A digital badge is an online representation of a skill or knowledge an individual has earned. Digital badges have the capacity to transform the way students share their academic and professional accomplishments.
IDB digital credentials serve to acknowledge, recognize and showcase the achievement of the key competencies in various area of social and economic development.
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Do you want to know all the IDB Badges?
Through IDB digital credentials we provide digital credentials that will serve as evidence of the competencies achieved by those who have successfully completed several of the IDB online courses.
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Do you know what the digital badges backpack is?
Badges are stored in backpacks. Backpacks give you complete control over your achievements by allowing you to organize, display and manage your badges in one place. Connect badges from the virtual classroom of INDES.
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IDB BADGES QUESTIONS
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The Open Badges Infrastucture is an online standard to recognize and verify learning. It was incubated by Mozilla, the global non-profit best known for the Firefox web browser, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation. It is now stewarded by IMS Global Learning Consortium. Open Badges are information-rich, containing built-in data that links back to the issuer, criteria and verifying evidence.Traditional certificates can be issued for anything. A four year-old may earn a certificate for colouring in a picture while waiting for a meal at a restaurant chain. Equally, someone may spend years researching and working at a very high level in order to earn a Ph.D. - which also comes with a certificate. Whether it’s displayed temporarily on the refrigerator or permanently in an expensive frame, what certificates have in common is that they have an audience. Just like certificates, Open Badges can be used to credential different levels of knowledge, skills, and behaviours. Just as we’d issue a certificate in both a low-stakes situation and a high-stakes situation (but recognise that there’s a difference between the two) so we can issue badges in both situations. One advantage of using an Open Badge instead of or as well as a certificate is that badges have a built-in ‘breadcrumb trail’ of evidence. The audience can then immediately follow this trail if they have doubts about authenticity or rigour. This isn’t always immediately obvious or available with traditional paper certificates.
The digital credential is usually received by email and it looks like below:
Here is an explanation of the two options you will have when receiving the digital badge by email.
1. You can download the badge from the email by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button. This option will take you directly to the Badgr platform where you will be able to download and save the badge image.
2. You can also create an account on Badgr, which will allow you to save your badges, verify them with third parties, sort them, share them, and keep them together with others from other platforms. Even though you can download your badge from the email without creating an account (as we have explained in option 1), we recommend that you create one as this will allow you to have several very interesting options for sharing and showing your contacts the badges you have, organized in the way you are most interested in, as well as printing a certificate of the badge.
Creating an account on Badgr is free, all you have to do is access the following link: https://iadb.badgr.io/auth/signup.
A new window will be displayed from which you can create your BID Credentials account, from your Facebook, LinkedIn, Kony, Microsoft or Google account.
It is also possible to create the account directly by including your email address and the personal details requested.
As soon as you complete and submit all the information, you will have to verify your email address by entering a link that you will receive.
If you click on the image of the badge you receive in the e-mail, a new window will automatically open in which you will find a detailed description of the badge.
You have three options: the first one is to share your badge (SHARE BADGE); the second one is to download it (DOWNLOAD) and, finally, you can print a certificate of it (PRINT CERTIFICATE).
The IDB has a solid reputation as a provider of learning opportunities in the areas of social and economic development. The IDB's digital badges will allow students who have completed courses from the organization to obtain credentials for specific skills that stand out in their professional profiles.
The IDB is a pioneer in the adoption of innovative accreditation systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. For this reason, the IDB can be an agent for cross-sectoral modernization of labor markets, education and technology-based innovation by promoting alternative credentials, such as digital ones. This approach stimulates and supports the adoption of standards, practices and policies that serve as pillars of the digital economy.
If you want further information about digital credentials, we recommend you to visit the Badge Wiki page.
In case you are requested or want to verify your badge, we offer you this option too. To do so click on VERIFY.
In the new window that will open, since the system takes your badge data directly and includes it in the first of the sections (the URL that appears in the first of the boxes), you do not need to choose the second option (upload the badge image).
All you have to do is to enter the email address you want to verify and click on the VERIFY button. In the following image you can see how the system displays the verified badge showing both the recipient's email and the issuing institution.
WITH LINK
The following image presents the options of sharing your badge using a link:
By clicking on the BADGE OPTIONS checkbox, when sharing your badge your email will appear identifying the recipient.
By clicking on the COPY button, the system automatically makes a copy of the link so that you can share it.
SOCIAL MEDIAFrom the next tab you will be able to select the social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Pinterest) on which you want to share your acquired badge. By clicking the checkbox under the BADGE OPTIONS label will display the badge identified with your email (as shown in the image below).
EMBEDDED IN BLOGS
The third option for sharing the badge is HTML. From this window you can select to insert your badge in your email signature (by clicking on the CARD option) or on a web page and/or blog (by selecting the BADGE option).
In this case you can also decide if you want the badge to be identified with your email address. In addition, depending on the option you choose, you will be able to customize some other fields such as the name of the badge, the date you received it and the verification.
Once you have customized your badge, you need to copy the generated embed code wherever you want to share it.
If you click on the 'PRINT CERTIFICATE' button, a new window will open with your badge certificate containing a QR code. From this option, you can also configure the color of the certificate (black, blue, green, red and yellow) and a number of options that appear on the right side of the screen:
Since 2011, there have been thousands of projects that have either been focused on, or have included, Open Badges. Some of these projects have been documented better than others. Until recently, there was no single place to collate these examples. Badge Wiki, which hosts the IDB Digital Credentials Hub, provides a space to allow the community to share projects which will expand over time. -
The Open Badges Infrastructure is a decentralised, federated system. This can be a difficult concept to get your head around when you first start thinking about Open Badges. Perhaps the easiest analogy is to think of the way that email works. When you send an email, it doesn’t matter what your email address is, who your provider is, and where in the world you are; it just works. Your message is bounced around various servers and, because they’re all using the same protocol, your message eventually reaches your intended recipient. Similarly, with Open Badges, it doesn’t matter who issued the badge. You can choose where you want to store it, so long as the provider adheres to the specification originally laid out by Mozilla, and now maintained/developed by the IMS Global Learning Consortium.There are several roles that IDB can play within the digital credentials ecosystem. The most obvious of these is as a badge issuer. IDB may also act an endorser of badges. Alternatively, IDB may act as an enabler to allow digital credentials to flourish within the LAC region. Issuer - IDB staff create the graphics, metadata, and quality assurance process required to issue digital credentials via IDB's chosen badge platform. Endorser - IDB endorses either specific badges issued to individuals (the 'badge assertion'), or an entire type of badge (the 'badge class'). This involves reviewing and approving the quality assurance process of badge issuers. Enabler - IDB works with organisations to define digital credentials through collaborative, participator sessions.. This may consist of individual badges or badge pathways. An example of the types of collaborative session that would place IDB in an enabling role can be found in the outputs from the IDB Credentials Workshop Outputs
This option of the platform, which is only available if you have an account, allows you to store the badges you acquire by category and choose where you want to display them. The badges you save in your backpack appear as private by default, which means that only you can see them. However, you can create specific collections and share them on social media, your website, blog or job search pages.
This option also allows you to add badges from other platforms. To do this, click on ADD BADGE. Then, as shown in the following image, a window will open where you can add your badge from another platform using four options: drag and drop the badge image, upload it from the file explorer, paste the URL or paste the JSON of the badge.
This option is used to sort the badges that you acquire by groups or categories in your Backpack. For example, if you want to share badges that are grouped into a certain topic, this is the right platform option to do so.
Here's how to do it: first, click ADD COLLECTION.
Then, name and give a short description to the collection you want to create and click ADD COLLECTION as shown in the following image:
Once the collection has been created, which in this example we have named Formación en Gestión, you can add the appropriate badges by clicking on ADD BADGES.
Select the badges you want to add and click on SAVE CHANGES:
Then you will see your new collection, which you will be able to share by activating the PUBLIC button.
The options for sharing are the same as we have seen before, using a link, embedding it in your website or blog or sharing it on social media.
Yes. First of all, you should go to your profile preferences on the platform. You will find this in the menu at the top right of the screen.
Once in this section, in the "Badges" block, you must go to backpack configuration.
If you do not have a Badgr account, create one using the same email and password used in the classroom. If you already have an account, you must enter on this page the same email and password you have on our Digital Badges platform at https://iadb.badgr.io/
Once you have entered your details, you will receive an email for verification and activation of your backpack connection. When you click on the link in the message, your backpack will be activated.
Now from your badges section, you will be able to send your badges to your backpack at https://iadb.badgr.io/. You will be able to do it from the icon of the backpack of each badge, as shown in the following image:
Badgr allows you to add multiple email addresses to your account from the PROFILE screen. Adding additional email addresses to an account allows users to collect badges issued to different email addresses (e.g., school, work, volunteer) in the same backpack.
Badgr allows you to add multiple email addresses to your account from the PROFILE screen. Adding additional email addresses to an account allows users to collect badges issued to different email addresses (e.g., school, work, volunteer) in the same backpack.
You have the possibility to merge all your accounts into one. To do this you need to contact the Badgr team at support@Badgr.com. You must indicate the emails associated with the accounts you want to merge and which address you want to be the main one. You must also indicate which server (AU, EU, CA, USA) you are using.Yes. The primary email address is the one you use to access your Badgr account. You can change it at any time by clicking on the three dots to the right of the email line and selecting the Make Primary option from the drop-down menu.
The IDB Digital Badges include the IDB logo. They also include a category up to 4 stars depending on the cognitive process of the course or event, as shown in the following table:
Cognitive process
Level
Fundamentals
Remember and understand
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Intermediate
Apply
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Professional
Analyze and evaluate
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Master
Create or transfer knowledge
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