Champions play a key role supporting the creation and issuing of University open digital badges. Invitation to become a Digital Badges Champion With the expansion of BadgEd beyond our early adopters we would like to invite colleagues from Schools not currently involved to consider becoming Open Digital Badge Champions. This role would involve supporting others in your School who are interested in offering digital badges for their activities. Training and support would be provided for a role which would give those involved the opportunity to shape the development of alternative accreditation of skills and achievements in the University. About being a Digital Badges Champion What does a Digital Badges Champion do? Image Digital Badges Champions provide local expertise and support to badge issuers and other University staff interested in digital badges. A Champion is the main point of contact for people interested in Digital Badges. Champions assist issuers when they are applying to create a new badge before the applications are submitted to the badge governance group. Once the new badges are approved, Champions can also assist in the creation and issuing of badges for their department or program. Who can be a digital badges Champion? Any member of staff with the interest and time to be able to provide support to their colleagues. Induction and support for the role will be given by the central team and Champions also have the mutual support of the other Champions. Interested in becoming a digital badges Champion? First have a look at the current Champions list. If there is a Champion for your school/department, we recommend having an initial chat with them. Then contact us to express your interest in becoming a BadgEd Champion via the IS Helpline. List of Current Champions Open Digital Badge Champions are the main point of contact for any queries and issues. They assist with the open digital badge applications and may help manage the creation and issuing of badges for their School or professional service group. You can find the list of Champions below. If your School or Deanery is not listed, or if you are unsure who to contact, please contact the Digital Badges service team via IS Helpline for assistance. Contact IS Helpline Expand all Collapse all College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Business School: Alison Christie, Alison.Christie@ed.ac.uk Business School: Eli Appleby- Donald, Eli.Appleby-Donald@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI): Javier Tejera, Javier.Tejera@ed.ac.uk Moray House School of Education and Sport & Centre for Open Learning: Juan Jose Miranda, jj.miranda@ed.ac.uk Moray House School of Education and Sport & Centre for Open Learning: Liz Dickie, edickie3@ed.ac.uk Moray House School of Education and Sport & Centre for Open Learning: Oliver Reed, oliver.reed@ed.ac.uk (COL only) School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences: James Donaldson, jdonald2@ed.ac.uk School of Social and Political Sciences: Jennifer Sato, Jennifer.Sato@ed.ac.uk College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Centre for Cardiovascular Science: Ruth Andrew, Ruth.Andrew@ed.ac.uk Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies: Gordon Littlejohn, Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk The Roslin Institute: Barry Bradford, barry.bradford@roslin.ed.ac.uk Usher Institute: Matt Sanders, Matt.Sanders@ed.ac.uk College of Science and Engineering Bayes Institute: Fraser Pullar, Fraser.Pullar@ed.ac.uk School of Engineering: Katherine Cameron, k.cameron@ed.ac.uk Information Services Group ISG: Satu Kapiainen, Satu.Kapiainen@ed.ac.uk ISG: Delia Georgescu, delia.georgescu@ed.ac.uk ISG: Scott Coutts, scott.coutts@ed.ac.uk University's Secretary Group Careers Service: pending Edinburgh Award: Kirsty Stewart, Kirsty.Stewart2@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Global - Mastercard Foundation: Inga Ackermann, Inga.Ackermann@ed.ac.uk Other Edinburgh Innovations: Christina Starko, Christina.Starko@ei.ed.ac.uk Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Sam Di Risio, sam.dirisio@ed.ac.uk Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Kat Zabecka, k.zabecka@ed.ac.uk ResLife: Sean Wicks, sean.wicks@ed.ac.uk Expand all Collapse all Other Open Digital Badge Supporters: Governance Group The Governance Group acts as a review and approval group for Open Digital Badge creation requests at the University of Edinburgh. They ensure our Open Digital Badges meet the agreed guidance and good practice and provide feedback where needed. If you have any questions or need information about the Governance team, please contact us via IS helpline. Contact IS Helpline Go to the BadgEd Catalogue Further information If you have any questions about digital badges, contact us via the IS Helpline with as much detail as possible about your question. Contact IS Helpline This article was published on 2024-10-08
