eportfolio and rpl for higher ed
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ePortfolio and RPL in Higher Education
and Lifelong Learning:Current > Future State
Danish Study TourApril 2013
E-learning resources & services
Learning community support
Consulting
Learning AgentsAccelerated learning systems
http://bit.ly/DonPresant_ePortfolio
Why ePortfolio?Pervasive Digital Identity
http://lindongfromeasttowest.wordpress.com/category/digital-identity/
@timbuckteeth http://scoop.intel.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute/ 20120313
What is ePortfolio?
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/e-portfolios
What is ePortfolio?Grandma’s balanced view
http://electronicportfolios.org/balance/Balancing.jpg
Benefits of “e”Virtual Binder for 21C
• Information Management capabilities– Collecting, archiving, sharing, making different versions– Multimedia evidence
• Digital technology, Internet literacy• Learning and collaboration integration
– Online research: documents, networks– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
• Digital Identity– Professional Profile, Personal network
• Measurement, alignment– Link to frameworks, rubrics, track learning over time
• Systems integration and interoperability– Learning management systems, HRIS
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.
• Ongoing Personal Learning Environment (PLE)– “Continuous Learning Environment”
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
Career Portfolio ManitobaCommunity-based ePortfolio
• Nonprofit partnerships of Government, Business and Labour
• WEM: workplace education in Essential Skills
• WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior Learning
wplar.ca
wem.mb.ca
Essential Skills ePortfolioProgram overview
• For Adults in Transition– Based on paper program
• Leverage the “e” factor• Accessible and authentic ICT
– Free software, accessible hardware
• Provide ongoing learning support– Gap training / PD for SMART goals using Moodle
Mahara ePortfolioOverview
• From NZ to the world• Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
– Free (like a puppy)– Controllable, predictable– Extendable, “clusterable” (Moodle, Google
Apps…)
• Flexible– Digital storytelling machine, not a “tick box”
Mahara ePortfolioUnder the hood
• Content Archive– Profile, Resume, Files, Notes, Journals (blogs),
Plans
• Pages, Collections– Different content for different audiences
• Embed external content (Web 2.0)– LinkedIn, Slideshare, YouTube, Google Apps,
etc.
• Groups and collaboration– Shared files, pages, collections
• Multi-layered sharing/privacy
Mahara Pluginse.g. Europass
Demonstration
• Content tabs tour• ePortfolios 4…
– Rommuel, Carol, David
• Course tour
Vision for Career Portfolio ManitobaLifelong career development
• All Manitobans• Community-based, learner owned• Personal and public purposes• 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
ePortfolios & Higher EducationPoints of Convergence
• Institution/Program admission– Assessment, gap training
• Undergraduate learning– First year general studies– Course specific/program wide– Work experience, internships
• Capstone– Graduate Attributes– Employability (“School to work”)
• Continuing Education/ Professional Development
• Personal Learning Environment
ePortfolios in ActionSubmission for credit
Link to Samantha
ePortfolios in actionSecondary to Post-Secondary
Summary Portfolio
Workbook
ePortfolio and RPLHigher Ed examples in Canada
• Red River College– Socrates
• Athabasca University– Mahara (see exemplar)
• Thompson Rivers University– All forms of ePortfolio
• Douglas College– RPL as a credited foundation course with
opportunity for further credits; ePortfolio as a tool
Detail: RPL at Douglas CollegeDisability & Community Studies (DACS) Dept.
Draft document 2013
Barriers to ePortfolio and RPL
• Learner – Negative preconceptions, lack of confidence– Lack of support, uncertainty of requirements– Time to build
• Institution– Time to assess– Assessor/teacher development– Positivist mindsets– Academic suspicion (“automation”)– Cultural inertia
Benefits
• Supports undergraduate learning– Embedded learning activities– Portable learning archive
• Holistic view of the graduate– Diverse evidence aligned to graduate
outcomes– Interdisciplinary, lifewide
• Supports professional identity development– Scaffolded reflection
• Ongoing professional development tool– Personal Learning Environment
Success FactorsOrganizational perspective
• Burning platform?– Program outcomes > institutional accreditation
• Principles of change management– Accelerating vs. accepting the maxim: “change
happens one retirement at a time”
• Faculty portfolios (“eportfolio is good for you”)– Graduate portfolios– Hiring Portfolios– Continuing Professional Development
• Department portfolio to support accreditation
Success FactorsStudent perspective
• Watch the frame of reference– Emphasize “internal” (personal values & interests) over “external”
(expectations of employers & recruiters)
• Focus on learning, not just assessment– PLE, lifelong companion, personal narrative– Private, shared and public space
• Start early and monitor progress• Emphasize content over technology• Opportunities for peer interaction
– Peer review, brainstorming, portfolio buddies, presenting portfolios
• Take small steps with lots of scaffolding– Simple tasks to begin, provide examples– Provide technical and content support and feedback
• Eat your own dog food (i.e. build your own eportfolio)
Current State of ePortfoliosSemi-Monolithic Silo
My Learning
CPD
Plans
Files
Journals
Résumé
Profile
RSS
YouTube
LinkedInBlogger
Slideshare
Picasa
Embedding
Leap2A
Pages
Notes
Pages
Pages
Laments of the Current StateNot exhaustive…
1. Why can’t I aggregate and use my content, wherever it is, as I need it?
2. Why can’t I show my authenticated credentials to whomever I choose?
3. Why can’t I authenticate knowledge and skills that I’ve earned outside of formal education?
4. Why can’t the right employers find me? Why can’t I find the right employers?
5. Why can’t I aggregate my skills with those of my colleagues?
Future State: the Open ePortfolio“Small pieces, loosely joined”
StudentRecords
OnlineCredentialVerification
Job Boards, Recruitment
Sites
PersonalNetworks,
Communities
OnlineMentoringServices
LocalizedLabour Market
Information
Employer HRManagement
Systems
GovernmentInformation
Portals
ePortfolio
Web 2.0YouTubeLinkedInTwitter…
eLearningLMS
Moodle, D2L, etc.
Envisioning the futureOpen approaches to….
1. Online Workbook/Action Planner
2. RPL Challenge for Credit3. Employment Marketplace4. Continuing Professional
Development
Online Workbook/Action PlannerDistributed Personal Learning Environment
• Knowledge Building– Settlement, Language Requirements,
Qualification Recognition, Job Search, Required Documents
• Formative Assessment– Self-assess readiness in above dimensions– Share with advisors for triage and gap filling
• Gap Filling– Plan activities, engage (F2F/online), track
progress
• Preparing for Summative Assessment– Hiring, HE Admission, Professional Registration
• Continuing Development
RPL Challenge for CreditSystem for Higher Education
• National, open, competitive– Institutions and learners– Program, course level
• Credential Recognition– Authentication, evaluation
• Full and partial credits awarded– Lifewide skills and knowledge aligned to course
and program outcomes– Option to fill gaps in partial credits
• National summary program outcomes– e.g. Graduate Attributes, Essential Skills
Employment MarketplaceBilateral supply and demand
• Open, competitive– Employers and workers
• Knowledge, skills, attitudes, culture, ethics, behaviour, geolocation
• Passive/active• Employer/ worker competency
frameworks– Full/partial matching
• Granular social competency validation• Full and partial apprenticeship
certification
Continuing Professional DevelopmentProsuming Open Learning
• Self assess, set learning goals– Align with professional requirements
• Track F2F and e-learning– Formal/informal, synchronous/asynchronous
• Track professional contributions– Research projects, presentations, articles…
• Track readings, reflections• Daily performance support
– “iPLE”
• Earn credits from multiple sources
University President’s Vision 1Alan Davis, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013
University President’s Vision 2Alan Davis, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013
Genesis of the VisionAlan Davis, President, SUNY Empire State College
“Open SUNY” planning document 2012 p. 8
“Design your own degree”
On the horizonOpen Badges
Skills marketplace“Finnishing School”
What is ePortfolio?Virtual learning companion
http://www.slideshare.net/4nitsirk/mahara-open-source-eportfolio-application
To discuss further…ePortfolio & Identity Conference
• Annual gathering of thought leaders
2013 CONFERENCE THEMES:• Open ePortfolio & open badges• Open identity & open data• Open learning & open educational resources• Open assessment & open accreditation• Open employment & open business• Open architecture & open infrastructure• Individual and community learning• Identity construction• Lifelong learning, orientation and employability• Acquisition of 21st century skills
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