Summary of an innovative online tool supporting immigrants in their social and linguistic integration - a flexible, widget based ePortfolio tool for use by education and workplace learning.

1. Samantha Slade outilVIF : a lifelong and life wide learning e-portfolio for immigrants

3. immigration support services: - during immigration process (government) - community groups immigrants: - open access on web learning institutions - digital literacy (eCulture) - language skills - career guidance regional development/ labour force - employment agencies - employers Getting started: Where to position the e-portfolio ?

4. immigration support services learning institutions e-p Lifelong and life wide stakeholders immigrants regional development & employers

5. Within that context, challenges for learning institutions to meet needs percolab and a regional educational authority (Commission scolaire de Laval) partnered to explore the potential of e-portfolios to support immigrants and learning and teaching. Eventually other partners joined in (Collège Montmorency & Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier).

6. ePortfolio for immigrants valuing and articulating skills socio-professional integration experiences work education life language learning local daily life skills workforce eCitizen responsible self-organised networked Self-knowledge and self-confidence 21st century citizen

7. Lifelong learners = autonomy and control Users can organise, rename, connect, add, adjust as they want! Flexible modular environment with “smart wizards” User feedback: “ A course about me!”

8. Embedded resources, with a learning approach Specific to immigrant context, needs and language level

9. To avoid the blank page syndrome, Adaptable to different contexts. A “library” of standard structured activities VIF designed activities and the integration of existing resources

10. Language level 1 Language level 2 Language level 3 Language learning in workplace Finding employment Scrapbook of progress Life Lifelong life wide learning e-portfolio

11. outilVIF Family and network from birth country Colleagues and immigrant network Teachers and tutors Reflective learning Public web presence – digital identity Potential employers Interaction and feedback

13. Integrate existing resources (standards): improve access to resources and services that are too often hidden, scattered, partial. (cc) Éric Bégin - Melocheville, Québec (ericbegin), Flickr Collaborative approach: towards a learning region

14. Widgets for flexible learning and ePortfolios, Yves Otis http://www.percolab.com/blog/2008/09/14/widgets-for-flexible-learning-environment/ Creating Flexible User Applications Using Widget Technology , Scott Wilson http://www. elearning .ac. uk/features/feature .2008-07-08.2311704736 Blog : outilvif . qc . ca/blogue Login : outilvif . qc . ca (registration required) Access and references

15. Samantha Slade [email_address] .com My e-portfolio: samanthaslade . ca/wiki This presentation is available at slideshare.net/sam5