Competence, learning, achievement

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Competence, learning, achievement
CETIS Portfolio SIG

• Lester Gilbert
• Learning Technologies Group
• School of Electronics and Computer Science
• University of Southampton

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mPLAT The problem
JISC-funded projectMobile Placement Learning
and Teaching

• Background
• Clinical placements, 50 of 3-year course
• Assess the students competencies
• Workload of the supervising practitioner
• Impinges on the students learning
• Assessment processes can be fragile
• Audit trail inadequate
• Students away from usual learning environment
• Difficult to access learning resources

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mPLAT The toolkit

• Mobile learning toolkit
• Deployment on PCs, PDAs, Smartphones
• Flexible interface to
• Learning outcomes
• Methods of assessment
• Forms of the results
• How they will be recorded
• By whom
• Create, edit, display assessment(s) (timing,
  feedback)
• Link learning resources to support learning
  outcomes
• Provide adaptive information, advice, guidance on
  actions to be taken

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mPLAT toolkit SO architecture
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School

• Aptitudes (not good at mental arithmetic)
• Preferences (likes to work in a group)
• School reports (must try harder)
• Subject choices (Science stream)

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School leaving

• School leaving qualifications (subject, grade)
• Personal statements (aspirations)
• School references (works well with guidance)