Create a digital record of your achievements and skills
Open Badges are digital certificates recognising learning and achievement. If you can demonstrate that you’ve learned from materials produced by the Scottish Social Services Council you can earn an Open Badge.
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What are Open Badges?
Open Badges are digital records of achievements and skills that are tied to assessment and evidence. Unlike paper certificates, Open Badges are manageable online.
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Make the most of your Open Badges
Remember to share your badges online as soon as you receive them. You can list badges you have been awarded on social networks, your blog and ePortfolio.
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We want to see Open Badges widely adopted and we are using them to help you recognise your learning, skills, attributes and experience.-
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Featured badges
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Discover digital
This badge is awarded to people who work through the Discover Digital Guide developed by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland. -
Digital human rights principles
This badge is awarded to people who plan to embed a digital human rights-based approach within their role and/or organisation. -
1. OSS Why Digital
This badge is awarded to people who demonstrate their understanding of the importance of good online safety and security practices in the workplace and basic steps that can be taken to keep themselves, the people who use their services and... -
The Lady in Room 4
This badge is awarded to learners who watch all episodes of 'The Lady in Room 4' and submit evidence that meets the badge criteria. -
New to SSSC registration
This Open Badge is awarded to people who demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be registered with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and the responsibilities of a registrant. -
4. Staying secure online self assessment
This Open Badge is awarded to people who have completed a self-assessment exercise about staying secure online. They will have been recommended learning resources based on their responses and written about how they learned from these materials and improved their...
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Discover digital
This badge is awarded to people who work through the Discover Digital Guide developed by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland. -
Digital human rights principles
This badge is awarded to people who plan to embed a digital human rights-based approach within their role and/or organisation. -
1. OSS Why Digital
This badge is awarded to people who demonstrate their understanding of the importance of good online safety and security practices in the workplace and basic steps that can be taken to keep themselves, the people who use their services and...
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Anyone can earn, manage and display Open Badges across the internet. All you need is an email address.
Getting started with Open Badges
New to Open Badges and want to know more? We can help…
- What you need to know about Open Badges
- Applying for an Open Badge
- Preparing and publishing your evidence
- Making the most of your Open Badges
- What to do if your Open Badge submission needs work
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- How to issue Open Badges
- Frequently asked questions from learners
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