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ePortfolio – Turning Lifelong Learning Theory into Practical Reality
Dr. Kathryn Chang BarkerDirector, Education ExcellencePresentation to International Conference on Lifelong Learning 2011
Overview
1. ePortfolio introduction2. Expectations of LLL3. Practical Reality achieved thru eP approach
The New Management of Learning Human Capital Assets Management Social Capital Development and Management Digital Identity
ePortfolio defined
An electronic portfolio of learning acquired from all learning environments
MUST BE OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL
Both process and product
Both archive and presentation drawn
from it
Both producers and consumers
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FuturEd definition (2011)The term “ePortfolio” is used to encompass
1.tools, products and systems that can be used by
2.individuals, educators, employers and entire nations for the purposes of
3.describing, assessing, recognizing and using knowledge and skills acquired
4.through all forms of learning – informal, formal, non-formal, accidental and incidental
5.with evidence that is digitally created, stored and managed through
6.practices that meet standards to ensure transportability, usability and security.
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For the Purposes of Lifelong Learning
This is what I know and can do, and here’s the digital evidence!
Digital me….
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Why is this important?
We expect LLL to:1. Enhance or transform
learning/education systems
2. Increase personal and national human capital
3. Incentive individuals to continue learning
4. Take advantage of technology
Practical reality would be:1. New management of
learning
2. Systematic Human Capital Assets Management
3. Effective and efficient use of human and social capital for
personal prosperity
4. Management of one’s digital identity
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The New Management of Learning
Formal Credentials ePortfolio Alternative
Reflects time spent in class Reflects time spent learning
Represents questionable proficiency Represents evidence-based proficiency
Used as a proxy for skills & knowledge Statement of actual skills & knowledge
Is dated Is “living”
Is of variable quality Is systematic
Includes formal learning only Values all types of learning
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Human Capital Assets Management
Issue Solution
Workers are increasingly mobile but credentialing bodies are geography-
bound
Transportability of qualifications and transparency of competences with
digital evidence
Citizens are exhorted to continue learning but only formal learning is
recognized and rewarded
Recognize all learning, describe it and use it for individual and collective
prosperity
Employers want to maximize productivity
Increase productivity with full HC utilization
Formal credentials describe only a portion a person’s ability
Assist all citizens to have an ePortfolio of accumulated achievements and
talents (human capital)
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Social Capital Development and Management?
Social Networks convey
Social Capital with socio-economic benefits – e.g., LinkedIn
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Digital Identity
Our Google identity
Plus existing records and digital information
Plus increasing demands of eBusiness and eCitizenship
Therefore, we need to take control (personal and national)
So we create digital archives (digitize everything)
And take ownership with an ePortfolio
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Conclusion As nations enculturate lifelong learning, the purposes need to be clear.
If the purpose is to better manage learning over a lifetime, then the human and social capital development approach that would work
An ePortfolio is the tool that makes it possible.
Through an ePortfolio, a person can
– Demonstrate and utilize a lifetime of learning from diverse environments
– Realize tangible benefits from diverse skills
– Plan deliberately for the acquisition of more
– Fully actualize one’s own capital assets
A national approach is required.
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