This document discusses recognizing learning through experience and reflection using a method called ELD. ELD was created in Sweden to help document competencies gained through informal learning experiences. The document defines competence and explains the ELD process of documentation, conversations, and exercises to help participants reflect on situations where they demonstrated abilities. It provides suggestions for piloting ELD and visualizing learning outcomes through tools like open badges.
10. What is competence?
As de鍖ned in the European Training
Strategy (Salto Youth 2013)
Competences consist of an overall
system of values, attitudes and beliefs as
well as skills and knowledge, which can
be put into practice to manage diverse
complex situations and tasks
successfully. Self-con鍖dence, motivation
and well-being are important pre-
requisites for a person to be able to act
out his/her developed competences.
11. What is competence?
As de鍖ned in the EQF (European
Quali鍖cation Framework)
Competence means the proven ability to
use knowledge, skills and personal,
social and/or methodological abilities in
work or study situations and in
professional and personal development.
In the context of the EQF, competence is
described in terms of responsibility and
autonomy.
Source: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/5530_en.pdf - page 52
14. Competence Inventory
Think of a situation from
your work life when you do
something that you enjoy
doing.
A situation that makes you
feel good.
Tell one person about your
situation and work together
鍖nding three words that
describes your actions from
the List of Competence.
17. I would have learned the same, I
guess, but I wouldnt have known it.
18. Det v辰rsta som kan
h辰nda 辰r att du f奪r
en ELD-
situation!
The worst thing
that might happen
is that you get an
ELD-situation!
19. How to start an ELD pilot
≒ Select a few participants
≒ Introduce ELD (highlight self-assessment
and be transparent with the pilot status)
≒ Co-design the ELD process with
participants
≒ Select low hanging fruit tools for
documentation
≒ Schedule and document ELD talks
≒ Create template for 鍖nal Letter of
Competence
≒ Create personal Letter of Competence
≒ together with participant
20. Visualize Learning Outcomes
Imagine the best possible
Letter of Competence
- or other proof of learning -
after the project
Work together
21. Today, young peoples
learning takes place in many
different sectors.
Open Badges is a system for
connecting different learning
settings and create pathways
to jobs.
22. Further work is also necessary to analyse how new
transparency tools such as open badges created by new
certi鍖cation processes on digital learning should be
integrated in/a complement to Europass.
COM 2013:899 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council
Evaluation of the Europass initiative Second evaluation of the Decision of the European
Parliament and the Council on a single Community framework for the transparency of
quali鍖cations and competences (Europass)
23. Mozilla Of鍖cial
http://openbadges.org
An example of how a project has built a pathway of Open Badges
http://www.chicagosummero鍖earning.org/
Open Badges Wiki
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
A free community for creating, earning and issuing badges:
https://credly.com/
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/02/12/how-were-making-education-
more-like-the-web/