ePortfolios and Personal Development Planning

1. ePortfolios for PDP An overview of student and staff perceptions across subject areas Federica Oradini and Gunter Saunders Online Learning Development

3. Year 3 SABE Student

5. ePortfolios across subjects Module name Year Percentage of Module Mark Submission Method N. Students (2098) N. Tutors Work Placement in a Legal Setting 2 100% Assignment function 64 2 Studying In Higher Education 1 50% Assignment function 345 9 Perspectives of Computer Science 1 40% Sharing 256 8 Developing Your Professional Future 2 100% CD 196 5 Employability and Work Placement 2 100% CD + Paper 17 2 Cross-Cultural Work Placement 3 100% CD + Paper 17 2 The ICT Practitioner 1 40% Assignment function 122 2 Introduction to the Built Environment 1 50% CD 123 5 Research Methods 2 30% CD 22 2 Research Methods 2 30% CD 40 2 Personal Development 3 100% CD 72 2 Interpersonal Skills for Business 1 15% Sharing 413 11 Interpersonal Skills for Business 1 15% Sharing 411 11

6. Common content Welcome Welcome statement Short paragraph – learning points About Me Personal introduction, career aspiration Self Assess Learning Style assessment, skills matrix, swot and swain Career Management Skills Develop self-awareness in the context of career decision making Educational and Career Goals Reflection on education goals Action Plan Based on self-assessment, reflection and action points Evidence Selected pieces of coursework to demonstrate competencies CV Electronic version of CV Contact Me Email info

7. Supporting the students Lecture Workshop 1 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab) Workshop 2 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Workshop 4 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab) Workshop 3 (face to face 1hr, 20 students per lab) Online support : screenshots + instructions Narrated video guides

9. Variation in views across years In Year 1 30% cited value with regard to employment compared to 60% in year 3

13. ePortfolio examples in BB/Web

17. Very careful re-design is necessary Evidencing for ePortfolio is not as straightforward !!! Blog/Wiki Set up by the tutor Visible/accessible from day one Tutors comments on individual pages Easier to see Tutors can see modifications Student actions RSS subscription Monitor easily student updates No submission is required Tutor set deadlines ePortfolio Rely on students sharing their ePortfolio Comment area is separate, students can delete comments No alert mechanism Cannot monitor modification No alerts when the students modify the ePortfolio Cannot freeze an ePortfolio Can submit as zipped files Unzipping is not easy