The document discusses competency-based ePortfolios and their potential use as a "career passport" for the future. It outlines how ePortfolios can be used to document an individual's skills, competencies, accomplishments and results. The document provides guidance on developing an effective ePortfolio, including choosing relevant artifacts, linking them to competencies using a C-CAR (Context-Action-Results) format, and using the portfolio for career management, job applications and performance evaluations. It also profiles available ePortfolio tools like Adobe Acrobat that allow multimedia content without website development skills.

1. “Competency-Based ePortfolios:Career Passport of the Future?” eLearning Guild March 26, 2010 Greg Williams, Ed.D. www.gregwilliams.net

2. Expcectations 2

3. How Teaching Online is Different Why This Presentation?

4. Why This Presentation? It’s personal Don’t learn the hard way Unpredictable future

5. Career Tool

6. What’s a Career Portfolio? Career tool Documentation of performance Range of skills & competencies Increasingly important

7. Artifacts

8. Why HaveaPortfolio?

9. Why have a Portfolio? More employers & clients requiring Telling vs. demonstrating Communicates competence uniquely Marketing & evaluation tool Meet Ciaran

10. Start With a Career Goal What job do you want Identify KSAs Skill or experience gap?

11. Why Do I Need Goals?

12. Different Goals Different Portfolios

13. Aligning Competencies withProfessional Standards Identify standards Professional Associations Company or organization

14. Competencies Career planning & talent mgt. Coaching Delivering training Designing learning Facilitating organizational change

15. Competencies Improving human performance Managing organizational knowledge Managing the learning function Measuring and evaluating

16. Missing Competency? Missing Competency?

17. Technology Competencies Technology Authoring tools eLearning development & delivery Employers defer to tech skills

18. Anticipating Needs

19. Think Like a Hiring Manager Problems to be solved Results, not activity Multiple roles & skills Project mgt. Business results

20. Choosing What Goes Inside

21. Selecting Portfolio Items Consistent with your goals Address a business need Results oriented Measurable Think like a hiring manager

22. OK to Be Different

23. Creating Artifacts Top Ten Career Accomplishments Documenting accomplishments Existing artifacts Organize by competency

24. Linking Artifacts to Results Linking artifacts to org results Alignment : Org>Dept>You Measurable results Similar to drafting objectives

25. Portfolio Issues Not organized well Artifacts not labeled Viewers don’t understand

26. C-CAR

27. C-CAR Competency Context Action Results

28. C-CAR Format Competency: Identify the competency Context : Describe situation Action: Describe what you did & why Results: Describe outcomes, use measurable results if possible

29. C-CAR Format Example 1 Competency: Designing Learning Context : Sales revenue down after hiring new sales reps Action: Created company’s first online sales training course Results: Sales revenue rose 24.7% Qtr. after course implemented

30. C-CAR Format Example 2 Competency: Delivering Learning Context : Remote staff can’t get training. New employees making 27% more errors processing claims Action: Taught company’s first online course in claims processing Results: Claims processing errors reduced by 17% after course implemented

31. Portfolios in Job Search & Interviews Link to resume Interview predictions Select appropriate artifacts C-CAR method Follow-up with artifacts

33. Portfolios in Employee Evaluations Way to document your performance Solicit feedback & documentation Annual goals – create 2-3 artifacts

34. ManagingYourCareerPortfolio

35. Creating an ePortfolio Not Hard?

36. ePortfolios Why have one? Uses Public or private Expertise, time, money Available Tools

37. Visual CV

38. Summary Y C T B

39. Hot Competencies Authoring tools eLearning experience Instructional design SME industry experience versatility

41. Adobe Acrobat Pro

42. ePortfolio – Acrobat Pro No Website needed No programming skills PDFs Can add video and audio

43. Acrobat Pro Screenshot

44. Acrobat Pro Screenshot

45. Acrobat Sample Layout

46. Add Multi-Media

47. Managing Large Files Mail Big File Drop Send You Send It Google Documents

48. Don’t Leave Your Career to Chance

49. Should I Do This?

50. No Silver Bullet

51. Final Thoughts 30 yr gold watch is gone Manage your career Be a futurist Adapt, learn, grow Take action

52. Questions & Discussion

53. Greg Williams, Ed.D. Assistant Professor Univ. of Maryland greg@gregwilliams.net www.gregwilliams.net