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ECVET pilot projects funded under the lifelong learning action programme, other projects relating to the ECVET testing and development exist. These concern the European Qualification Framework (EQF) projects, which offer interesting complementarities with the ECVET pilot projects and the national ECVET projects; as well as projects funded by the LEONARDO programme.

A GREAT TOOLBOX TO DESIGN ECVET PROGRAMMES AND VET CREDIT, such as : 1) "ECVET Conversion Manual Project Name/Author: VET-CCS project in Malta Date Posted: 22 October 2013 Description: A Manual for the conversion of qualifications and training courses to ECVET - output of the VET-CCS project in Malta. "

This project sought to assist partner countries move to EQARF through transferring an online assessment tool, developed on a previous project to meet the needs of EFQM and ISO 9000, and adapting it to the requirements of national and other quality frameworks in use in these countries. By extending an already existing TQM model based on the requirements of both EFQM and EQARF, the ACES solution helps to allow a better approach to benchmarking in the VET sector across the EU. After the piloting of the solutionnacross the partner countries,a number of case studies were written up based on the findings of the testers.

About the Digital Media and Learning Competition The Digital Media and Learning Competition is an effort designed to find and to inspire the most novel uses of new media in support of learning. Over the past 5 years, the Competition has awarded $10 million to more than 100 projects in 20 countries that explore how technologies-including games, mobile phone applications, virtual worlds, social networks, and digital badge platforms-are changing the way people learn and participate in daily life. The Competition is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and administered by HASTAC (the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory). This endeavor invites U.S. and international participants to compete for approximately $2 million in grant awards for domestic and international projects that use digital or new media as platforms for connected learning. Over the years, Digital Media and Learning Competition partners have included Sony (Competition 3), EA (Competition 3), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Competition 4), Mozilla (Competitions 4&5), the Born This Way Foundation (Competition 5), Facebook (Competition 5), and the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI, Competition 5).  

"At Peer 2 Peer University, Badges are a form of feedback that learners give to each other in order to improve their projects. You can create a new Badge, submit a Project for a Badge, or, if you are an "Expert" and already have a Badge, award it to someone else."

"OpenKinect is an open community of people interested in making use of the amazing Xbox Kinect hardware with our PCs and other devices. We are working on free, open source libraries that will enable the Kinect to be used with Windows, Linux, and Mac. The OpenKinect community consists of over 2000 members contributing their time and code to the Project. Our members have joined this Project with the mission of creating the best possible suite of applications for the Kinect. OpenKinect is a true "open source" community! Our primary focus is currently the libfreenect software. Code contributed to OpenKinect where possible is made available under an Apache20 or optional GPL2 license.

"Case Studies We will be showcasing best practice projects who are implementing ECVET on our website. Below is an example case study, available to download as a PDF:"

This brochure gives an excellent overview of the running projects as well as of the upcoming H2020 ICT call 2 Technologies for better human learning and teaching.

Digital Badges: An Annotated Research Bibliography selected and annotated by Sheryl Grant and Kristan E. Shawgo and published on HASTAC on February 27, 2013. (Looking for the Badges for Learning Research collection? Click here.) This bibliography has been curated by Sheryl Grant, Director of Social Networking for the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition, and PhD student at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and annotated by Kristan Shawgo, HASTAC Special Projects Manager and Ci-BER Library Liaison, and recent MSLS graduate from SILS at UNC-CH.  Why a Badges Bibliography? Following the  flood of response to the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation's Badges for Lifelong Learning initiative in 2011, and the release of Mozilla's Open Badges Infrastructure, HASTAC decided to assemble this Badges Bibliography v.1 as a humble attempt to organize the universe of knowledge about digital badges. More importantly, we hope this bibliography will come to represent a cross-disciplinary approach that inspires questions, perspectives, and approaches to badges that reflect the inherently collaborative nature of badge systems.

What is Flipped Learning? Flipped Learning occurs when direct instruction is moved from the group teaching space to the individual learning environment. Class time is then used for active problem solving by students and one-to-one or small group interactions with the teacher. Students can watch the short lessons as many times as they wish to grasp the content and come to class ready to jump into the lesson, answer questions, work on collaborative projects, and explore the content further. Educators are embracing Flipped Learning in elementary, secondary and higher education in all subjects. More information about the FLN, including board members, staff and contact info can be found in the left nav bar.

Get recognition for learning that happens anywhere. Then share it on the places that matter. Opean Badges help you share skills & interests with the world.

"La HES-SO propose en partenariat avec l'Université de Genève la Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience dans la perspective de la formation tout au long de la vie. En reconnaissant les compétences acquises, dans le cadre d'activités professionnelles et associatives, la VAE permet une dispense partielle d'un programme de bachelor."

Using ECVET to Support Lifelong Learning ANNOTATED EXAMPLES OF HOW ECVET CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING