Presentation of the Finnish Kyvyt.fi -ePortfolio service developed on Mahara

1. Kyvyt.fi, a large-scale Finnish
e-Portfolio service built on
Mahara
Eric Rousselle, CEO
Discendum Inc.

2. Few words about DiscendumFew words about Discendum
• Finnish company established in Oulu, Finland
• We develop and host eLearning services for educational
institutions
• Optima LMS platform
• Open Badge Factory
• Kyvyt.fi ePortfolio is built on Mahara
• Discendum is a Mahara partner since 2010
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Current Kyvyt.fi versionCurrent Kyvyt.fi version

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New version on Mahara 1.9, in AugustNew version on Mahara 1.9, in August

5. Kyvyt.fi in a nutshellKyvyt.fi in a nutshell
• National ePortfolio service developed and hosted by
Discendum
• Main user organizations are Finnish high schools,
vocational and higher education institutions
• Kyvyt.fi was launched in August of 2010
• Today Kyvyt.fi is used by 31 800 users and 200
organizations
• Kyvyt.fi is used mostly for reflective learning, student
councelling and assessment (Learning portfolios)
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7. Main ideas of the Kyvyt.fi conceptMain ideas of the Kyvyt.fi concept
• All educational institutions and companies using
Kyvyt.fi operate in the same service
• Organizations pay for their institutions
• Free for end users. They can keep their porfolios
after graduation and use them for free
• Users own the contents they have created

8. Why Mahara?Why Mahara?
• Combination of ”traditional” portfolio building with PLE
and social networking
• Open source software, can be adapted to our clients’
needs
• SSO access from Moodle and possibly other LMS’
• Supports Leap2a standard
• Active international user and developer community
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9. Kyvyt.fi is a success story, but manyKyvyt.fi is a success story, but many
improvements have been done, andimprovements have been done, and
more is coming!more is coming!
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Write access for group pagesWrite access for group pages

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Group chatGroup chat

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Multilingual résuméMultilingual résumé

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Integration of cloud servicesIntegration of cloud services

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Annotation toolAnnotation tool

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Watchlist with foldersWatchlist with folders

17. The new user interfaceThe new user interface
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New interface for pages, groups,New interface for pages, groups,
collectionscollections

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Direct publication of a blogDirect publication of a blog

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The new watchlistThe new watchlist

22. Kyvyt.fi / Mahara and Open BagdesKyvyt.fi / Mahara and Open Bagdes
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23. •Developed by the Mozilla Foundation
•”A digital badge is an online representation of
a skill you’ve earned”
•New online standard to recognize and verify
learning (Open Badges Infrastructure)
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About Open BadgesAbout Open Badges

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Open Badge Displayer pluginOpen Badge Displayer plugin

25. Open Badge FactoryOpen Badge Factory
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27. What is Open Badge Factory?What is Open Badge Factory?
• An Open Badge management system provided as a
cloud service
• Core ideas:
• Trusted badges / verified issuers
• Strong management features (roles and reports)
• Distributed issuance of badges (Open API / Plugins
for Mahara, Moodle etc …)
• Advanced features such as:
• Badge requests
• Milestone badges
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OBF Mahara pluginOBF Mahara plugin

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Issuing badges in Mahara groupsIssuing badges in Mahara groups

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A centralized report system for all yourA centralized report system for all your
badges in OBFbadges in OBF

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eKampus, the Helsinki Mahara-basedeKampus, the Helsinki Mahara-based
learning environmentlearning environment

35. The Helsinki eKampus projectThe Helsinki eKampus project
• Between LMS and PLE (LMS goes PLE)
• Improvement of usability (direct publication of blogs,
study journals…)
• Better management of processes with roles such as
teacher and student (teachers’ groups) and pages’
status information
• New tools such as study journals and assignments,
grade board, workflow features

36. More informationMore information
•Open Badges:
• http://openbadges.org
•Open Badge Factory
• https://openbadgefactory.com
• https://openbadgefactory.com/about/getstarted
•Our plugins:
• https://github.com/discendum/obf-mahara
• https://github.com/discendum/obf-moodle
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37. ContactContact
Eric RousselleEric Rousselle
eric.rousselle@discendum.comeric.rousselle@discendum.com
TwitterTwitter
@eric_rousselle@eric_rousselle
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