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The following document is suitable for students, individuals in general, teachers, lecturers and career advisers. It shows you examples of how individuals can use their e-portfolio (here: Mahara) to add further value and distinctiveness to their (online) Public Domain CV.
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1. What is Mahara?
Managing Your Public Domain CV Why Mahara?
Jon Curwin
Business School
Michael Schmidt
Centre for Academic Success
Poster Series
No. 1 of 6
• describe the skills you have and employers will value
• keep a record of your achievements
• create electronic pages to showcase your skills
• create your own ePortfolio webpage (LinkedIn can connect to this)
• For more ideas visit: https://mahara.org/
Use
Mahara to:
6. What Next?
Jon Curwin
Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow
Business School
Michael Schmidt
Academic Skills Development Tutor
Centre for Academic Success
How to contact us:
Mahara is an open source ePortfolio and
social networking system
• An ePortfolio is a collection of materials, including text and images, that can evidence achievement to date, present an audit of current skills and outline plans for the future.
• Mahara allows the individual to articulate their knowledge and skills, collate files of evidence and build electronic pages securely behind a password protected system. The user can control access to these electronic pages.
• Mahara also offers a range of other features including blogging, group formation and linkage to Moodle
Your content is always safe behind your password unless
you choose to give access.
• Let Mahara guide your resume building e.g. you will find sections on education, employment, skills and interests. You can always review and revise in the future.
• Try using a range of materials e.g. Excel spreadsheets, Images, PowerPoint presentations, Video. You can always delete a file.
• Try some of the features like making a collection of pages, forming your own group or making a plan for the future.
3. Adding Content
Source: http://manual.mahara.org/en/1.4/intro/introduction.html
I am certain the
Mahara experience
made a difference to
my successful job
application.
2. What can Mahara do for You?
Provides an easy way
• To capture your thoughts on your
skills and ability
• To produce an electronic page to
showcase your skills to a potential
employer
• To deliver an assignment or
reflective learning journal to your
tutor
• To produce an electronic page for
friends and family
Ninis,Nancy MBA September,2011
An Example of a
Student Page
Source: http://manual.mahara.org/en/1.4/intro/introduction.html
The diagram below of example artefacts, pages and
groups illustrates how content in Mahara can be shared
and reused in different contexts and for different
audiences.
4. Sharing Content
5. Benefits and Limitations
Christa Appleton: eLearning Advisor Higher Education,
JISC Regional Support Centre West Midlands
Students learn by doing
and reflecting, developing
digital literacy and other
skills pertinent to
employment as they
progress
Mahara aims to move
learning from passive
to active
Mahara is a good tool provided
students engage with it,
meaning training and examples
of how others have used
Mahara is essential at the right
time to inspire new users
Mahara can help provide that
first contact and memorable
good impression so difficult to
achieve with a paper CV.
