Adult Education project to develop the concept of open badges in their environment and to test it with adults who are far from employment and belong to groups at risk of exclusion. 100 badges were initially created to promote attitudes and behaviours sought by employers and key competences for lifelong learning. As a result of the project, more than 90 trainers from 50 different organizations assigned more than 600 badges to more than 300 adults.
Guides have been produced to show the interest of badges: valorising skills acquired through informal learning, maintaining motivation throughout a learning path, building confidence and self-esteem, digital acculturation, empowerment regarding one’s abilities, easier presentation during a job interview, etc. Tutorials are available for the practical aspects: How to create a badge? How to manage your badges?… The different experiences of creating and assigning badges with their integration into training systems and the feedback from the various stakeholders are described in a collection of practices. They are available to give ideas to education stakeholders who want to be informed and better understand the various possibilities before engaging. All results are available in the five languages of the partnership, German, Spanish, French, Slovenian, Swedish and English at www.open-badges.eu.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160411,38 Eur

Project Coordinator

LYCEE CHARLES ET ADRIEN DUPUY & Country: FR

Project Partners

• LJUDSKA UNIVERZA PTUJ
• ACCION LABORAL PLATAFORMA PARA LA IMPLANTACION DE PROGRAMAS DE INCLUSION LABORAL EN COLECTIVOS DESFAVORECIDOS
• FOLKUNIVERSITETET STIFTELSEN VID LUNDS UNIVERSITET
• VOLKSHOCHSCHULE IM LANDKREIS CHAM EV