ePortfolio and RPL 2013 Roundup
Red River College RPL@Noon
November 28, 2013
Don Presant
Learning Agents ePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia
http://donpresant.ca
New service: savvyfolio.net Multi-institution ePortfolio community
University
College
Adult Learning Centre
Professional Body Workplace Trainer
Employability Agency
Employer Industry Sector Body
Agenda Don’s retro-perspective on the year
• ePIC 2013, London • AAEEBL 2013, Boston
– with help from Trent Batson
• Mahara UK 2013, Birmingham • Eportfolio Forum 2013, Canberra • Canada (CAPLA 2013) • Open Badges (all over) • Final words
NB: bit.ly/ePin2013
http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/
The Read-Write Web has changed the Internet from:
• a shopping mall
• an encyclopedia
• a television
To a place where we personalize our experience and leave our footprints behind
Received Learning… Sage on the Stage
Photo Credit: US Mission Geneva via Compfight cc
Becomes Personalized Learning Flipped Classroom and the Read/Write Web
YouTube and Facebook in Nursing Education by Laura Killam, Cambrian College on Prezi
Digital Dirt…
Developing Digital Citizens Alex Couros 2012
…closer to home… The power of video as evidence
Becomes Digital Identity
eSourcing is Social Employers want to find you
techvibes.com
Nov 2013
What are ePortfolios? Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are collections of digitally represented artifacts that:
•document practice
• include reflection
• integrate experience
•map to goals and/or standards
•promote deep learning and knowledge transfer
Tracy Penny Light, CAPLA 2013
Key Message: ePortfolios can be FOR and OF Learning
FOR Learning OF Learning
Focused on process Focused on product
Supports learning Demonstrates learning
Private environment Public showcase
Goals Achievements
Learning activities Learning outcomes
Formative assessment Summative assessment
Lower stakes Higher stakes
Forward looking, expansive Retrospective, targeted
ePIC 2013 ePortfolio and Identity Conference, London
Overview Key themes
• Marcel Proust • OER and MOOCs • Employability • Professional development • Additional language learning • Learning analytics: big data • Badges, badges, badges
bit.ly/ePIC2013_program
ePortfolios and MOOCs Learning self-management: Kirstie Coolin
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin
“WANTED: Well organised ePortfolio to Manage an Unruly MOOC. Skills Required"
ePortfolios and MOOCs Private locker, public soapbox
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin
ePortfolios and MOOCs Think Globally, Learn Locally
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin
Big Data ePortfolios, Open Badges & Learning Analytics
http://www.slideshare.net/dcambrid/e-pic-2013-keynote
AAEEBL 2013
Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning, Boston
About AAEEBL • Threads coming together:
• Engaged Learning – our theme this year • High-Impact Educational Practices • ePortfolio community – learning centered • Demands of the economy; expectations of employers
• ePortfolio provides means for transformation at all levels of education
• U.S.: now, over half of U. S. higher education students have used an eportfolio at least once in their college years. Higher percentage in other countries
• AAEEBL = global eportfolio establishment. • 120 Colleges and Universities; 17 Corporate Sponsors
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Developments • Formal acceptance in parts of U. S. higher education of
eportfolio as basis for assessment. “Competency-Based” • Paper resume dead; Online resume expected; add links
to online resume and you’ve got an “eportfolio.” • New business models with eportfolios:
• LMS companies seeing eportfolio as competitive advantage • Link between employers and students while in college through free
eportfolios • Global web hosting companies see eportfolios as competitive
advantage • Selling eportfolio accounts to individuals • Specialization of eportfolio products for certain fields
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Challenges • How to “train” assessors for assessment of eportfolio
evidence? • How to educate learners in creating good evidence and
curating that evidence over time? • How to move from credits, test, grades to “authentic
assessment”? -- Institutional challenge • How to maintain eportfolio over decades? – individual
challenge
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Engaging with AAEEBL • Member of the website, aaeebl.org • Member of AAEEBL through an institution • Corporate Partner • Student member; must be approved. • Annual National Conference July 28-31, 2014, Boston • Annual campus-based conferences • 2014: campus-based conference in Canada (planning) • How to login to the new AAEEBL site
• Choose “Individual Site Participant” • Create your profile • Be a part of the global community
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Documenting Learning with ePortfolios
Folio Thinking: Reflection for Learning
•Reflection is what makes us learners; we need to practice, assess and perfect it.
•Four criteria characterize the concept of reflection: ▫ Reflection is a meaning making process ▫ Reflection is systematic, rigorous and disciplined; with
roots in scientific inquiry ▫ Reflection needs to happen in community ▫ Reflection requires attitudes that value personal and
intellectual growth From: Carol Rodgers, “Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective
Thinking,” Teachers College Record, 104, 4 (June 2002): 842-866
University of Notre Dame Career Services Skill List
Top 10 Skills: 1. Ethical Conduct/Integrity 2. Critical Thinking/Analytical Ability 3. Team Work 4. Verbal and Written Communication 5. Initiative/Motivation Towards Goals 6. Visionary/Innovative 7. Decision Making/Problem Solving 8. Globally and Diverse Minded 9. Research/Project 10. Technical/Scientific
Integrated from the following sources: *National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACTE) Top 10 list * University Notre Dame Outcomes *University Notre Dame Employer Surveyed list of Skills (2005) *Literature Review by Annie Selak & Rose Kopec (2012)
G. Alex Ambrose, CAPLA 2013
Pre-Engage
Engage Re-Engage
Asynchronous Online: Student “does his/her homework” and prepares for advising session by posting reflections on an ePortfolio based on prompts from the
advising syllabus
Face-to-Face Advising Session: Student is engaged through deeper and more
meaningful interaction by discussing reflections, clarifying goals, and reviewing artifacts and evidence of growth from the
ePortfolio. “Help me, help you”
Asynchronous Online: Student is able to capture, archive,
reflect and review important documents, forms, and academic plans in the
ePortfolio. “Show me you have done something and thought
about it”
The Blended Advising Model:
Flipping the Process with ePortfolios
Ambrose, G., & Williamson Ambrose, L. (2013). The Blended Advising Model: Transforming Advising with ePortfolios. International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP), 3(1), 75-89.
Critical mass 52% US undergraduates use ePortfolio
Campus Computing 2013 (n=451)
AAEEBL 2013 in Boston Bass/Eynon Keynote: “Disrupting Ourselves”
• Connect to Learning Project (C2L) – Researching how ePortfolio pedagogy can support
AAC&U’s LEAP* initiative and its Essential Learning Outcomes: • Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical
and Natural World • Intellectual and Practical Skills • Personal and Social Responsibility • Integrative and Applied Learning
– Currently: how to scale up
* Liberal Education and America's Promise bit.ly/AACU_LEAP
VALUE* Rubrics for LEAP ELO’s Example: Integrative Learning
Capstone 4
Milestone 3
Milestone 2
Benchmark 1
Connections to Experience
Connections to Discipline
Transfer
Integrated Communication
Reflection and Self-Assessment
*Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education bit.ly/AACU_VALUE
AAEEBL 2013 in Boston “It Takes More than a Major”
• 2013 survey of 318 employers for AAC&U (The Association of American Colleges & Universities) – Findings:
• 93%: candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than their undergraduate major
• >75%: 5 key learning outcomes: critical thinking, complex problem-solving, written and oral communication, and applied knowledge in real-world settings
• >80%: an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their company or organization.
bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU
Confirmation from Notre Dame Employer Focus Group
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Click on ePortfolio link in sig file or cover letter
View relevant part of ePortfolio on tablet in interview
Click on ePortfolio link in résumé
View relevant part of ePortfolio on tablet at career fair
Click on ePortfolio link in email
Employers would…
Data from G. Alex Ambrose, April 2013 http://t.co/FeoVokOQv2
n=11
AAEEBL 2013 in Boston Global Learning Qualifications Framework
(Nan Travers, SUNY-ESC)
bit.ly/AAEEBL2013_GLQF
AAEEBL-friendly ecosystem International Journal of ePortfolio
• Excellent article in the current issue: – The ePortfolio as a Living Portal: A Medium for
Student Learning, Identity, and Assessment • Celeste Fowles Nguyen, Stanford University
www.theijep.com/
Mahara UK 2013
Mahara UK 13 Highlights Maturing and gathering momentum
• New features and developments – MyPortfolio, New Zealand
• Modeling and demonstrating: – Digital literacies – Employability skills
• Project based learning – Teachers/students as “co-researchers”
• Open Badges • Personalized, competence-oriented learning • Multi-tenanted Mahara
Mahara UK 13 in Pictures
http://www.eventifier.com/event/maharauk13
Mahara 1.8 Good and getting better
Multi-tenanted Mahara solutions Educational examples
• MyPortfolio Schools (New Zealand) – 1,211 institutions (201301), 85,575 users, 9,976 groups
• MyPortfolio Tertiary (New Zealand) – 14 institutions, 13,381 users,1160 groups – Massey University: 9,000 users
• kyvyt.fi (Finland) – >100 institutions, 25,000 users, 1,000 groups
• CLEO (England) – 154 institutions, 23,000 users, 874 groups
• Bute/Argyle Education Authority (Scotland) – 92 institutions, 7,081 users, 50 groups
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum “Digital Identities, Footprints and Networks”
• (PebblePad and Mahara) • Learner Driven Pathways • Digital Identity • Career Development • Field education • Employability Link to Resources
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum Business School
http://bit.ly/AUSeP2013_Sibson
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/CityUHK_eP
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine
Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine
Canada
RPL at Athabasca University From paper to electronic
bit.ly/AU_ePortfolio
Alberta K-12: Inspiring Education Competency Framework for Student Learning
Modeling the Inspiring Framework Golden Hills School Division
Regulators and ePortfolios Formative vs. summative assessment
ePortfolios for Immigrants ISSofBC
• Language Programs • Employment Programs • Soft skills
development • Employability skills
showcase – Job finding tool
Tuesday at 0830
ePortfolio as a Framework
Employment Facilitator
ESL Teacher
Skills, ePortfolio Evidence
www.issbc.org
Professional Pages
www.issbc.org
www.issbc.org
Resume
Audio Intro
Past Projects
Certificates
Publications
Open Badges (micro credentials)
Open Badges Rapidly evolving ecosystem
Open Badges Entry level skills for the workforce
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw
Open Badges Entry level skills for the workforce
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw
Open Badges Designing a badge for your context
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw
Open Badges Chicago Summer of Learning
• City of Chicago, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla – 125 participating organizations – More than 210,000 young people – ~150,000 badges awarded
• 3% participation, 92% skill, 5% achievement
• STEAM-based programming – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics – Driven by the interests of the youth participants
Final words
Overarching themes Assessment for learning, assessment for life
• Graduate outcomes ≈ employability
• Digital identity = “accidental” ePortfolio • Hiring and promotion = RPL • ePortfolios are FOR and OF learning • ePortfolio learning is reflective and social • ePortfolio learning = personal pathway • ePortfolios support RPL and REL
– Recognition of Prior Learning – Recognition of Emergent Learning
University President’s Vision Alan Davis, President, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013
Future State: the Open ePortfolio “Small pieces, loosely joined”
Student Records
Online Credential Verification
Job Boards, Recruitment
Sites Personal Networks,
Communities
Open Competency Frameworks
Localized Labour Market
Information
Employer HR Management
Systems
Government Information
Portals
ePortfolio
Web 2.0 YouTube LinkedIn Twitter…
eLearning LMS
Moodle, D2L, etc.
Final thought
The future is already here; it’s just not very evenly distributed. William Gibson
Creative Commons http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson
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Twitter: donpresant ePortfolio: donpresant.ca
PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE: bit.ly/ePin2013