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1. Getting started with Open Badges
This Open Badge is awarded to people who demonstrate a basic understanding of how to use SSSC Open Badges to collect evidence of their learning and development.
Open Badges are a straightforward way to collect, manage and share evidence of learning in today’s digital world. You can collect them to evidence your learning and share them in places that matter to you, including offline as printable certificates. When you show your badge to someone, they will be able to see criteria against which the badge was issued and any evidence that you provided to prove you met that criteria.
You can earn this badge by watching our 10 short video tutorials about getting started with badges. The tutorials show you how to create your SSSC Open Badges account, find badges, submit evidence for them, show people the badges awarded to you and collect feedback on your badges from others through endorsements.
Please read the criteria below carefully. You will need to answer both questions from the criteria in the evidence that you submit.
To earn this badge you will need to:
- watch all 10 videos in our Getting Started with Open Badges series (1 hour)
- familairise yourself with our rules about using AI to help with your Open Badge applications (10 minutes)
- answer the questions in this survey for people who are new to Open Badges (10 minutes)
- tell us about three things you learned from the video tutorials that surprised you and why (75 words minimum)
- tell us about at least one thing you will do to encourage your colleagues to start using SSSC Open Badges (25 words minimum).
We will decline applications that do not provide enough evidence showing how you have met these criteria.
None. This badge does not require you to hold any other badges.
You will need to provide at least 100 words in response to the two questions you were asked in the criteria for this badge. Make sure you clearly indicate which question you are responding to in each part of your evidence submission.
If you want to use a blog or ePortfolio entry as evidence, you might find our guide to preparing and publishing your evidence useful. We will also accept short audio or video statements if you prefer these formats.
Remember, the evidence you provide will be viewable by anyone who you show your badge to. Please don’t include confidential or private information within your statement.
Badge issuer
Scottish Social Services Council
Promoting high standards, raising public confidence and developing a trained and trusted social service workforce in Scotland.
Badge standards
Self awareness: My personal development
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Terms and conditions
1. I have read, understood, and completed all activities listed in the badge criteria. The evidence I have provided answers each question from the criteria.
2. I confirm that the evidence I have submitted is free from personally identifiable information of others. Nobody can be identified, directly or indirectly, from any examples I provide.
3. I wrote or recorded my evidence, and I have not copied it from anywhere else. The core content, ideas, and examples are my own original work. I agree that I will only use AI tools under the rules outlined by the SSSC, and if I do so, I will explicitly declare this use in my submission and provide a valid link to the chat history for the assessor to review.
4. I give consent for the SSSC and the people I share this badge with to use plagiarism and AI detection tools to validate the authenticity of the evidence I have submitted.
5. I understand that it may take up to 28 days to assess my application and that feedback cannot always be provided if it is unsuccessful.