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Portfolios and ePortfolios
A new employability toolCareer Portfolio Manitoba
Don Presant
Recognition of Prior Learning The language of skills & knowledge
• RPL = a way to determine what a person knows and can do
• RPL can be used for:– access to education (advanced standing)– career planning & professional development– access to employment
• a Portfolio is a product of RPL• an ePortfolio is a digital portfolio
James CrollVictorian Poster Child for RPL
http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/education/archives/001380.htm
Portfolio - Working Definition• “a collection of authentic and diverse
evidence, drawn from a larger archive...• ...representing what a person or
organization has learned over time on which the person or organization has reflected,
• ...and designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose”
(NLII, 2003)
Portfolio: key elements• Links individual’s skills/accomplishments
to skills frameworks• A record of formal AND experiential
learning• Claims backed by evidence• Learner ownership• More than a showcase; a lifelong learning
tool
Résumé vs. Portfolio
(Courtesy FuturEd)
Credentials vs. PortfolioCredentials• Reflect time spent in class• Questionable proficiency• Proxy for skills and
knowledge• Dated• Variable quality• Formal learning only
ePortfolio• Reflects time spent learning• Evidence-based proficiency• Statement of actual skills and
knowledge• “Living”• Systematic• All learning valued
(Courtesy FuturEd)
Portfolio: product and process• Archive of evidence
• Showcase: celebration & assessment of learning– Education
• Acceptance/advanced standing, course requirement, graduation requirement
– Workplace• Hiring, HR development, professional development,
project team selection
FuturEd 2004
Portfolio: product and process
• Assessment for learning• Reflection, self-assessment• Transferring skills, making transitions• Coaching, collaborative learning• Learning plans• Knowledge Management
FuturEd 2004
Benefits of “e”• Information Management capabilities
– Collecting, archiving, making different versions– “One to many” digital shareability, links to specific pages
• Integration with Internet presence– Online research: documents, networks– Internet literacy, personal network, digital identity
• Collaboration– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
• Measurement– Link to frameworks, rubrics, track learning over time
• Integration with other ICT systems– eRecruitment, HRIS– Mobile access
• Multimedia enhancement
ePortfolio examples• Theo Ramsey – Technical sergeant > manager
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT1XYjZcmck• Michael Woolley – Industrial mechanic
– http://michaelwoolley.efoliomn.com/presentation• Michal Kopera – Engineering PhD
– http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/pg/students/esrgae• Kevin Fisher – Accountant
– https://www.innovatecv.com/cv/share/24/[email protected]• Sarah Stewart – Nurse/educator
– http://sarahstewart-eportfolio.wikispaces.com/Competencies• Ted Johnson - Senior VP/Chief Marketing Officer
– http://tedjohnson.efoliomn.com/Home• Mark Farand – Executive Director
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ox9FR2iFk
Web 2.0, social software“Publish yourself”
Flickr Example
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xinwen_zhang/sets/72057594115462151/
ePortfolio benefits for employability• “Digital evidence bank”• Flexible, findable showcase• Self-assessment, self-confidence• Develop communication skills• Networking environment• Personal space for learning and building
knowledge
ePortfolios and Essential Skills• Reading Text• Document Use• Numeracy• Writing• Oral Communication• Working with Others• Continuous Learning• Thinking Skills
– Problem Solving, Decision Making, Job Task Planning and Organizing, Significant Use of Memory, Finding Information
• Computer Use
One page version…
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/e-portfolios
United StateseFolio Minnesota, Pennsylvania, “World”
CanadaEmployability, Essential Skills
CanadaSector Councils & skills frameworks
EmployersHuman Capital Management
Career Portfolio ManitobaEssential Skills ePortfolio…for life
