Activity 1 - Explore Cities and Regions of Learning - YWIM

Content

Welcome to this activity to explore OpenBadges and the Cities and Regions of Learning network including your platform – Youth Work Ireland Midlands Regions of Learning! Let’s discover it together – step by step: 
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Watch this short video about the network and OpenBadges, what do you think about it? 
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Each City or Region of Learning platform looks similar but the content is different for sure. 
You can find a map on top of the platform – where can you find activties in your region already? 
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Activities that are connected through a certain topic can be gathered in Learning Playlists. You might know playlists from Youtube or Spotify to organise your music or intersts. It’s the same principle here but in the shape of learning pathways. 
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So what is an OpenBadge?
An Open Badge is a digitally verified credential consisting of image and meta-data encoded: 
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Now it's time to earn your first badge. For this, you need to register - but no worries, that's very easy and you just need your email address! Follow the instructions below and fulfill the required task to get your badge.
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Get activity badge

Congrats - that's your first badge! Get this badge

The owner of this badge 
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got to know the Cities and Regions of Learning network, especially the Youth Work Ireland Midlands Region of Learning platform.
understood what Activties, Learning Playlists and OpenBadges are about.
registered on the platform and earned their first badge.

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

What do you think about the platform and badges? Do you have ideas on how to use it in your daily work with young people?
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Leave your ideas in the textfield.

Career and job readiness

Added to playlist (2)

Time to complete: 10 minutes

Organisers

Youth Work Ireland Midlands

Used in playlists

Youth Work Ireland Midlands RoL – Induction Learning Playlist

Youth Work Ireland Midlands

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