“Competency-Based ePortfolios:Career Passport of the Future?”
eLearning GuildMarch 26, 2010
Greg Williams, Ed.D.
www.gregwilliams.net
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Expcectations
How Teaching Online is Different
Why This Presentation?
Why This Presentation?
• It’s personal • Don’t learn the hard way • Unpredictable future
Career Tool
What’s a Career Portfolio?
• Career tool• Documentation of performance • Range of skills & competencies • Increasingly important
Artifacts
Why Have
aPortfolio?
Why have a Portfolio?
• More employers & clients requiring• Telling vs. demonstrating• Communicates competence uniquely• Marketing & evaluation tool• Meet Ciaran
Start With a Career Goal
• What job do you want• Identify KSAs • Skill or experience gap?
Why Do I Need Goals?
Different GoalsDifferent Portfolios
Aligning Competencies withProfessional Standards
• Identify standards• Professional Associations• Company or organization
Competencies
• Career planning & talent mgt.• Coaching• Delivering training• Designing learning• Facilitating organizational change
Competencies
• Improving human performance• Managing organizational knowledge• Managing the learning function• Measuring and evaluating
Missing Competency?
MissingCompetency?
Technology Competencies
• Technology• Authoring tools• eLearning development & delivery• Employers defer to tech skills
Anticipating Needs
Think Like a Hiring Manager
• Problems to be solved• Results, not activity• Multiple roles & skills• Project mgt.• Business results
Choosing What Goes Inside
Selecting Portfolio Items
• Consistent with your goals• Address a business need• Results oriented• Measurable• Think like a hiring manager
OK to Be Different
Creating Artifacts
• Top Ten Career Accomplishments• Documenting accomplishments• Existing artifacts • Organize by competency
Linking Artifacts to Results
• Linking artifacts to org results• Alignment : Org>Dept>You• Measurable results• Similar to drafting objectives
Portfolio Issues
• Not organized well• Artifacts not labeled• Viewers don’t understand
C-CAR
C-CAR
C ompetency
C ontext
A ction
R esults
C-CAR Format
C ompetency: Identify the competency
C ontext : Describe situation
A ction: Describe what you did & why
R esults: Describe outcomes, use measurable results if possible
C-CAR Format Example 1
C ompetency: Designing Learning
C ontext : Sales revenue down after hiring new sales reps
A ction: Created company’s first online sales training course
R esults: Sales revenue rose 24.7% Qtr. after course implemented
C-CAR Format Example 2
C ompetency: Delivering Learning
C ontext : Remote staff can’t get training. New employees making 27% more errors processing claims
A ction: Taught company’s first online course in claims processing
R esults: Claims processing errors reduced by 17% after course implemented
Portfolios in Job Search & Interviews
• Link to resume• Interview predictions• Select appropriate artifacts• C-CAR method• Follow-up with artifacts
Portfolios in Employee Evaluations
• Way to document your performance• Solicit feedback & documentation• Annual goals – create 2-3 artifacts
ManagingYour
CareerPortfolio
Creating anePortfolio
Not Hard?
ePortfolios
• Why have one?• Uses• Public or private• Expertise, time, money • Available Tools
Visual CV
Summary
• Y• C• T• B
Hot Competencies
• Authoring tools• eLearning experience• Instructional design• SME • industry experience • versatility
Adobe Acrobat Pro
ePortfolio – Acrobat Pro
• No Website needed• No programming skills• PDFs• Can add video and audio
Acrobat Pro Screenshot
Acrobat Pro Screenshot
Acrobat Sample Layout
Add Multi-Media
Managing Large Files
• Mail Big File• Drop Send• You Send It• Google Documents
Don’t Leave Your Career to Chance
Should I Do This?
No Silver Bullet
Final Thoughts
• 30 yr gold watch is gone• Manage your career• Be a futurist• Adapt, learn, grow• Take action
Questions & Discussion
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