4. › Howdo we help students take
the tools, knowledge and skills
they have acquired with them?
› How do we make their learning
“stick” so it is accessible for life?
5. “We don’t learn from our
experience, we learn
from thinking about our
experience”
John Dewey
6. “An eportfolio is a purposeful
collection of work that
demonstrates effort, progress
and achievement over time,
stored in an electronic
container.”
› Retrieved
from Helen Barrett’s
Learning Interchange site
7. › Josh O’Neil’s Human Relations Eportfolio
https://cranberry.kwantlen.ca/mahara/view/view.php?
id=4611
› Crystal Hartley’s Demonstration of Competencies
https://cranberry.kwantlen.ca/mahara/view/
view.php?id=6562&new=
› Puneet Dadiala’s Eportfolios (various courses)
https://cranberry.kwantlen.ca/mahara/view/
view.php?id=3481
› MarieHiebert’s Employee Development and
Training Eportfolio
https://cranberry.kwantlen.ca/mahara/view/
view.php?id=10257
9. › It’s
about the practice, not the tool (but you
have to start with something)
› Let
the champions lead and give what tools
you can
› Allow the requirements to evolve
› Advocate for champions however you can
› Keep considering other options
10. Change Management
› Faculty buy-in
› Articulate the benefits
› Make it intuitive
› “Do
we get to keep it when we
leave”
› Recognize the work involved
11. › The courage to be imperfect
› The
compassion to be kind to
ourselves
› Authenticity
– willingness to let
go of who you should be in
order to be who you are
(Brene Brown – Ted Talks, 2011)
12. Our Progress
September 2010 September 2011
• Student
accounts
were
created
throughout
the
term
• All
students
will
have
accounts
at
the
start
of
September
• Very
few
sample
epor:olios
to
show
students
• Every
course
should
have
course
specific
samples
–
make
sure
you
have
permission
and
they
are
public
• No
training
materials
• Excellent
training
materials
• Students
introduced
to
Mahara
throughout
the
term
–
inclass,
• All
students
introduced
at
orientaCon
–
everyone
will
have
signed
formally,
informally,
workshops
on
by
the
end
of
first
week
of
class
• Help
provided
through
Mahara
Support
Forum
• Student
can
phone
the
help
desk
–
call
will
be
escalated
to
Meg/
Donna
• First
version
of
Mahara
• Updated
version
–
that
builds
the
sitemaps
(this
was
a
challenge
for
students)
• Drop
in
sessions
provided
first
term
only
(hope
to
move
to
a
• Drop
in
sessions
provided
throughout
all
terms
faculty
support
model)
• Lessons
Learned
Technology
• Most
common
mistakes
with
Mahara
have
been
documented
–
the
forum
• Lessons
Learned
Curriculum
• The
work
involved
has
to
match
the
grade
assigned
or
students
won’t
do
the
por:olios
• BePer
reflecCve
prompts
• More
consistent
por:olios
(next
step)
• Limited
support
on
the
“how
to”.
Here
is
an
example
of
the
type
•
We
could
build
a
support
document
like
the
University
of
Idaho
of
support
some
students
and
faculty
have:
• Could
include
a
template
• Mahara
is
only
opCon
• Mahara
is
a
good
opCon
• Wordpress
is
an
opCon
–
pros
and
cons
to
consider
14. › What Happened Here Today?
› 3 main points that were new to you
› So What?
› Did you learn a new skill?
› Did anything surprise you?
› Now What
› Whatwill you do differently as a result of
being here today?
