Unconference OPN35
The Allure of Digital Badges
Date Thursday, Dec 3 Time – RoomKöpenick I/II/III
Digital badges can provide an incentive and boost engagement in higher education and beyond. This unconference session offers an opportunity to share views, learn from other developers and explore badges as a powerful incentive for learning recognition.
Moderators
Satu Järvinen
Expert, Education Partnerships, Omnia - The Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region, Finland
Satu Järvinen is responsible of and coordinating TVET capacity building, teacher professional development and learning environment projects in Finland and abroad. Satu was educated in Senegal, Finland and France. She has wide experience from working with education and development in different types of schools ranging from primary schools to university level. She has been involved in projects aiming at capacity building and raising human capital through VET or K-12 education development in a number of EU and non-EU countries. She has been an invited speaker on developing quality VET education systems, professional usage of media in educational context, and designing and implementing entrepreneurial learning.
Links
https://www.omnia.fi/about-omnia1
Esko Lius
Expert, Digital Learning, Omnia - The Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region, Finland
Esko Lius is known for inspiring learning projects which put emphasis on learners' own activity, transformative pedagogy, and versatile tools for authentic learning. Mobile learning and BYOx model are most often employed.
He is involved in designing strategies and systems for building up the capacities of the teaching staff, and he facilitates digital strategy processes of the management – both in Finland and in international projects, e.g. in Kosovo and Egypt.
He is curious enough to ask What if… and divergent and diligent enough to find new approaches in challenging situations. He sees that the connection between formal school learning, the world outside, and learner's own interest is paramount to generate deep learning.
Recently he has been pondering (and piloting) how open digital badges may change the paradigm in recognizing competences and learning.