ePortfolios for Lifelong Learners

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ePortfolios for Lifelong Learners

• Kirstie.Coolin_at_nottingham.ac.uk0115 9516976Leap
  Ahead / University of Nottingham

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ePortfolio pilots

• Trialling institution-free learner-centred
  ePortfolio for 1000 learnersFor
• Students in, or leading up to, vocational HE
• Licences available for a fixed period

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What is an ePortfolio?

• An electronic presentation created by a learner,
  by selecting and contextualising digital items
  taken from a larger collection - ideas, evidence,
  reflections, feedback, etc. It provides a
  specific audience (sometimes the learner) with a
  profile of the individual's learning and/or
  ability for a particular purpose

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ePortfolio
Stuff
Presentation for a purpose
blog
reflection
Structure What is the ePortfolio for?
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Benefits to the Learner

• Learner owned / confidential
• Choose what to share and with whom
• Support for group/project work
• Give/receive feedback
• Support recognition of achievements
• Demonstrate development to employer
• Meeting work-based requirements
• Identify further CPD needs

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Benefits to the Learning Provider

• Interim feedback and review
• Evidence gathering for assessment
• Choice of media to present evidence
• Demonstrate development and understanding
• Facilitate group work
• Help towards key skills in IT
• Support for reflective and independent learning

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Benefits to the Employer

• A link between the workplace and education
• Feedback and communication between parties
  involved in learning and staff development
• Support for collaborative/project work
• Less time away from the workplace
• Money well spent? Development of the employee
• Link learning with appraisal/progression
• Link with other work-based training
• Build detailed skill profiles

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Work
Work-based learner
colleagues
peers
Line manager /mentor
Other students on course
Course provider
tutor
moderator
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iWebfolio
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PebblePAD
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What are we doing?

• Chesterfield College
• Foundation Degree in Applied Computing -
  Professional Project
• FD Games and Interactive Technology
• FD Internet Business Technology
• HND Personal Effectiveness
• Summer Project
• Derby College
• Personal Development on the Retail Foundation
  Degree
• Personal Development on the Construction
  Foundation Degree
• NTU
• MA Museums - Professional Development
• FD Public History
• NTU/UoD - Short Course

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• Sector Skills Council - SummitSkills
• Skills Recognition in Plumbing
• South Nottingham College
• Ladies Hair Progress Review and action planning
• IT Business Admin NVQ level 2
• IT Advanced Apprenticeship
• HND Sport and Exercise Science action planning
  and CV initially
• Foundation Degree Sports Coaching
• Level 3 Educational Use of ICT
• Teaching Assistants Childcare
• BTEC First Diploma
• Apprenticeships Sport
• Diplomas
• ICT Diploma Work Placement Connexions

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iWebfolio Examples
Derby College - Personal Development
Planning http//www.iwebfolio.com/portfolios/custo
mReviewerView?y1210258848986 Chesterfield
College Final group project http//www.iwebfolio
.com/portfolios/customReviewerView?y1210258889307
Summit Skills - Skills recognition for
plumbershttp//www.iwebfolio.com/portfolios/custo
mReviewerView?y1210258804919 Nursinghttp//www
.iwebfolio.com/portfolios/customReviewerView?y120
7083418505 Engineering http//www.iwebfolio.com/p
ortfolios/customReviewerView?y1207083517441
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PebblePAD Examples

• Fine Art
• http//www.pebblepad.co.uk/eportfolio/viewasset.as
  px?oid13326typewebfolio
• Interior Design
• http//www.pebblepad.co.uk/eportfolio/viewasset.as
  px?oid13443typewebfoliopageoid13455
• PGCE
• http//www.pebblepad.co.uk/eportfolio/viewasset.as
  px?oid13597typewebfoliopageoid13609

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Some suggestions

• Personal Development Planning
• eAssessment
• Journal
• Action planning
• Evidence collecting
• Skills recognition
• Appraisal
• Communication
• Group project
• Work placement
• Photo diary
• CV / application to employment
• Preparing for transition
• Decision making

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Support through IT

• Accessible from anywhere
• Externally hosted and secure
• Real time evidence gathering
• Sharing work with others
• Communication (tutors/WP mentors)
• Interim workplace development review
• Presentation for assessment