About this initiative.
An open digital badge can provide evidence of engagement in professional development activity.
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Although #LTHEchat have been issuing open digital badges since 2014, we have now undertaken a project to redevelop a suite of open digital badges to recognise #LTHEchat community involvement in a more formal way, giving the opportunity for contributors to include their badges as part of their evidence of involvement in a professional community.
Read more about open badges . We recommend using a free account with Open Badge Passport to collect, manage and display your badge.
Our first steps to badging #LTHEchat team members since 2014 will happen in December 2023 with the following badges:
#LTHEchat Organising Team Member
The #LTHEchat Organising Team Member badge will issued in December 2023 and periodically throughout the coming years at the end of your serving term. If you have been a member of a previous Organising Team look out for an email (sometimes they get filtered as spam) or contact us via the #LTHEchat blog or X (formerly Twitter).
#LTHEchat Mentor
The #LTHEchat Mentor badge is issued to colleagues who provide support for new Organising Team Members throughout their three monthly term. This will be issued automatically at the end of the first term served and we will issue to all those who have served as mentors so far on December 21st 2023.
If you have not received your Mentor badge after your term please contact us!
You can find out more about how to find and display your badge by reading our FAQ doc here.
The badging initiative for the #LTHEchat community is being organised by Deb Baff and Teresa MacKinnon. The Open Badge Factory have supported this initiative up to 2025.
Debbie Baff is a Subject Specialist (Digital Leadership and Culture) at Jisc and has extensive experience of working in Higher Education & the voluntary sector. An Open Educational Practitioner and PhD Student in E Research and TEL she is a passionate advocate for the importance of online social learning and collaboration. An open digital badges enthusiast and keen sketchnoter, Debbie has a creative approach to learning , teaching and building communities both online and in person. Debbie is a Fellow of Advance HE, a Certified Online Learning Facilitator and a CMALT holder.
Teresa MacKinnon has now retired from her role as Associate Professor at the Language Centre, University of Warwick. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Honorary Life Member of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). Teresa has extensive experience of the integration of computer mediated communication in learning design and continues to maintain a professional presence online as she enjoys connecting educators internationally across sectors. She advocates open educational practice and is active in the areas of virtual exchange and open badges.
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