Presentation given at RSC London Conference on 28 March 2014

1. Best practice use of e-portfolio in
WBL
Speaker:
Sohail Oosman
Head of Quality, Redwood Skills and Hillingdon Training

2. Benefits of e-Portfolio
 Accessed by learners/assessors/verifiers/tutors at anytime and anywhere; so
accommodating differing work patterns
 Learner is at the centre – their learning, their achievement, their reflection
 Allows for different pacing so taking into consideration an individual’s needs.
 Learner can easily track progress which leads to increased motivation
 Viewed by some learners as less intimidating than paper-based systems as can be
easily broken down into more meaningful and manageable chunks
 Enables direct and personal feedback (learner-tutor and learner-peer)
 Increase in quality assessment planning and feedback
 Supports skills development in self-motivation and self-direction

3. Impact
 Increased success rates and timely achievement rates
 Learners can be continuously supported if their assessor is off sick or on holiday;
ensuring continuous progress
 Employers can see exactly where the learners are at; ensuring employer
engagement
 Learners can see where they are at; progress bars are motivational
 Independent learning /ownership
 Less paperwork leads to cost savings
 Reporting / Tracking
 Performance management

4. Apps
 The app offered by the e-portfolio solution used by the company enables
assessors to use their smartphones to gather evidence in a time efficient
way
 Innovative assessment methods:
 Photographic evidence
 Digital recordings
 Video
 Mobile technology increases accessibility and mobility which can be
important in many workplace settings

5. It has worked for us..
 Redwood were judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted
 Hillingdon Training, Redwood’s sister company were judged to be
‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.
 Redwood specialise in Apprenticeships in Sales, IT, Business
Administration, Customer Service, Financial Services, Management
and Team Leading
 Hillingdon Training specialise in Apprenticeships in Childcare, Health
and Social Care and Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools -
sectors that have been traditionally harder to engage with
technology