Digital Open Badges in a Tutor Teacher Network
Project in the Päijät-Häme Region in Finland

Digital Open Badges in a Tutor Teacher Network
Project in the Päijät-Häme Region in Finland
DATE: September 28th, 2021
SPEAKER: Hanna-Maria Partanen, Project Coordinator / The Regional Development for
Educational Services in Päijät-Häme
WEBINAR PROGRAM
• Summary on Transversal Competences Open Badges
• Introduction to Regional Development for Educational Services in Päijät-
Häme and Digital Open Badges
• Presentation of the Transversal Competences Open Badges and the work
around them.
• Digital Tour at the Seven sisters website and peek to the launched Open
Badges

Digital Open Badge name: Transversal Competences Open Badges
ROLES DESCRIPTION
TAGS
SUBJECT AREA
FRAME OF REFERENCE
CRITERIA APPLICATION
EVIDENCE
Creator:
The Regional Development for
Educational Services in Päijät-
Häme
Issuer:
Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Hollola,
Iitti, Kärkölä, Lahti, Orimattila,
Padasjoki, Sysmä
Earner:
Päijät-Häme teaching staff
Referee:
The Regional Development for
Educational Services in Päijät-
Häme, Badge Finland network
Verifier:
Heads of local education and
culture department in Päijät-Häme
Consumer:
Teaching staff, employers
Every student has the right to get
high-class education in transversal
competences.
A coherent, transparent and equal
way to promote teaching staff skills
in transversal competences.
#TransversalCompetences
#Skilfulness
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
Development of
Transversal Competences
skills within teaching staff
Earner
• know what transversal competences
expertise means
• masters the specification of
transversal competences expertise by
grade entities
• understands that the need for
transversal competences arises from
the changes in the world around us
• understands that values, the concept
of learning and the operating culture
together form the basis for the
development of competence and
human growth
• encourages students to identify their
own strengths and opportunities for
further development and to value
themselves
• promotes the joy of learning
• can utilize the materials of the Seven
Siblings
• is able to plan teaching that promotes
the skills of the broad competence of
POPS2016 (National Core Curriculum
for Basic Education)
• understands that the promotion of
wide-ranging competences is not just
a process separate from everyday life,
such as a theme day, but must be
integrated into everyday life and all
subjects.
Basic level, 7 badges + meta
• Reflecting self-evaluation
• Setting up development
target
• Automatic issuing
Advanced level, 7 badges + meta
• Planning, designing and
executing a project with
colleague
• Issuing through assesment,
done anonymously by
municipality’s representive
• National Core Curriculum for Basic Education
• Microsoft 2017: Road to 21st Century
Competence
• Seven sisters website
• European Skills, Competences, Qualifications
and Occupations
Basic level
• Application form with self-
evaluation and development
target
Advanced level
• Application form + project

The Regional Development for Educational Services in Päijät-Häme
• The Regional Development of Educational Services in Päijät-Häme has
been operating in the area since 2006.
• The starting point is the development of the quality and productivity
of public education services aimed primarily at the inhabitants.
• The key is to share good operating practices, identify and implement
changes and utilize provincial assessment feedback.
• The co-operation network consists of 10 municipalities in Päijät-
Häme.
• Hartola, Heinola, Hollola, Iitti, Kärkölä, Lahti, Orimattila, Padasjoki and
Sysmä
• Päijät-Häme is a region in Southern Finland with a population of
approximately 206,000.
• The coordination has been placed in the service area of ​​the city of
Lahti by a joint decision of the municipalities.
Pic source: https://paijat-hame.fi/en/regional-council/

The Regional Development for Educational Services in Päijät-Häme
• Team of 12 skilled experts:
• Development manager, Anjariitta Carlson
• Development coordinator, Raisa Kujala
• Network coordinator, Kati Vähäkuopus
• Project coordinators: Heta Flyktman, Terhi Hilden, Outi Karvinen, Minna
Koskelainen, Susanna Kosonen, Piritta Kotonen, Hanna-Maria Partanen, Heli Päitälä,
Laura Tarvonen
• Development work is implementet by project funding
• Finnish National Agency for Education
• Ministry of Education and Culture
• Development work is focusing on
• early childhood education and care
• pre-primary education
• basic education
• general upper secondary education
• vocational education

Digital Open Badges in Finland
• Digital open badges have been in use since 2013.
• Organizations, academies, companies, public administrations and
increasing amount of others are issuing digital open badges.
• Open Badge Factory is the most used service for creating and issuing
digital open badges.
• Open Badge Passport is the most used service for earner to share
received digital open badges.
• The Badge Finland network brings Open Badge operators together.
The Regional Development for Educational Services in Päijät-Häme
realeased Transversal Competencies Open Badges using OBF and
joined Badge Finland network in 2021.
• City of Lahti launced Digital skills Open Badges for teaching staff
2020

Goals for Transversal Competences Open Badges
• A coherent, transparent and equal way to promote skills in
transversal competences: by identifying, verifying and
assessing.
• A set with clear criteria that complies with standards and
frameworks.
• Making personal and work community skills visible and
articulating development needs.
• An inspiring and motivating set that encourages the
demonstration and development of transversal competences
together.

Developing skilfulness in Transversal Competences
”Every student has the right to get high-class education in transversal competences."
Defining how to develop skilfulness Designing and creating Open Badges
2021
2020
2019
2018
TUTOR PROJECT
STARTS
TRANSVERSAL
COMPETENCES OPEN
BADGES READY FOR
USE, TRAINING
MUNICIPALITY STAFF
TESTING, PILOTING
AND FINALIZING
SEVEN SISTERS
WEBSITE
UPDATE,
OBF SERVICE
IN USE
PROJECT
COLLABORATION
REGIONAL
TUTORTEACHER
DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
FIRST DIGITAL
OPEN BADGES
08/2021
10 Municipalities
of Päijät Häme
04/2021
Päijät-Hämeen
tutorkehittämis-
ryhmä, local tutor
teacers and
teaching staff
03/2021
Regional tutor
teacher
development
team, Badge
Finland, OBF
02/2021
Regional projects:
Tutor teacher
network and
Digitalization
strategy
01/2021
Regional tutor
teacher
development
team
06/2020
Heads of local
education and
culture
department in
Päijät-Häme,
Regional tutor
teacher
development
team
03/2018
Heads of local
education and
culture
department in
Päijät-Häme,
The Regional
Development for
Educational
Services in Päijät-
Häme
08/2018
Regional Tutor
teacher network
PÄIJÄT-HÄMEEN
TUTOR TEACHER
NETWORK
SEVEN SISTERS
MATERIAL
PACKAGE
SEVEN SISTERS
GAMIFIED STORIES
10/2018
Regional Tutor
teacher network,
partner
collaboration
08/2019
Regional Tutor
teacher network,
partner
collaboration

Pic source: Curriculum reform 2016 in Finland / Leo Pahkin

TC1 THINKING AND
LEARNING TO LEARN
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)
#Thinking
#LearningToLearn
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
METABADGE
This Open Badge
brings together
individual basic
level badges into a
single metabadge.
SKILLED ON
TRANSVERSAL
COMPETENCES
TC2 CULTURAL
COMPETENCE,
INTERACTION AND
EXPRESSION
#Expression
#Interaction
#Culture
#WorldView
#Participation
#EmotionalSkills
#Encountering
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
TC3 TAKING CARE
OF ONESELF AND
OTHERS,
MANAGING DAILY
ACTIVITIES, SAFETY
#ManagingDaily
#EverydayLife
#TakingCare
#Wellbeing
#Relationships
#Health
#Safety
#Cooperation
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
TC4 MULTILITERACY
#Contextuality
#Multiliteracy
#Multimedia
#TextSkills
#Producing
#Communication
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
TC5 ICT-
COMPETENCE
#Creativity
#Programming
#InformationManagement
#ICT
#Safety
#Explore
#Responsibility
#Networking
#Communication
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
TC5 COMPETENCE
FOR THE WORLD OF
WORK,
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
#WorkLife
#WorldOfWork
#WorkSkills
#WorkReadiness
#WorkExperience
#CommunicationSkills
#Entrepreneurship
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
TC7 PARTICIPATION
AND INFLUENCE,
BUILDING THE
SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE
#Development
#Sustainability
#Participation
#Rules
#Practices
#Future
#Influencing
#Society
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)
REFLECTIVE
SELF-ASSESMENT
AND SETTING UP
DEVELOPMENT
GOAL(S)

TC1 THINKING AND
LEARNING TO LEARN
METABADGE
This Open Badge
brings together
individual advanced
level badges into a
single metabadge.
T
EXPERT ON
TRANSVERSAL
COMPETENCES
TC2 CULTURAL
COMPETENCE,
INTERACTION AND
EXPRESSION
TC3 TAKING CARE
OF ONESELF AND
OTHERS,
MANAGING DAILY
ACTIVITIES, SAFETY
TC4 MULTILITERACY TC5 ICT-
COMPETENCE
TC5 COMPETENCE
FOR THE WORLD OF
WORK,
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TC7 PARTICIPATION
AND INFLUENCE,
BUILDING THE
SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
SELF-ASSESMENT,
COOPERATION
WITH
COLLEAGUE(S) AND
DESIGNING /
EXECUTING A
PROJECT
#Thinking
#LearningToLearn
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
#Expression
#Interaction
#Culture
#WorldView
#Participation
#EmotionalSkills
#Encountering
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
#ManagingDaily
#EverydayLife
#TakingCare
#Wellbeing
#Relationships
#Health
#Safety
#Cooperation
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
#Contextuality
#Multiliteracy
#Multimedia
#TextSkills
#Producing
#Communication
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
#Creativity
#Programming
#InformationManagement
#ICT
#Safety
#Explore
#Responsibility
#Networking
#Communication
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
#WorkLife
#WorldOfWork
#WorkSkills
#WorkReadiness
#WorkExperience
#CommunicationSkills
#Entrepreneurship
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration
#Development
#Sustainability
#Participation
#Rules
#Practices
#Future
#Influencing
#Society
#Skilfulness
#TransversalCompetences
#BasicEducation
#RegionalCollaboration

L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7
Basic level OB
Advanced
meta
Advanced level OB
PATHS
Metabadge
- Received when all basic level
open badges are earned
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7
Basic
meta
Metabadge
- Received when all advanced
level open badges are earned
AUTOMATIC ISSUING
- Open Badge Factory
AUTOMATIC ISSUING
- Open Badge Factory
AUTOMATIC ISSUING
- Open Badge Factory
ASSESMENT BEFORE ISSUING
- Municipal representative(s)
EXAMPLE OF A LEARNING PATH EXAMPLE OF A PERSONAL SKILL PATH

Managing and sharing regional Open Badges
Regional
Development
Municipalities
Responsible persons
from schools or
municipality (RP)
ADMINISTRATING OBF LICENCE, CREATION & SHARING
PLAN AND OPERATING MODEL TO USE DIGITAL OPEN BADGES, ISSUER
- OBF Sub organization licence
COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT, FOLLOWING REPORTS, ISSUING & ASSESMENT
Basic level
badges
Adcanced level
badges
AUTOMATIC
ISSUING (OBF)
Principles
RP
TRAINING & NETWORKING
ADMIN OF THE MUNICIPALITY’S
OBF SUB-ORGANIZATION
ACCOUNT
Municipality’s responsible
person will assess and issue
RP
L1-L7
L1-L7
METABADGE METAMERKKI
AUTOMATIC ISSUING
→Training and networking starting from Autumn 2021
AUTOMATIC ISSUING

OPEN BADGE EXPERT: TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES
• Knows the basic facts about Digital Open Badges and knows that the digital
badge (Open Badge) is an electronic and visual documentary about competence
• Knows the basics about Open Badge Factory Service (OBF) and its operating
principles
• Knows the basics about Open Badge Passport Service (OBP) and its operating
principles
• Knows the basics about Päijät-Häme Transversal Open Badges and its
assesment criteria
• Knows how to manage and issue The Päijät-Häme Transversal Open Badges
within the municipality
• Knows and understands that Open Badges can be used to build visualized
entities and learning paths which can support personal development
• Knows and understands that Digital Open Badges can be used to guide the
learning and development process of the community in different organizations
• Knows and understands the principle to identify and recognize competences
that are acquired in different ways
• is familiar with the process on designing, creating and issuing of an Open Badge.
Evidence of Competence
• Earner has demonstrated expertise through participating in online training and
with a separate application form. The assesment is carried out by The Regional
Development for Educational Services in Päijät-Häme.
People who are in charge of issuing
will participate in training
• focusing on the Tranversal
Competences Digital Open Badges
• arranged by The Regional
Development for Educational
Services in Päijät-Häme

Testing and piloting
TIME: 19.-30.4.2021
PARTICIPANTS: 10 regional municipalities; regional tutor teacher development team, local tutor teachers
and teaching staff
PLACE: Seven sisters website and OBF
Assignment: Walk thru the Seven sisters website from Open Badge earner point of view, test Transversal
Competences Open badge forms and evaluate email message that is received when earning a badge
• Comprehensibility and clarity
Are the signs and related instructions and technical solutions understandable and clear?
• Pedagogy
Do the Open Badges motivate and support the development of personal/community skills ?
Overall Grade: 4 Seven sisters website / Basic level Open Badges / Advanced level Open Badges
From 1 – 5
(1 being insufficient and 5 excellent)

These would be great, not only
to support teachers ’own
thinking, but also to develop
their own school and make
transversal competences skills
visible.
Both, the PC and mobile,
versions seem to work
well!
As a whole, The
Transversal Competences
material package was liked
and especially the
pedagogical idea.
It is good that the basic
level badges are
automatically earned
and they are also
inspiring.
All in all, these are
absolutely lovely and will
most definitely make
teachers reflect on their own
work.
Advanced level badges
provide nicely challenge
and reward.
Quotes from pilot crew

Additional information
Seven sisters website
https://cutt.ly/7sisarusta
Hanna-Maria Partanen, Project Coordinator
hanna-maria.partanen@lahti.fi
0444826679