Open badges are digital badges which show a range of learning achievements. You can share them on social media and employability websites such as LinkedIn.
Open badges:
Open badges were approved for use on the ncl+ award in 2015 and over 1500 badges have now been awarded. The ncl+ award has recently expanded with 6 different strands including ncl+ and 5 advanced awards.
A successful innovation fund project is exploring the use of open badges in the School of Psychology, Newcastle University Business School and INTO.
The project team are evaluating student opinion about open badges. The results of this evaluation will help inform the future use of badges across the University.
If you have an idea that for an extra-curricular open badge we would like to hear your proposal. It is important that badges awarded by Newcastle University has value, and be difficult to achieve.
Please consider the following when developing your badge:
We can provide support and advice regarding open badges. Please contact ltds@ncl.ac.uk.