3. SSSC getting started with Open Badges - for social care staff working in Scotland.

To situate your learning in this course, your first engagement with learning materials will be to study the information on the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Open Badges system for assessment and professional recognition.  It is important to find out what Open Badges are and how they work, because this course is aligned with this system of assessment.

Please note: If you do not work in social care in Scotland this information is not relevant for you.  You can skip this activity.

a) First of all, watch the video 'What are Open Badges' on the SSSC website.

b) As the next step, watch all 10 videos in the SSSC 'Getting Started with Open Badges' series which will take around 1 hour.

c)Then read this 'Getting Started with Open Badges' hand-out.

d) Finally, register and introduce yourself and say hello to someone else on the SSSC Open Badges forum as this is a requirement for gaining your first badge for studying this SSSC material.  In your forum post, also write about the following aspects:

• tells us about three things you learned from the video tutorials that surprised you and why (75 words minimum)
• tell us about at least one thing you will do to encourage your colleagues to start using SSSC Open Badges (25 words minimum).

Once you have registered and posted your 100+ words in the SSSC forum, you will be able to receive your first SSSC Open Badge.