Finnish Vocational Teachers’ Competences Made Visible by Open Badges

Authors

  • Anne-Maria Korhonen HAMK University of Applied Sciences
  • Sanna Ruhalahti TAMK University of Applied Sciences
  • Jukka Niinimäki HAMK University of Applied Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i6.3138

Keywords:

Higher Education, VET teacher’s competence, open badges, RDI project, Finnish Vocational Teachers, Research, Development & Innovation (RDI)

Abstract

After the reform of Finland’s vocational education and training sector, there arose a need to focus on vocational teachers’ new competences. A national project called “Teachers’ Open Badges” explored these competences as instruments of recognition. The open badge-driven learning process was designed for Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) competence development in teacher education programs. The results revealed that student teachers found open badges useful for demonstrating competence for job application purposes. They attached earned open badges to their ePortfolios and shared their badges in other digital environments.

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Published

2020-10-04

How to Cite

Korhonen, A.-M., Ruhalahti, S., & Niinimäki, J. (2020). Finnish Vocational Teachers’ Competences Made Visible by Open Badges. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(6). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i6.3138

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