Shane Sutherland | Development Director

The development of PebblePad3

How did we get here?

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Flexible tool

Unexpected uses

Flexible developments

FurtherUnexpected

uses

More flexible developments

+ dilemmas

The development spiral

Principle Led Design

Principles behind a Personal Learning Space

1 ...supports personal learning

2 ...offers a safe and private space which is owned and controlled by the learner

3 ...is multi-purpose – but purposeful

4 ...supports learning wherever it happens, whenever it happens

5 ...helps to surface and scaffold the process of learning

6 ...is underpinned, and informed, by a reflective structure

7 ...gets people talking and helps users construct their narratives

8 ...can accompany learners throughout their lives and across all their activities

Where is here?

Uniqueyoo-neek

adjective1. without equal or like; unparalleled2. (informal) very remarkable

Unique? Just another tool…

So, PebblePad is a Swiss Army Knife for Learning, Teaching (and Assessment)?

Yes! but…

• an e-submission system• a feedback (and feedforward) system• a personal and professional

development tool• a recording and registration system• a system for evidencing competences

and standards• a tool for recording and presenting

graduate attributes• an electronic lab-book tool• a collaborative learning space• a blogging platform• a tool for building and maintaining

dynamic CVs• a peer review system

• a template management environment• a document storage and retrieval

system• a project management tool• an eportfolio authoring environment• an assessment management tool• a content delivery vehicle• a learning design environment• a learning and research skills system• a mobile learning tool• a private, reflective space• a personal learning space• …

Sometimes it’s easier to describe what it’s used as…

• an e-submission system• a feedback (and feedforward) system• a personal and professional

development tool• a recording and registration system• a system for evidencing competences

and standards• a tool for recording and presenting

graduate attributes• an electronic lab-book tool• a collaborative learning space• a blogging platform• a tool for building and maintaining

dynamic CVs• a peer review system

• a template management environment• a document storage and retrieval

system• a project management tool• an eportfolio authoring environment• an assessment management tool• a content delivery vehicle• a learning design environment• a learning and research skills system• a mobile learning tool• a private, reflective space• a personal learning space• …

Sometimes it’s easier to describe what it’s used as…

Defining a Personal Learning and Assessment Space

PebblePad

Pebble+ ATLAS

the institutional space

(assessment system)

The personal learning and assessment system

personal learning space

PASSpersonal advice & support

space

It’s the curriculum stupid!

Not just an eportfolio

Not just for employability

Not just for PDP

Not just for nurses, teachers, allied

health

Not just an ‘add-on’

Me-portfolios and T-portfolios

(Presentational) Portfolios fall into two main categories and(at least) eight sub-categories:

Me-Portfolios Personal Professional Promotional

T-Portfolios (task portfolios) Process Project Placement Production Pedagogical.

Meaningless Activities

Meaningful Activities

Flexible, multi-purpose tools

Inflexible, single purpose tools

Stickiness? Engagement? Ownership? Persistence?

How fabulous is PebblePad?not fabulous enough, on its own!

Any questions, thoughts, ideas, job offers?