Modified version of the previous one that includes some slides about ePortfolio at CAPLA 2013 itself.

1. ePortfolio and RPL
2013 Roundup
Red River College
RPL@Noon
November 28, 2013
Don Presant

2. Learning Agents
ePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia
http://donpresant.ca

3. New service: savvyfolio.net
Multi-institution ePortfolio community
Professional Body
Workplace Trainer
Employer
College
Industry Sector Body
Adult Learning Centre
University
Employability Agency

4. Agenda
Don’s retro-perspective on the year
• ePIC 2013, London
• AAEEBL 2013, Boston
– with help from Trent Batson
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Mahara UK 2013, Birmingham
Eportfolio Forum 2013, Canberra
Canada (CAPLA 2013)
Open Badges (all over)
Final words
NB: bit.ly/ePin2013

5. http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/
The
Read-Write Web
has changed the
Internet from:
• a shopping mall
• an encyclopedia
• a television
To a place where we
personalize our
experience and leave
our footprints behind

6. Received Learning…
Sage on the Stage
Photo Credit: US Mission Geneva via Compfight cc

7. Becomes Personalized Learning
Flipped Classroom and the Read/Write Web
YouTube and Facebook in Nursing Education by Laura Killam, Cambrian College on Prezi

8. Digital Dirt…
Developing Digital Citizens Alex Couros 2012

9. …closer to home…
The power of video as evidence

10. Becomes Digital Identity

11. eSourcing is Social
Employers want to find you
techvibes.com
Nov 2013

12. What are ePortfolios?
Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are collections
of digitally represented artifacts that:
• document practice
• include reflection
• integrate experience
• map to goals and/or standards
• promote deep learning and knowledge transfer
Tracy Penny Light, CAPLA 2013

13. Key Message:
ePortfolios can be FOR and OF Learning
FOR Learning
OF Learning
Focused on process
Focused on product
Supports learning
Demonstrates learning
Private environment
Public showcase
Goals
Achievements
Learning activities
Learning outcomes
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Lower stakes
Higher stakes
Forward looking, expansive
Retrospective, targeted

14. ePortfolio and Identity Conference, London
ePIC 2013

15. ePIC 2013
www.epforum.eu/
http://bit.ly/13bb38D

16. Overview
Key themes
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Marcel Proust
OER and MOOCs
Employability
Professional development
Additional language learning
Learning analytics: big data
Badges, badges, badges
bit.ly/ePIC2013_program

17. ePortfolios and MOOCs
Learning self-management: Kirstie Coolin
“WANTED:
Well organised ePortfolio to Manage an Unruly MOOC. Skills Required"
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin

18. ePortfolios and MOOCs
Private locker, public soapbox
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin

19. ePortfolios and MOOCs
Think Globally, Learn Locally
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin

20. Big Data
ePortfolios, Open Badges & Learning Analytics
http://www.slideshare.net/dcambrid/e-pic-2013-keynote

21. Association for Authentic, Experiential and
Evidence-Based Learning, Boston
AAEEBL 2013

22. 11/28/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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About AAEEBL
• Threads coming together:
• Engaged Learning – our theme this year
• High-Impact Educational Practices
• ePortfolio community – learning centered
• Demands of the economy; expectations of employers
• ePortfolio provides means for transformation at all levels
of education
• U.S.: now, over half of U. S. higher education students
have used an eportfolio at least once in their college
years. Higher percentage in other countries
• AAEEBL = global eportfolio establishment.
• 120 Colleges and Universities; 17 Corporate Sponsors

23. 11/28/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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Developments
• Formal acceptance in parts of U. S. higher education of
eportfolio as basis for assessment. “Competency-Based”
• Paper resume dead; Online resume expected; add links
to online resume and you’ve got an “eportfolio.”
• New business models with eportfolios:
• LMS companies seeing eportfolio as competitive advantage
• Link between employers and students while in college through free
eportfolios
• Global web hosting companies see eportfolios as competitive
advantage
• Selling eportfolio accounts to individuals
• Specialization of eportfolio products for certain fields

24. 11/28/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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Challenges
• How to “train” assessors for assessment of eportfolio
evidence?
• How to educate learners in creating good evidence and
curating that evidence over time?
• How to move from credits, test, grades to “authentic
assessment”? -- Institutional challenge
• How to maintain eportfolio over decades? – individual
challenge

25. 11/28/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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Engaging with AAEEBL
• Member of the website, aaeebl.org
• Member of AAEEBL through an institution
• Corporate Partner
• Student member; must be approved.
• Annual National Conference July 28-31, 2014, Boston
• Annual campus-based conferences
• 2014: campus-based conference in Canada (planning)
• How to login to the new AAEEBL site
• Choose “Individual Site Participant”
• Create your profile
• Be a part of the global community

26. Documenting Learning with
ePortfolios

27. Folio Thinking: Reflection for
Learning
•Reflection is what makes us learners; we need to
practice, assess and perfect it.
•Four criteria characterize the concept of
reflection:
▫ Reflection is a meaning making process
▫ Reflection is systematic, rigorous and disciplined; with
roots in scientific inquiry
▫ Reflection needs to happen in community
▫ Reflection requires attitudes that value personal and
intellectual growth
From: Carol Rodgers, “Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective
Thinking,” Teachers College Record, 104, 4 (June 2002): 842-866

28. University of Notre Dame
Career Services Skill List
Integrated from the following
sources:
*National Association of Colleges
and Employers (NACTE) Top 10 list
* University Notre Dame Outcomes
*University Notre Dame Employer
Surveyed list of Skills (2005)
*Literature Review by Annie Selak
& Rose Kopec (2012)
G. Alex Ambrose, CAPLA 2013
Top 10 Skills:
1. Ethical Conduct/Integrity
2. Critical Thinking/Analytical
Ability
3. Team Work
4. Verbal and Written
Communication
5. Initiative/Motivation Towards
Goals
6. Visionary/Innovative
7. Decision Making/Problem
Solving
8. Globally and Diverse Minded
9. Research/Project
10. Technical/Scientific

29. Pre-Engage
Asynchronous Online: Student “does his/her
homework” and prepares for advising
session by posting reflections on an
ePortfolio based on prompts from the
advising syllabus
Re-Engage
Asynchronous Online: Student
is able to capture, archive,
reflect and review important
documents, forms, and
academic plans in the
ePortfolio. “Show me you have
done something and thought
about it”
The Blended
Advising
Model:
Flipping the
Process with
ePortfolios
Engage
Face-to-Face Advising Session: Student is
engaged through deeper and more
meaningful interaction by discussing
reflections, clarifying goals, and reviewing
artifacts and evidence of growth from the
ePortfolio. “Help me, help you”
Ambrose, G., & Williamson Ambrose, L. (2013). The Blended Advising Model: Transforming Advising with ePortfolios. International Journal
of ePortfolio (IJeP), 3(1), 75-89.

30. Critical mass
52% US undergraduates use ePortfolio
Campus Computing 2013 (n=451)

31. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
Bass/Eynon Keynote: “Disrupting Ourselves”
• Connect to Learning Project (C2L)
– Researching how ePortfolio pedagogy can support
AAC&U’s LEAP* initiative and its Essential
Learning Outcomes:
• Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical
and Natural World
• Intellectual and Practical Skills
• Personal and Social Responsibility
• Integrative and Applied Learning
– Currently: how to scale up
* Liberal Education and America's Promise
bit.ly/AACU_LEAP

32. VALUE* Rubrics for LEAP ELO’s
Example: Integrative Learning
Capstone
4
Milestone
3
Milestone
2
Connections to
Experience
Connections to
Discipline
Transfer
Integrated
Communication
Reflection and SelfAssessment
*Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education
bit.ly/AACU_VALUE
Benchmark
1

33. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
“It Takes More than a Major”
• 2013 survey of 318 employers for AAC&U
(The Association of American Colleges & Universities)
– Findings:
• 93%: candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically,
communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more
important than their undergraduate major
• >75%: 5 key learning outcomes: critical thinking, complex
problem-solving, written and oral communication, and
applied knowledge in real-world settings
• >80%: an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in
ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills
they need to succeed in their company or organization.
bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU

34. Confirmation from Notre Dame
Employer Focus Group
Employers would…
Click on ePortfolio link in email
View relevant part of ePortfolio on
tablet at career fair
Click on ePortfolio link in résumé
View relevant part of ePortfolio on
tablet in interview
Click on ePortfolio link in sig file or cover
letter
0%
Data from G. Alex Ambrose, April 2013
http://t.co/FeoVokOQv2
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
n=11

35. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
Global Learning Qualifications Framework
(Nan Travers, SUNY-ESC)
bit.ly/AAEEBL2013_GLQF

36. AAEEBL-friendly ecosystem
International Journal of ePortfolio
• Excellent article in the current issue:
– The ePortfolio as a Living Portal: A Medium for
Student Learning, Identity, and Assessment
• Celeste Fowles Nguyen, Stanford University
www.theijep.com/

37. Mahara UK 2013

38. Mahara UK 13 Highlights
Maturing and gathering momentum
• New features and developments
– MyPortfolio, New Zealand
• Modeling and demonstrating:
– Digital literacies
– Employability skills
• Project based learning
– Teachers/students as “co-researchers”
• Open Badges
• Personalized, competence-oriented learning
• Multi-tenanted Mahara

39. Mahara UK 13 in Pictures
http://www.eventifier.com/event/maharauk13

40. Mahara 1.8
Good and getting better

41. Multi-tenanted Mahara solutions
Educational examples
• MyPortfolio Schools (New Zealand)
– 1,211 institutions (201301), 85,575 users, 9,976 groups
• MyPortfolio Tertiary (New Zealand)
– 14 institutions, 13,381 users,1160 groups
– Massey University: 9,000 users
• kyvyt.fi (Finland)
– >100 institutions, 25,000 users, 1,000 groups
• CLEO (England)
– 154 institutions, 23,000 users, 874 groups
• Bute/Argyle Education Authority (Scotland)
– 92 institutions, 7,081 users, 50 groups

42. 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Australia

43. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
“Digital Identities, Footprints and Networks”
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(PebblePad and Mahara)
Learner Driven Pathways
Digital Identity
Career Development
Field education
Employability
Link to Resources

44. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Business School
http://bit.ly/AUSeP2013_Sibson

45. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

46. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/CityUHK_eP

47. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

48. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

49. Canada

50. RPL at Athabasca University
From paper to electronic
bit.ly/AU_ePortfolio

51. Alberta K-12: Inspiring Education
Competency Framework for Student Learning

52. Modeling the Inspiring Framework
Golden Hills School Division

53. Regulators and ePortfolios
Formative vs. summative assessment

54. ePortfolios for Immigrants
ISSofBC
• Language Programs
• Employment Programs
• Soft skills
development
• Employability skills
showcase
– Job finding tool
Tuesday at 0830

55. ePortfolio as a Framework
Employment
Facilitator
Skills,
ESL
Teacher
ePortfolio
Evidence
www.issbc.org

56. Professional Pages
www.issbc.org

57. Audio
Intro
Resume
Past
Projects
Certificates
Publications
www.issbc.org

58. Open Badges
(micro credentials)

59. Open Badges
Rapidly evolving ecosystem

60. Open Badges
Entry level skills for the workforce
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

61. Open Badges
Entry level skills for the workforce
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

62. Open Badges
Skills transfer for veterans
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

63. Open Badges
Simple structure
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

64. Open Badges
Assessment and display
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

65. Open Badges
Designing a badge for your context
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

66. Open Badges
Chicago Summer of Learning
• City of Chicago, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla
– 125 participating organizations
– More than 210,000 young people
– ~150,000 badges awarded
• 3% participation, 92% skill, 5% achievement
• STEAM-based programming
– Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics
– Driven by the interests of the youth participants

67. Open Badges
In 2014: Open Badge Factory
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Rousselle

68. Final words

69. Overarching themes
Assessment for learning, assessment for life
• Graduate outcomes
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employability
Digital identity = “accidental” ePortfolio
Hiring and promotion = RPL
ePortfolios are FOR and OF learning
ePortfolio learning is reflective and social
ePortfolio learning = personal pathway
ePortfolios support RPL and REL
– Recognition of Prior Learning
– Recognition of Emergent Learning

70. University President’s Vision
Alan Davis, President, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013

71. Future State: the Open ePortfolio
“Small pieces, loosely joined”
Government
Information
Portals
Online
Credential
Verification
Employer HR
Management
Systems
eLearning
LMS
Moodle,
D2L, etc.
Localized
Labour Market
Information
ePortfolio
Web 2.0
Open
Competency
Frameworks
Student
Records
YouTube
LinkedIn
Twitter…
Job Boards,
Recruitment
Sites
Personal
Networks,
Communities

72. Final thought
The future is already
here; it’s just not very
evenly distributed.
William Gibson
Creative Commons http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson

73. PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:
bit.ly/ePin2013
don@learningagents.ca
Web: learningagents.ca
Twitter: donpresant
ePortfolio: donpresant.ca