As delivered May 4 2011, with minor variations from previous versions

1. Career Portfolio ManitobaMahara ePortfolio for Employability MoodleMoot Canada May 4, 2011 Don Presant

2. Why ePortfolio for employability?An increasingly digital life... Google & the Internet Web 2.0 & social software Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn... Job boards & electronic recruitment Monster, Workopolis, Job Bank Digital identity Authentic evidence

3. Human Capital Technology eSourcing/eRecruitment tools Résumé Importing/Exporting/Searching Assessments & Applicant Screening Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Onboarding (orientation) tools Performance/Talent Management Systems Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS/HRIS) Adapted from http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/software/index.htm

4. Human Capital Management A competitive marketplace

5. eSourcingMining the Internet

6. Regional solutionsInspiration for Manitoba

7. Career Portfolio ManitobaCurrent stakeholders: WEM & WPLAR Nonprofit partnerships of Government, Business and Labour WEM: workplace education in Essential Skills WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior Learning wem.mb.ca wplar.ca

8. Canada’s Essential SkillsContextualized by workplace occupation… Reading text Document use Writing Numeracy Computer skills Oral communication Thinking skills Problem Solving, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Job Task Planning and Organizing, Significant Use of Memory, Finding Information Working with others Continuous learning

9. The Essential Skills Portfolio Origins and character First immigrants, now “general” Career changers (younger, older..) Reflection on life-wide learning of Essential Skills for employability Build confidence, improve “skills dialogue” Make resumes & cover letters clearer, more credible Preparation tool for interviews More than ES: attitudes, specialized skills Product: ring binder, from electronic templates 18 hours class time + c. 18 hours of homework

10. Building your portfolio- one step at a time

11. The “e” factorAdvantages and opportunities Information Management Collecting, archiving, making different versions Measureability Frameworks, rubrics, summative tracking Interoperability Communication with other ICT systems via APIs, open standards Sharing “One to many”, digital copies, links to specific pages Multimedia Video, audio, digital images, online presentations…and scanned docs Internet skills Online research: documents, networks, Internet literacy Collaboration Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach Personal Learning Environment Integrated learning environment, professional network, digital identity

12. Vision for Career Portfolio ManitobaCareer development for life All Manitobans Learner owned Lifelong Lifewide: home, community, school, work... Based on (not restricted to) Essential Skills Built through partnerships of stakeholders, with WEM and WPLAR as “anchor tenants” Globally aware, locally relevant

13. Choosing the PlatformNew Zealand – Mahara FOSS project - Massey University Funded by NZ government, later Carnegie Mellon Lifelong learning & social networking environment Learner owned, multiple views LEAP2A exportability Moodle integration

14. Choosing the platformThe “Mahoodle” ecosystem INSTRUCTOR LED Archiving Other artefacts Presenting USER DRIVEN Mahara tools: Blog, forum, views Collect, Select, Reflect… Artefacts, commentary, dialogue Human capital development Employability Skills transfer KSA asset building Lifelong learning Networks Peers, mentors Other Web 2.0 tools:

15. Essential Skills ePortfolioProgram overview Adapt the paper curriculum Leverage the “e” factor Embed authentic ICT skills Useful software applications Accessible multimedia hardware Provide ongoing support

16. ImplementationOnline tour (careerportfolio.mb.ca)

17. ImplementationJob match summary

18. Early steps Pilot Learners “Train the trainer” Rework curriculum

19. Current reworkLessons learned and learning Make it more usable Shorten curriculum, customize delivery Full vs. accelerated versions Improve worksheet methodology Stream learners Computer skills gap training Add more exemplars Caucasian, Aboriginal... Document more fully Manual, more/updated videos

20. Next steps Explore more ways to extend Mahara LinkedIn, GoogleApps, Moodle 2.0, web services... Polish the business plan Scope provincewide user support needs Build partnerships

21. Community of communities“Small pieces, loosely joined” Government Information Portals Student Records Employer HR Management Systems eGovernment Single Window Service Online Credential Verification Mahoodle Hub Localized Labour Market Information Online Mentoring Services Job Boards, Recruitment Sites Web 2.0 YouTube LinkedIn Twitter… Personal Networks, Communities

22. Further reading Presentations about Career Portfolio Manitoba http://bit.ly/CPMBpresentations MyPortfoliohttp://myportfolio.ac.nz/ Report: http://bit.ly/g8JLLQ MOSEP http://www.mosep.org/ Toolbox (curr/report): http://bit.ly/MOSEP_toolbox EIfEL - www.epforum.eu/ ePortfolio Community of Practice (AUS) http://epcop.net.au

23. Useful links Career Portfolio Manitoba http://careerportfolio.mb.ca http://bit.ly/eP_example Workplace Education Manitoba http://wem.mb.ca WPLAR http://wplar.ca Contact emails: Don Presant, Learning Agents Inc. don@learningagents.ca (Twitter: donpresant) Linda Maxwell, Keystone Adult Education Services Inc. adulted@mts.net Phyllis Mann, Workplace Education Manitoba PMann@wem.mb.ca

24. Don Presant