Draft:Open Badge Factory

Open Badge Factory
Company type	Private
Industry	Educational technology; Computer programming
Founded	December 5, 2018
Headquarters	Oulu, Finland
Key people	Eric Rousselle (CEO)
Website	www.openbadgefactory.com

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Open Badge Factory is a Finnish digital credentialing platform that enables organizations to create, issue, and manage digital badges based on the Open Badges standard maintained by 1EdTech. The company is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.^[1]^[2]

History

Open Badge Factory was legally incorporated in Finland on 5 December 2018.^[3]

Activities

According to the 1EdTech certification directory, Open Badge Factory is used by educational institutions, associations, and companies worldwide to create, issue, and manage digital badges.^[2]

In Canada, the digital credentials platforms CanCred Factory and CanCred Passport are built on Open Badge Factory and Open Badge Passport technologies and are delivered by Canadian education technology provider Learning Agents.^[4]

In March 2024, Open Badge Factory entered a distribution partnership with Tokyo-based education technology company Infosign to provide the platform and the Open Badge Passport service in Japan.^[5]

Technology

The platform is based on the Open Badges specification maintained by 1EdTech. It supports Open Badges versions 2.0 and 3.0 and integrates with external systems through Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) and application programming interfaces (APIs).^[6]^[7]

References

↑ "Open Badge Factory Oy". Finder.fi. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
1 2 "Open Badge Factory – Certification". 1EdTech. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
↑ "Open Badge Factory Oy". Northdata. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
↑ "CanCred – Digital Credentials for Canada". CanCred.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
↑ "オープンバッジファクトリーの日本提供開始". PR Times Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 January 2026.
↑ "Open Badges". 1EdTech. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
↑ "Learning Tools Interoperability". 1EdTech. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[finder-1] "Open Badge Factory Oy". Finder.fi. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[1edtech-2] 1 2 "Open Badge Factory – Certification". 1EdTech. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[northdata-3] "Open Badge Factory Oy". Northdata. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[cancred-4] "CanCred – Digital Credentials for Canada". CanCred.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[prtimes-5] "オープンバッジファクトリーの日本提供開始". PR Times Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[6] "Open Badges". 1EdTech. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

[7] "Learning Tools Interoperability". 1EdTech. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

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