Lotta Pakanen from the Sivis Study Centre talks about selfie badges; how to use selfie badges in identifying and recognizing skills relevant in working life. The webinar takes a look at a web course during which participants create badges, add evidence and seek endorsements.

1. Selfie badges in skill recognition
Lotta Pakanen, specialist
16.2.2021

2. • Sivis Study Centre is an institute
promoting non-formal adult education. Sivis
is partly funded by the Ministry of
Education and Culture.
• Sivis is maintained by the Association for
Educational Activities (AEA). We organize
education and training for our member
organisations (76), which represent the
fields of health, education and culture,
citizens’ advice, the environment and other
specific areas of activity. All of our member
organisations are politically independent.
What is Sivis

3. • ”First touch” in 2011
• First badges issued in 2013
• Currently facilitates badge creation and co-
operation in NGO-field (e.g. volunteer
work and working life skills)
• Involved with three levels of badge
creation:
– Nation wide level
– Organisation level
– Individual level
Sivis & badges

4. Our goal is to enhance the
validation of prior learning
(informal & nonformal)
in formal education and working
life.
Career advancement
validation
Qualification
validation

5. Turning tables around
The traditional way
- An organisation creates and issues a badge based on evaluation of
skills
- An individual can add evidence and seek for endorsement
Evidence adding and endorsement rarely happen
Skills must match the badge
The new opportunity
- An individual creates and issues a badge to herself/himself
- An individual adds evidence and seeks for endorsement actively
 Evidence and endorsements keep the badge up-to-date
 Badges display unique skills and competences

6. What is a selfie badge?
Why?
To display unique skills and take over skill definition. To empower an
individual. To highlight skills that one aquires in everyday life. To show
skills when lacking a digital certificate.
How and where?
By creating and issuing a badge in Open Badge Passport + using
Canva. Adding evidence. Seeking for endorsements.

7. Examples of selfie badges

8. #ShowYourSkills

13. Evidence & endorsements