Badges
View all badgesGrowing personal learning networks means adopting a new way of working – taking responsibility for your own learning and building up confidence as you go. Learning, sharing and connecting are even more important in new world of health and social care integration. We’ve got to be savvy about how we work – and the web can help!
By end of the IRISS workshop participants will:
- better understand what a personal learning network is all about
- gain practical skills and experience using social media to keep up to date
- build confidence using social media
- better manage and share their information
- grow a network of people to share with and learn from.
To earn this badge you will need to:
- sign-up to participate in the online workshop
- tell us why you have signed up and what you want to achieve by end of it.
None. This badge does not require you to have any other badges.
You will need to provide a short written statement, up to 100 words, on why you have signed up and what you want to achieve by the end of it. You can copy this statement over from the workshop discussion forum into the badge application form or provide a link to your own blog/portfolio.
If you want to use a blog or ePortfolio entry as evidence, you might find our guide to preparing and publishing your evidence useful. Remember, the evidence you provide will be viewable by anyone who you show your badge to.
Please don’t include confidential or private information within your statement.
Badge issuer
Scottish Social Services Council
Submit your application
The SSSC Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge.
By submitting an application you agree to the following statement:
“In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own.”
The SSSC will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.
Your application will only be sent to the issuer organization for this badge.
There is no application form for this badge. Please read the criteria for information on how to earn this badge.