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A new free service for Manitobans sponsored by Workplace Education Manitoba and WPLAR which helps learners improve their employabilty by developing an eportfolio starting from an Essential Skills framework.
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Career Portfolio Manitoba
Essential Skills ePortfolio for Employability
ePortfolio Community of Practice, Australia
October 29, 2010
Don Presant Linda Maxwell
Manitoba,CanadaSmall province in a small country
• Challenging geography– 650,000 sq km (UKx2)
• Diverse demographics– 1.18 m (712K in Winnipeg)– Labour force 624K (2007)– Aboriginals, EAL speakers (>270K)
• Diverse economy• Federal political structure• “Canada’s social science laboratory”
Canada’s Essential SkillsContextualized by workplace occupation…
1. Reading text2. Document use3. Writing4. Numeracy5. Computer skills6. Oral communication7. Thinking skills
– Problem Solving, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Job Task Planning and Organizing, Significant Use of Memory, Finding Information
8. Working with others9. Continuous learning
Stakeholders:WEM & WPLARWorkplace Education Manitoba, Workplace PLAR
• Nonprofit partnerships of Government, Business and Labour
• WEM: workplace education in Essential Skills
• WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior Learning
wplar.ca
wem.mb.ca
The Essential Skills Portfolio Origins and character
• First immigrants, now “general”– Career changers (younger, older..)
• Reflection on life-wide learning of Essential Skills for employability
• Build confidence, improve “skills dialogue”– Make resumes & cover letters clearer, more
credible– Preparation tool for interviews
• More than ES: attitudes, specialized skills• Product: ring binder, from electronic
templates• 18 hours class time + c. 18 hours of
homework
Building the ES portfolio Extracting value from experience
1. Identify life experiences 2. Reflect to draw out human capital
• “KSAs”: Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes
3. Write outcome statements for your KSAs4. Group into areas of expertise5. Put it all together in a portfolio
• Title page, table of contents, introduction• Lists: skills, examples & outcomes statements• Evidence-demonstrations, documentation• Resumes and cover letters• Goals and plans (SMART goals)
The “e” factorAdvantages and opportunities
• Information Management– Collecting, archiving, making different versions
• Measureability– Frameworks, rubrics, summative tracking
• Interoperability– Communication with other ICT systems via APIs, open standards
• Sharing– “One to many”, digital copies, links to specific pages
• Multimedia– Video, audio, digital images, online presentations…and scanned docs
• Internet skills– Online research: documents, networks, Internet literacy
• Collaboration– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
• Personal Learning Environment– Integrated learning environment, professional network, digital
identity
Vision for Career Portfolio ManitobaCareer development for life
• All Manitobans• Learner owned• Lifelong• 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
Choosing the platformThe “Mahoodle” ecosystem
Export artefacts(learning products)
Blended learning• Synch/asynch, in class/online• Exposition• Assess for comprehension • Build knowledge
Collect, Select, Reflect…Artefacts, commentary, dialogueNetworks
Peers, mentors
Mahara tools:Blog, forum, views
“Single Sign On”
USER DRIVEN
INSTRUCTOR LED
Other Web 2.0 tools:
Human capitalEmployabilitySkills transferKSA asset building
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Submit for recognitionLinks to artefacts & views; assignments, evidence for outcomes
Choosing the supplierThe Development Manager (TDM)
Essential Skills ePortfolioProgram overview
• Adapt the paper curriculum• Leverage the “e” factor• Embed authentic ICT skills
– Use relevant software applications– Use accessible multimedia hardware
• Provide ongoing learning support– Gap training / PD for SMART goals using Moodle
ImplementationOnline tour
ImplementationWorksheets
ImplementationJob match summary
Next steps
• Pilot• Train the trainer• Iterate, adapt
– Audiences, delivery formats
• Complete the business plan• Build partnerships• Grow
• Other government departments• Other non-profits• Sector Councils • Individual employers• Post secondary institutions
Potential partners
Community of communities“Small pieces, loosely joined”
StudentRecords
OnlineCredentialVerification
Job Boards, Recruitment
Sites
PersonalNetworks,
Communities
OnlineMentoringServices
LocalizedLabour Market
Information
Employer HRManagement
Systems
GovernmentInformation
Portals
MahoodleHub
Web 2.0YouTubeLinkedInTwitter…
eGovernmentSingle Window
Service
Useful links• Career Portfolio Manitoba
– http://careerportfolio.mb.ca
• Workplace Education Manitoba– http://wem.mb.ca
• WPLAR– http://wplar.ca
• Contact emails:– Don Presant, Learning Agents Inc.
• [email protected] (Twitter: donpresant)
– Linda Maxwell, Keystone Adult Education Services Inc.• [email protected]
– Phyllis Mann, Workplace Education Manitoba• [email protected]
