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An exploration of how ePortfolios can help support and demonstrate the learning of adults. Revised from the original presentation in 2013 to include a description of a new shared ePortfolio service for educators and trainers called savvyfolio.net.
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ePortfoliosfor Adults
(and Other Humans)
RevisedFebruary 13, 2014
E-learning resources & services
Learning community support
Consulting
Learning AgentsAccelerated learning systems
http://bit.ly/DonPresant_ePortfolio
Why are we talking about ePortfolios?
http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/
TheRead-Write Webhas changed the Internet from:
• a shopping mall
• an encyclopedia
• a television
To a place where we personalize our experience and leave our footprints behind
Résumés and CVs on Job Boards become…
Xelcise, Creative Commons/Flickr
Human Capital ManagementeSourcing, Applicant Tracking, Talent Management
eSourcing is SocialEmployers want to find you
techvibes.com
Digital Dirt…
Developing Digital Citizens Alex Couros 2012
Digital Identity
Sage on the Stage…
Photo Credit: US Mission Geneva via Compfight cc
Personalized LearningFlipped Classroom and the Read/Write Web
YouTube and Facebook in Nursing Education by Laura Killam on Prezi
Digital Technology: the air we breatheThe New Essential Skill
Defining Essential Digital Skills in the Canadian Workplace
PIAAC: PS-TREProblem Solving in Technology Rich Environments
• Digital technologies have transformed the way we communicate, learn and work (and solve problems)
• Many of us lack the skills to use them effectively
• “Enabling technologies” also become part of the problems we have to solve
http://bit.ly/PS-TRE
OK, but what ISan ePortfolio?
ePortfolio = your Personal SpaceFor formal, non-formal and informal learning
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/e-portfolios
What is ePortfolio?Process vs. Product
http://electronicportfolios.org/balance/Balancing.jpg
Key Message:ePortfolios can be FOR and OF Learning
FOR Learning OF Learning
focused on process focused on product
supports learning demonstrates learning
private workshop public shop window
a learning environment a showcase of learning achievements
learning activities learning outcomes
formative assessment summative assessment
lower stakes higher stakes
ePortfolio OF LearningSubmission for credit: Athabasca
Link to site
ePortfolio FOR LearningHigh School project, New Zealand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpizeSoeNT0
Learner OwnershipTaking control of the story of your life
Helen Barrett
http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/11873587
Virtual companion for 21C learning
http://www.slideshare.net/4nitsirk/mahara-open-source-eportfolio-application
Lifelong, lifewide
• K-12– Primary, Middle, High School
• PSE and beyond– College, university, professional development
• Workplace– Sourcing, hiring, developing, grooming
• Community– Volunteering
• Personal– Interests, experiences
ePortfolio and ALFIePortfolios are Adult Learning “Friendly”
• Outreach– Overcome barriers in time, place, and tradition in order to create lifelong access
• Life & Career Planning• Financing• Assessment of Learning Outcomes
– Knowledge, skills, and competencies – from the curriculum and life and work experience
• Teaching-Learning Process– Multiple methods to connect curriculum to useful knowledge and skills
• Student Support Systems– Enhance students’ capacities to become self-directed, lifelong learners
• Technology– Enhance the learning experience
• Strategic Partnerships– Employers and other organizations
• Transitions– Guided pathways
More than paper: Benefits of “e”The “Flexible Binder” for the 21st Century
• Information Management capabilities– Collecting, archiving, sharing, multiple versioning– Quick links to cross-reference evidence – Accessible multimedia with free Web 2.0 tools– Align to frameworks, rubrics, track learning over time
• Social learning, digital identity– Building professional profile, Personal Learning network
• Digital technology skills, Internet literacy– Demonstrated by and within the ePortfolio
• Learning and collaboration integration– Online research: documents, networks– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
My take on PIAAC: PS-TREHow ePortfolios can help learners
Use technology, including the read-write web to:• Create a Personal Learning
Environment to set goals and develop your knowledge and skills to achieve those goals
• Connect with others to build your personal learning network
• Develop a positive digital identity
• Solve problems, learn, work and live an effective happy life
Multiple MediaFor authentic assessment
Eportfolios as flexible learning spaces - Allison Miller 2012
ePortfolio for High SchoolsSample activities and projects• Showcase, repository of artefacts and achievements
– Private/Shared/Public
• “Walled garden” for:– Reflection, critical thinking– Digital skill building, social skills and identity
• Assignment submission tool– Multimedia inquiry-based projects, group projects– Scaffolded knowledge construction– Incremental, monitored, commented
• Experiential learning tool– Work experience, community / volunteer
• Tool for transition– University entrance, employment, career advancement
Early Steps with Learners“Tell me about yourself” - Template
Our Lady’s Preston (UK)
Early Steps with Learners “Tell me about yourself” – Real example
Our Lady’s Preston (UK)
ePortfolio FOR and OF LearningAdmission to post-secondary
Summary Portfolio
Workbook
More examples and commentaryFrom my own “assignment page”
• John Creighton video– Class projects excerpt
• Teachers in training in the US:– Ecosystems by Christina Rosario– Differentiating Using 21st Century Tools by Kery– Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities by Brian Johnson
• Articles from New Zealand:– ePortfolios in High School English– Inquiry Based Learning (Google Apps and Mahara)– Constructivism in Year 11 Geography
Open BadgesThink: “online micro credential”
Richard Wyles, Totara LMS at MaharaUK12http://maharauk.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=117 Video: Chicago Summer of Learning
Essential Skills ePortfolioProgram overview
• For Adults in Transition– Based on paper program
• Leverage the “e” factor
• Accessible and authentic ICT– Free software, accessible hardware
• “Lifelong”
Adults in TransitionUse cases
• Immigrants• Twenty-somethings• Return to workers• Displaced workers• Career shifters• Mature workers
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 KSAs
4. Group into areas of expertise
5. 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)
Why Mahara?Personal Learning Environment
• Free Open Source Software (FOSS)– Free (like a puppy)– Controllable, predictable– Extendable, “clusterable” (Mahoodle, Google
Apps…)
• Designed for schools– National school implementation in NZ:
“MyPortfolio”
• Personalized– Flexible to varied purposes, not a one-size-fits-
all “tick the box” form
Why Mahara?Private social media network
Multi Mahara ExamplesSo far, all educational…
• MyPortfolio Schools (Kineo Pacific)– 1,211 institutions (201301), 85,575 users, 9,976 groups
• MyPortfolio Tertiary (Kineo Pacific)– 14 institutions, 13,381 users,1160 groups – Massey University: 9,000 users
• kyvyt.fi (Discendum)– >100 institutions, 25,000 users, 1,000 groups
• CLEO (One Connect Limited)– 154 institutions, 23,000 users, 874 groups
• Bute/Argyle Education Authority (EdICT)– 92 institutions, 7,081 users, 50* groups
MyPortfolio SchoolsThe largest community so far
Jan 2013: 1,211 institutions, 85,575 users, 9,976 groups
New service: savvyfolio.netMulti-institution ePortfolio community
University
College
Adult Learning Centre
Professional Body Workplace Trainer
Employability Agency
Employer Industry Sector Body
Walkthrough“Savvyfolio Features”
Link
Personal Planning and LearningOnline 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.
Employment & related purposesDemonstrate, 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
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