3. ePortfolio 2012:
“What I did on my holidays”
• Mahara UK 2012
• Learning Forum London 2012
• AAEEBL 2012
4. ePortfolio 2012:
Chirps & tweets from my PLN
• PLN = Personal Learning Network
– Twitter, Slideshare, YouTube, Facebook
– UK, US, New Zealand, Australia,
Germany…
5. General impressions
Issues and Developments
• Web 2.0 and mobile
– Linkedin, YouTube, (Facebook)
– MaharaDroid, PortfolioUp
• Digital identity
– Wordpress, Google Sites, Weebly…
• Portfolios for learning
– K-12, Apprenticeship, Vocational, Undergraduate
– Post Grad, Continuing Professional Development
– Personal Learning Environments, Personal Learning Networks
• Organizational ePortfolios
– Academic program accreditation
• Open learning
– Open Education Resources (OERs), MOOCs, Open Badges, open source…
8. LinkedIn
• Started 2003
• Currently 175m+
• 2 new members per second
• 5m+ in Canada (39.5% in 1 year)
• 2m+ companies have LinkedIn pages
• Includes executives from 100% of Fortune 500
• 85% of Fortune 100 use its hiring solutions
• Acquired Slideshare in May 2012
10. ePortfolios and education
AAEEBL
• Association for Authentic, Experiential and
Evidence-Based Learning
• “a non-profit, professional organization for the
world eportfolio community”
• 106 Institutional Members in 5 countries
• Harvard, Notre Dame, Columbia, Purdue,
Washington, Stanford, Tufts…
• Publish International Journal of ePortfolio
• Annual conference, regional confernces
11. AAEEBL Member Survey 2011
Platforms
http://www.aaeebl.org/Resources/Documents/TAL/TAL_v3n3_2013_06.pdf
14. ePortfolio Trends in Education
2007 to 2012 (Batson)
THEN (2007) NOW (2012)
Institution-centred Institution and learner
Assessment-centred Learning and assessment
School-time limited Lifelong, lifewide
Reinforcing status quo Supporting new learning and assessment
designs
Based in academic institutions Individual accounts, growing interest in
corporate HR
Higher education pilots Expansion into K-12, ambitious
implementations at community colleges
A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector:
Analysis and Surprising Trends
By Trent Batson 10/12/11
16. ePortfolios for K-12
MyPortfolio, New Zealand
• 1,125 schools, 40,465 active accounts, 7,525 groups
• Built on Mahara
In Canada: ePEARL
17. The Open Badges Initiative
A good thing?
Richard Wyles, Totara LMS at MaharaUK12
http://maharauk.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=117
18. Capturing the learning path
• Illustrates the learning path rather than
aggregated assessments
• Badges can be more granular, aligned to a
specific achievement
• Portable, alternative certification model
Wyles, 2012
19. Visual recognition of achievement
With links to validation
• Perceived value will differ based on the “use
case”, or community. A wide variety of badge
systems will emerge;
Formal education
Professional bodies
Peer to peer recognition
Corporate, workplace learning
• Infrastructure to support diversity of contexts
with better robustness and connection to Issuer.
Wyles, 2012
20. Embedded information
• Who was the Issuer?
• Issue date
• Brief description of how badge was earned
• Links to artefacts, testimonials etc.
– i.e. the e-portfolio
• Web service for verification.
– “Did the Issuer issue the badge?”
– “Is it still valid?”
Wyles, 2012
21. Open Badges: Risks and Benefits
• Infrastructure for alternative credentialing
– Modern society demands new and dynamic skills and
literacies. Requires innovation and flexibility in
learning environments
• Anyone can issue accreditations about anything?
Won’t this lead to badge “bling” and therefore
badges become meaningless?
– Badges need credibility but it’s within context
– Only some will gain credibility
Wyles, 2012
22. http://neilhammond.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/op
What might happen afterwards?
en-badges-visual-design-and-semantic.html
•
Evolve, affect formal education
Employers & learners may prefer it to standard CV structures
Wyles, 2012
25. Don Presant Linda Maxwell
Career Portfolio
Manitoba
Essential Skills ePortfolio
for Employability
26. Sponsors: WEM & WPLAR
Workplace Education Manitoba, Workplace PLAR
• Nonprofit partnerships of Government,
Business and Labour
• WEM: workplace education in Essential
Skills
• WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior
Learning
wem.mb.ca
wplar.ca
27. Essential Skills ePortfolio
Program overview
• For Adults in Transition
• Leverage the “e” factor
• Accessible and authentic ICT
– Free software
– Accessible multimedia hardware
• Provide ongoing learning support
– Gap training / PD for SMART goals using Moodle
29. Vision for Career Portfolio Manitoba
Lifelong development
• All Manitobans
• Learner owned
• Private and public
• Lifewide: home, community, school, work...
• Based on (not restricted to) Essential Skills
• Built through partnerships of stakeholders, with
WEM and WPLAR as “anchor tenants”
• Globally aware, locally relevant
30. Future options
Next steps and over the horizon
• Self-directed online course
– Coming soon
• Integrated-learning
– Moodle
• Open Badges
– Mid 2013?
• Skills marketplace
– Currently exploring
31. ePortfolios and RPL
Emerging answers to “too much work!”
• Process -> Product -> Process
– Portfolios FOR learning -> Portfolios OF learning
– Personal Learning Environment -> Achievement Showcase
– Learning Assignments -> Evidence of competency
– Learning stream -> Learning trail
– Learning network -> Validation network
• Mix -> Remix
– School -> Work -> School
• Gap learning, open learning
– Summative -> Formative
– Match -> Rematch
– Facilitated -> Self directed
32. Personal Planning and Learning
Online Locker, Interactive Workbook
• Online archive
– Personal & downloaded documents, links
• Resources for self-directed learning
– Webinars, videos, self-assessment surveys
• Learning plans and tracking tools
– Set goals and track progress to them (Learning Plans)
– Keep records of learning activities over time (CPD)
• Personal journal
– Reflect on goals and alternative futures
– Keep ad hoc “notes to self”, prepare agendas, etc.
• Ongoing Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
– “Continuous Learning Environment”
33. Employment & related purposes
Demonstrate, assess & improve Human Capital
• Qualification Recognition
– Initial, formative, summative assessment
• Academic recognition
– PLAR/RPL for courses and programs
• Career Development
– Gap analysis, exploration of alternatives, building pathways
• Employment (Web CV)
– Hiring, career advancement, team building tool for employers
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
– Tracking ongoing learning activities and reflection on practice
– Recertification
34. ePortfolios & Higher Education
Points of Convergence
• Institution/Program admission
– RPL for admission & course challenge
– Gap learning
• Undergraduate learning
– First year general studies
– Course specific/program wide
– Work experience, internships
• Capstone
– Graduate Attributes
– Employability (“School to work”)
• Continuing Education/ Professional Development
– Including course/program/credential challenge
• Personal Learning Environment
36. Success Factors
Student perspective
• Watch the frame of reference
– Emphasize “internal” (personal values & interests) over “external”
(expectations of employers & recruiters)
• Focus on learning, not just assessment
– PLE, lifelong companion, personal narrative
– Private, shared and public space
• Start early and monitor progress
• Emphasize content over technology
• Provide opportunities for peer interaction
– Peer review, brainstorming, portfolio buddies, presenting portfolios
• Take small steps with lots of scaffolding
– Simple tasks to begin, provide examples
– Provide technical and content support and feedback
• Eat your own dog food (i.e. build your own eportfolio)
37. Benefits
• Supports undergraduate learning
– Embedded learning activities
• Holistic view of the graduate
– Diverse evidence aligned to graduate outcomes
– Interdisciplinary, lifewide
• Supports professional identity development
– Scaffolded reflection
• Ongoing professional development tool
– Personal Learning Environment
Federal corporation, HQ in ManitobaMultimedia learning resources for career development, workplace learning and professional developmentSpecialty: facilitating, packaging & disseminating insights of learners, practitioners and subject matter expertsProducer of “Career Destination” solutions through community partnerships since 2001Opened Learning Agents eStudiosin 2007multimedia & video facility for learning resource production, ePortfolio development and webcastingActive voluntary role in communityCareer Trek and “Let’s Get to Work” conferenceDon Presant: Chair of Manitoba PLA Network (MPLAN) Community Telecentre COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT: technology literacy, engagement, expression, workVideo-conference (in development)job interviews , online learning e.g. classes for prospective immigrants overseas, workplace trainingOther community learning events (subscribe to other networks)Collaborative Workshop EnvironmentHands-On ePortfolio and related workshopsDigital Production StudiosPhotos, objects, actions, interviews, simulationsImages, audio, video, textQuick set-up, quick turnaround (photo vs. scan, permanent lighting setup, direct to disk recording, etc.)Multimedia Post Production Facility :career profiles, ePortfolio resources, training videosProduction and Facilitation Support Services: staff, freelance & partners
QUICK NOTES Collection of your work thru your college life – you learn from your experiencesFlexible, revisable, reviewableLearn who they are what they can do, focus on their growth and present to outside audiencesEG: Mech 101 – model of bridgeEasy to use, learn in 10-15 minutesStudents express selves in their portfolios – look and feel – very importantEducation, projects , course internships, jobs..Documented, archived work – analyze back and plan forwardKeep track of progress – improvement in writing, calculus, etc.Keep work stored in one place, helps make a resume (and for interview), help move to a new collegeHolistic picture of who you are, what you’re interested in – career, extracurricular, - and how well you did your workUse portfolio to present selves to help transition (to new school, job, etc.)
Frame of Reference: Matt Elliot and Jennifer TurnsSimple tasks to begin: enter profile information, annotate artefactPrompts for reflection, structured reflection