1. Professional ePortfolios in Continuing Professional Development An Overview rSmart/Sakai Community May 2008 Prototype ePortfolio Environment built on OSP/Sakai Russell Butson Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago

2. Present Environment In New Zealand the implementation of the Health Practitioners Competency ACT 2003, has resulted in the Dental Council of New Zealand (DCNZ) requiring dental practitioners to maintain a professional portfolio 1 as evidence of their competence and fitness before they are recertified to practise through the issue of the annual practising certificate (APC). 1-Policy on the Recertification of Dental Hygienists, Dental Auxiliaries and Orthodontic Auxiliaries under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act, 2003 Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

3. Aim – To create an ePortfolio environment The aim of this project is to explore the potential of professional portfolios to assist staff and students to manage and control their continuing professional development in a manner that allows them to make sense of and map out their academic and professional expectations and subsequent achievements. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

4. Challenge – Promote Self Governance of the CPD However, as with any compulsory activity it is inevitable that these portfolios are likely to be regarded by practitioners as a regulatory requirement, considerably weakening any prospect they might have of supporting career development. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

5. Research Approach/Method Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

7. Design-Based Research – The Intervention Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

8. Influences Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

9. Intervention Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

11. Professional ePortfolio - Structure/Process 1 2 3 Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

12. File Repository Forms are prebuilt and conform to the professional requirements. Portfolios are organised by 2 year cycles Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

13. Non-Verifiable CPD Form Forms are prebuilt and conform to the professional requirements. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

14. Portfolio Sections Sections are configured to align with the professional requirements. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

15. Selecting Evidence Files Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

16. Portfolio Sections - share Distinction between portfolio sections and the complete portfolio. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

17. Share Portfolio Sections Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

18. Comments Comments /feedback is used for pre-publishing - proofing & reviewing content and is turned off in the final publication Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

19. Portfolio Sections - share Comments are managed here Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

20. List of sections being shared Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

21. Comments others have made on my Portfolio Comments I have made on others Portfolio Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

22. Complete Portfolio Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

23. Present/Future Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

24. Present Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

25. Are Professional Portfolios likely to be regarded by practitioners as a regulatory requirement? Or Can they be designed so practitioners view them as a vital part of their practice? Future: Compliance vs Self-governance Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

30. Section: CV

34. Section: Professional Development Plan. The tabs represent the 2yr cycle

35. Section: Verifiable CPD. Each event is represented via tabs

37. Networked System – Reporting DCNZ=Dental Council of New Zealand

38. LifeLong