evaluation of my 1st eportfolio by venla varis at intcultnet project prague conf. in 2004;...

8/9/2019 Evaluation of my 1st ePortfolio by Venla Varis at IntCultNet Project Prague Conf. in 2004; collecting milestones re. building my international PLE

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Evaluating a students

portfolio a case

example


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SUCCESS OR FAILURE ON AN INTERNATIONAL

ASSIGNMENT

DEALING WITH CHANGE & LIFE LONG LEARNING

Withdrawal/Avoidance of Change vs Will to Change/Seek Adventures

SOCIO-CULTURAL COLLABORATION

Isolation vs Participation

PERSONAL PRESENCE

Passivity /Caution vs Initiative/Energy

POSITION ON AUTHORITY

Power/Authority is Assigned vs Power /Authority is Earned

INNER COHERENCE & INTEGRITY

Inner conflict/ fear/ hopeless vs Inner peace/ self-esteem/ hope

Daniel Kealey, 2000

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The functions of the portfolios are to:

Encourage for self-directed acting

Empower creative thinking

Facilitate learning of self-reflection and self-assessment

Facilitate improving your personal contribution toteamwork

Enhance problem solving and proactive behavior

Improve changing and transformative learning

Anticipate future learning needs and development

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CULTURE

IS A CONTINUOUS INTERACTION

BETWEEN THE IDEAS OF OUR HEADS

AND OUR ACTUAL BEHAVIOUR -

WITHIN OUR CULTURE WE DO

WHAT WE DO BECAUSE

IT IS THE RIGHT OR NORMAL WAY

TO DO THINGS

Jaakko Lehtonen

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SELF - MANAGEMENT

Relationship strategies: How a learner enhance

communication and resolve conflicts ?

A learners:

power to see the situation

motivation and fear

perspectives; things (what and why) people (who andhow)

managing self, people, process and performance

opportunities and points of view on:

- rules, standards, competition, working alone or with team,

- problems, chaos, praise, helping others,- decision making, change, responsibility, process, etc.

Mlp, DiSc-tool, Venla Varis

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Collaborativelearning

Orientation to collaborate

Display of respect

Empathy and Sensitivity

Interaction management

Task role behaviour

Relational role behaviour

Tolerance for ambiguity

Interaction posture others

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1. Orientation to collaborate

How did Ievo explain herself and world around her ?

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(What was her motivation?)

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2. Displayofrespect

How did Ievo show positive regard for otherlearners, tutors etc. ?

Her lifestyle was proactive, seeking to motivate and serve

others.

She e plained her life e periences in the terms of opportunitiesfor learning and contribution.

Herrespectattitudes (points 7 from 8) she validated it in herown life.

She listened by appreciative, comprehensive, discerning,evaluative or other non-judgmental way

VenlaVaris

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3. Empathyand Sensitivity

How did Ievo understand others feelings ?

She tried to understand others at first ( not to be

understood herself at first) Inter-depending level

She was listening (reading) others with intent to

understand (instead ignoring, pretending, selective or

attentive).

It was not so easy to her to understand co-learnersfeelings and moods

She did not practice very deeply of tactful andrespectful sensitivity

She wanted the co-learners to do their part.

( What was her fear ?)

Venla Varis

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4. Interaction management

Howdid Ievo show key qualificationofsocio-cultural knowhow?

She values differences by looking for synergy andpublic victory

She is positive and creative

Her basic coping skills are; communication,

problem solving, fle ibility and satisfaction

She was not a learner that co-learners use to askadvices from her

Venla Varis

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5. Tolerance for ambiguity

What were Ievos reactions in new and

ambiguous situations ( quality and quantity of

discomfort) ? .

he has a strong need to take charge

he likes to thrive on the demanding learning

he has will to help others

he has motivation to develop solutions

Venla Varis

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6. l b i

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l bl i t ?

She used to dapt well

She utilizedprevious competence to new

challenges

She was motivated to see clearvisual images inhermind

Shedidnot haveproblem to completeher

study tasksVenlaVaris

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7. Relational role behaviour

She looked for opportunities to help and contribute

She was one unique, talented, creative individual in the

midst of many co-learners.

She works independently and interdependently and can

accomplish many things.

Her security was a function of the social mirror.

She was willing to know and understand the opinion ofothers = Proactive behaviour.

She tried to couch and innovate co-learners

Her team member role was;

Member, Thinker, Jugler, Closer

Venla Varis

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8. Emotional Competence

he showed awareness of own feelings, self-discipline, flexibility,

innovativeness.

he was motivated to discover many emotional hints

and understand first other people and only after that becomingunderstood by others

he showed willingness to be of service and developing of

others, anticipating the needs of others, recognizing and

fulfilling and discovering the development needs of others andpromoting their skills

er motivation was to collaborate, consciousness of the emotionalflows and empowerment relations

he understood utilization of diversity

Venla Varis

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9. Transformative learning

Her focus of learning is life skills and wisdom

- She learned to regocnize and to value her

impacts

She felt sense of unknown and was able to

compare it to her previous experience with:- positive emotions

- open mind

- constructive attitudes

She was able to:- improve from the level minimization

to acceptance

her plan is to reach adaptation level

world view and empathy

Venla Varis

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10. t

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Basic virtual learning skills

Point of studies: meaningand utilization ofprevious experiences

Motivation, intentionandgoal choiceabilities

Masteryandperformance orientation

Self-regulativeand creative learning

Transformative learning skills

Collaborativeand co-operative learning skillsVenlaVaris

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Levels of Communication (case Ievo)High

TRUST

Low

Synergistic (Win/Win

Respectful (Compromise)

Defensive (Win/lose or Lose/Win

S. Covey, 1989

Low COOPERATION High

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9.Self-nquiry

Ievo ocio - cultural competence i on t elevel

Integration- Excellent Adaptation- Verygood X ( 19point )

Acceptance ood inimization ati fied.

Deviant Defencepoor

Ievos ownassessment withreasoning is inher

Portfolio ( 9pages) on the level acceptance (18

points)Herpersonal development plan is to improve:-Adaptationand situational awareness

-Proactive way of thinking

-Collective understanding

-Skills to empower team members learning

VenlaVaris

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QUALITY OF PORTFOLIOS

Greatest gainers

15 %

Excellent work 15 %

Easy

learning 8 %

Flow

per-

fec-tio-

nists

8 %

Anxiety 8 %

welldone

15 %

Normal performance 13 %

OK 4 %

The opponents-not motivated 15 %

Positive affective and

volitional experienceslow learner empowerment

Negative affective and volitional experiences

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