learning spaces: bridging the gap between personal and professional discourses

CDE E-Portfolio Seminar

James Ballard

Learning spaces: bridging the gap between personal and professional

discourses

Overview

• Does an e-portfolio present developed skills or encourage learning of new ones?

• Can we attribute particular skill development to e-portfolios?

• What can we meaningfully assess?

'A well-executed e-portfolio program is an incredible tool for education. They provide institutions with authentic assessments of student learning and promote the deeper learning that we want for our students. I don't understand why more institutions aren't using them.'

The Benefits of E-portfolios for Students and Faculty in Their Own Words

Candyce Reynolds, associate professor, Post-Secondary, Adult, and Continuing Education, School of Education, Portland State University

What is 21st Century Learning?

The next phase: achieving a step-change in how technology is used

Harnessing Technology

What is 21st Century Learning?

‘It is a world in which knowing what and how to learn the next thing is as important as what has already been learnt.’

Jackson and Ward, 2004

Personalised Learning

Personalised Learning

Disengaged

Personalised Learning

Disenfranchised

Personalised Learning

Dem

otiv

ated

Personalised Learning

Deregulated

Personalised Learning

Deskilled

Personalised Learning

Building a confident system

Harnessing Technology

Personalised e-Learning

VLEVLEPortfolioPortfolio

PLPPLP

AssessmentAssessment

ULCC Framework for Personalised e-Learning

PortalPortal

What do we assess?

Werstch, 1998; Vygotsky, 1978

Transdisciplinary Skills

Portfolio

User

Learners may master the techniques of portfolios, without appropriation of necessary skills

James Ballard

j.ballard@ulcc.ac.uk

Learning spaces