Exploring how ePortfolios and Badges can do most of the work of Co-Curricular Records, in addition to being a powerful learning tool for students.

1. ePortfolios and Open Badges:
Who Needs a Co-Curricular
Record?
Modified from a (more polite)
university presentation
January 9, 2014
Don Presant
PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:
bit.ly/ep_ccr

2. Learning Agents
ePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia
http://donpresant.ca

3. New service: savvyfolio.net
Multi-institution ePortfolio community
Professional Body
Workplace Trainer
Employer
College
Industry Sector Body
Adult Learning Centre
University
Employability Agency

4. Scope?
Personal
Life
Experience
-past
-current
Work
Experience
-past
-current
Accredited
Experiential
Learning
Unapproved
CoCurricular
Activities
CoCurricular
Record
PLAR/RPL
Approved
CoCurricular
Activities
Experienced
Learning
Thesis /
Capstone
Project
Courses
Formal
Learning
Academic
Transcript

5. Next step
Co-Curricular
Record
Add’l
Certificates
Reference
Letters
Academic
Transcript
Résumé
Cover
Letter
Hiring Process
Interviews, etc.
World of Work
Google
Search
LinkedIn
ePortfolio

6. Diverse pathways
Learners and their lives
Advancement
in field
Career
change
Entry
in field
Survival
job
Further
education
Internship
Travel
Seek employment
“Retool”
Exit
workforce

7. Employability (Trent U 2013)
“Employer Responses to the Co-Curricular Record”
• Top Skills or Qualities
– Problem Solving Abilities, Adaptability/Flexibility,
Enthusiasm/Dedication, Communication (Written & Verbal), Personable
Nature, Ability to Learn, Reliability
• Types of activities
– Longer-term commitments demonstrate a greater level of student
investment; leadership roles are valued.
• Interest in CCR as a document: minimal
– “Students should use the document as a tool for reviewing their cocurricular experiences and reflecting on what skills/learning
achievements were gained from each.”
– “Any relevant co-curricular experiences should be incorporated into the
resume, and potentially referenced in the cover letter.”
– “Reference the skills identified in the job posting….accuracy and
conciseness are valued in applications.”
bit.ly/TrentU_CCR

8. Questions and comments
• Good:
– Portal for engaging students in co-curricular activities
– Evidence of key roles, especially in leadership
• But:
– Why the focus on a piece of paper?
– Why only a laundry list of “approved” activities, with
superficial reflections?
• Isn’t that a lot of work? Can’t students find learning in many
activities, off and on campus? Let them do the work!
• Why not an ePortfolio?
– Enhanceable, remixable, sharable, reflected on and aligned to
relevant outcomes or competencies (e.g. Essential Skills)
– Authenticated where appropriate with Open Badges

9. http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/
The
Read-Write Web
has changed the
Internet from:
• a shopping mall
• an encyclopedia
• a television
To a place where we
personalize our
experience and leave
our footprints behind

10. Digital Dirt…
Developing Digital Citizens Alex Couros 2012

11. …closer to home…
The power of video as (negative) evidence

12. Becomes Digital Identity
Muddy footprint vs. clear impression

13. eSourcing is Social
Employers want to find you
techvibes.com
Nov 2013

14. Your “Accidental ePortfolio”
Tracking your digital footprints – recent study
Employers who would…
Monitor the candidate’s activity on
Twitter
Research the candidate on Facebook
Use Google or other search engines to
research candidates
Some of the search activity
happens before candidates are
even called for a job interview
0%
10%
n = 2,775 US/Canada July 2013 cb.com/18xbgez
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%

15. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
“It Takes More than a Major”
• 2013 survey of 318 employers for AAC&U
(The Association of American Colleges & Universities)
– Findings:
• 93%: candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically,
communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more
important than their undergraduate major
• >75%: 5 key learning outcomes: critical thinking, complex
problem-solving, written and oral communication, and
applied knowledge in real-world settings
• >80%: an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in
ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills
they need to succeed in their company or organization.
bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU

16. Confirmation from Notre Dame
Employer Focus Group
Employers would…
Click on ePortfolio link in email
View relevant part of ePortfolio on
tablet at career fair
Click on ePortfolio link in résumé
View relevant part of ePortfolio on
tablet in interview
Click on ePortfolio link in sig file or cover
letter
0%
Data from G. Alex Ambrose, April 2013
http://t.co/FeoVokOQv2
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
n=11

17. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

18. What are ePortfolios?
Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are collections
of digitally represented artifacts that:
• document practice
• include reflection
• integrate experience
• map to goals and/or standards
• promote deep learning and knowledge transfer
Tracy Penny Light, CAPLA 2013

19. Key Message:
ePortfolios can be FOR and OF Learning
FOR Learning
OF Learning
Focused on process
Focused on product
Supports learning
Demonstrates learning
Private environment
Public showcase
Goals
Achievements
Learning activities
Learning outcomes
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Lower stakes
Higher stakes
Forward looking, expansive
Retrospective, targeted

20. Walkthrough
“Savvyfolio Features”
Link

21. Is LinkedIn enough?
• PRO
–
–
–
–
Awareness, workplace focus (esp. North America)
Evidence: Slideshare, Infographics, Videos, Recommendations (?)
Social network: “Friend of a Friend”
Personal Learning Network: LinkedIn Groups, Timelines
• CON
– Flexibility
• Customization, segmentation, alignment to requirements/outcomes
• Interoperability: feeding to/from other sites
–
–
–
–
–
Archiving: file storage
Private modes: reflection, formative assessment, mentoring
Learning frameworks: self-assessment, plans, rubrics, etc.
Audience: beyond white collar, older worker? (79% are 35+)
Ownership : Terms of Use, business model
With ideas from: Does LinkedIn work as an ePortfolio?

22. Critical mass
52% US undergraduates use ePortfolio
Campus Computing 2013 (n=451)

23. Folio Thinking: Reflection for
Learning
•Reflection is what makes us learners; we need to
practice, assess and perfect it.
•Four criteria characterize the concept of
reflection:
▫ Reflection is a meaning making process
▫ Reflection is systematic, rigorous and disciplined; with
roots in scientific inquiry
▫ Reflection needs to happen in community
▫ Reflection requires attitudes that value personal and
intellectual growth
From: Carol Rodgers, “Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective
Thinking,” Teachers College Record, 104, 4 (June 2002): 842-866

24. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

25. University of Notre Dame
Career Services Skill List
Integrated from the following
sources:
*National Association of Colleges
and Employers (NACTE) Top 10 list
* University Notre Dame Outcomes
*University Notre Dame Employer
Surveyed list of Skills (2005)
*Literature Review by Annie Selak
& Rose Kopec (2012)
G. Alex Ambrose, CAPLA 2013
Top 10 Skills:
1. Ethical Conduct/Integrity
2. Critical Thinking/Analytical
Ability
3. Team Work
4. Verbal and Written
Communication
5. Initiative/Motivation Towards
Goals
6. Visionary/Innovative
7. Decision Making/Problem
Solving
8. Globally and Diverse Minded
9. Research/Project
10. Technical/Scientific

26. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Business School
http://bit.ly/AUSeP2013_Sibson

27. ePortfolios for Immigrants
ISSofBC
• Language Programs
• Employment Programs
• Soft skills
development
• Employability skills
showcase
– Job finding tool

28. Professional Pages
www.issbc.org

29. RPL at Athabasca University
From paper to electronic
bit.ly/AU_ePortfolio

30. Open Badges
(micro credentials)
Badging “can help speed the shift from credentials that simply measure seat
time, to ones that more accurately measure competency.”
Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, 2011
Inside Higher Ed, Jan 2014

31. Open Badges
Rapidly evolving ecosystem

32. Open Badges
Simple structure
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

33. Open Badges
Assessment and display
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

34. ePortfolio and Badges
University of California - Davis
• “media-rich, tiled portfolios”
UCD article: bit.ly/1cvvfW0
Presentation: bit.ly/KyDdrx
Inside Higher Ed article: bit.ly/UCDbadges

35. ePortfolio and Badges
University of California - Davis
Presentation: bit.ly/KyDdrx

36. ePortfolio and Badges
University of California - Davis
Presentation: bit.ly/KyDdrx

37. ePortfolio and Badges
University of California - Davis
Presentation: bit.ly/KyDdrx

38. High level walkthrough
University of California - Davis
bit.ly/193Tvnl

39. Open Badges
Designing a badge for your context
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

40. Open Badges
In 2014: Open Badge Factory
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Rousselle

41. Overarching themes
Assessment for learning, assessment for life
• Graduate outcomes
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employability
Digital identity = “accidental” ePortfolio
Hiring and promotion = RPL
ePortfolios are FOR and OF learning
ePortfolio learning is reflective and social
ePortfolio learning = personal pathway
ePortfolios support RPL and REL
– Recognition of Prior Learning
– Recognition of Emergent Learning

42. PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:
bit.ly/ep_ccr
don@learningagents.ca
Web: learningagents.ca
Twitter: donpresant
ePortfolio: donpresant.ca