The first objective of the DISCO project was to build on the possibilities of the open standard of Open Badge 2.0 to work out a meaningful VET and CPD data structure of course and content typology (VET level, VET sector, target, length, etc.), based on EU VET standards, on the OEPass – Open Education Passport project’s research findings, on the newly developed EDCI (Europass Digital Credential Infrastructure) standards for interoperability, and on the partners own national standards and classifications. The result provided a grid of extra metadata accompanying a Badge. This system enabled a better mapping and manageability of their badges for VET and HE providers and other stakeholders.
The second objective of the project was to develop an open source sample displayer platform (repository), where educational providers and learners alike could collect (issue, earn, store, view) their badges with more meaningful and more comprehensive searching possibilities, than internal repositories (like Moodle or Canvas) or third party products (like Badgr) are offering now. Owning the displayer repository by consortium partners enabled us bridging it to EDCI, as well as the rights to further develop the software.
Grant: Erasmus + KA2 Strategic Partnerships Project No. 2020-1-HU01-KA202-078793
Runtime: 1.11.2020 – 28.2.2023
Website: https://www.discovet.eu/
Results:
- Report: Skills for open badges and digitally signed credentials in the new era
- Executive summary of the report in English
- Vezetői összefoglaló (Hungarian)
- Resumen Ejecutivo (Spanish)
- ΣΥΝΟΨΗ (Greek)
- Kopsavilkum (Latvian)
- Santrauka (Lithuanian)
- Learning portal in Moodle
- 30 hours multimedia course for issuers and validators on the use of the displayer platform: Course on Open Badges and Digitally Signed Credentials is a 30 hours informal online course. It provides learners with the knowledge and tools to familiarize themself with the theoretical context as well as easy to follow step-by-step guides to create, issue and manage their own digital badges and certificates. available in English, Lithuanian, Greek, Spanish, Latvian and Hungarian. Learners can enrol the course by registering (it is free of any obligation) or by accessing the learning materials with a guest account.
- Displayer platform (open source) (IO2) called DIScoPLAYER or DcP. Registration as Earner is free. If you would like to register as Issuer, please send an e-mail to dcp@mti.bme.hu
- Lessons Learned Kit (LLK): publications to share the results
- LLK1: Developing solutions for Digitally Signed Credentials and Open Badges in VET and Higher Education (pdf)
- LLK2: The DiscoVET approach: solutions, tools, and training (pdf)
- LLK3: Developing solutions for Digitally Signed Credentials and Open Badges in VET and Higher Education – multimedia edition (pdf)
Including videos below:
Lessons Learnt by the participants of the training on Digitally Signed Credentials and Open
Looking at the collaboration of the DISCO VET partnership
The significance of the DISCO VET project