Playful Recognition with Open Badges
During the youth exchange project “Pop up English” we are using Open badges in order to promote learning and support Youthpass process. “Youth Exchangers” badge system is like a quest based game. It encourages participants’ proactivity and supports intercultural learning. Young people complete missions of their choice, collect evidence of achievements and unlock digital Open Badges. By playing the recognition game, participants get a sense of achievement and can track their learning progress in a visually clear and attractive way. They can share their achievements online every day. In this way, they show themselves as constant learners during the activity.
During the youth exchange project “Pop up English” we are using Open badges in order to promote learning and support Youthpass process. “Youth Exchangers” badge system is like a quest based game. It encourages participants’ proactivity and supports intercultural learning. Young people complete missions of their choice, collect evidence of achievements and unlock digital Open Badges. By playing the recognition game, participants get a sense of achievement and can track their learning progress in a visually clear and attractive way. They can share their achievements online every day. In this way, they show themselves as constant learners during the activity.
The idea of this game is developed following the concept of gamification - the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. We chose the type of gamification called ‘serious game’ to highlight two of the main elements: recognition can be a playful but at the same time a serious ‘business’.
Some people even dared to be testers of the beta version of Badge Wallet app, which allows easily earn and manage their open badges. All these developments are brought by the exchange project partner NGO “Nectarus” from Lithuania, actively using open badges for recognition of youth work and non-formal learning.
Here you can check descriptions of badges
If you wish to introduce open badges and use them in your youth exchange project in the future, follow these guidelines
Follow this blog for checking on earned badge statistics of this project.
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