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Annual conference of the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning.
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Employability ePortfolios with
Mahara
A Community-Based Solution for Adults AAEEBL
July 17, 2012
Don Presant
E-learning resources & services
Learning community support
Consulting
Learning AgentsAccelerated learning systems
Manitoba & CanadaSmall province in a small country
• Challenging geography• Diverse demographics
– French/English, Aboriginals, Immigrants
• Federal political structure• Manitoba: “Canada’s social science
laboratory”
Regional solutionsInspiration for Manitoba
Career Portfolio ManitobaCurrent stakeholders: WEM & WPLAR
• Nonprofit partnerships of Government, Business and Labour
• WEM: workplace education in Essential Skills
• WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior Learning
wplar.ca
wem.mb.ca
Adults in TransitionUse cases
• Immigrants• Twenty-somethings• Return to workers• Displaced workers• Career shifters• Mature workers
Different learning needs of adults?
• Relevance• Assessment, accreditation• Intervention window• Urgency• Vulnerability
Canada’s Essential SkillsContextualized by workplace occupation…
1. Reading text2. Document use3. Writing4. Numeracy5. Computer skills6. Oral communication7. Thinking skills
– Problem Solving, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Job Task Planning and Organizing, Significant Use of Memory, Finding Information
8. Working with others9. Continuous learning
Essential Skills ePortfolioProgram overview
• Adapt an existingpaper curriculum
• Leverage the “e” factor• Embed authentic ICT skills
– Useful software, accessible hardware– Digital identity literacy
Vision for Career Portfolio ManitobaCareer development for life
• For all Manitobans• Learner owned• Lifelong• 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
Featured elements
• Portfolio building course– Video tutorials, support
• Templates– Pages (soon collections)
• Job Match Summary
• Fictional exemplar• Extensive use of Web 2.0
– YouTube, Screenr, LinkedIn…– Embed.ly as the glue
Applications for Adults
• Pre-employment– Getting hired
• Workplace development– Career advancement, performance management
• Recognition of Prior Learning– Challenge for credit
• Continuing Professional Development• Knowledge portfolios• Life portfolios
On the horizon
• Self directed course, mobile access• Spin-offs• Open Badges
Lifelong journey ownership“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…
LMS Moodle,
D2L, etc.
Useful links
• Career Portfolio Manitoba– http://careerportfolio.mb.ca– http://bit.ly/eP_example
• Workplace Education Manitoba– http://wem.mb.ca
• WPLAR– http://wplar.ca
• Mahara User Group Canada– http://mahara.org/group/view.php?id=1008
• This presentation– http://bit.ly/aaeebl2012_dp
