ePortfolios and Open Badges for ImmigrantsDon Presant
Exploring how Open Badges and ePortfolios can help immigrants learn and demonstrate their skills in language learning and employability. Part of a series.
Link to support page: bit.ly/openbadges4immigrants
Moved from a duplicate account (http://www.slideshare.net/donpresant9)
ePortfolios and Open Badges for ImmigrantsDon Presant
Exploring how Open Badges and ePortfolios can help immigrants learn and demonstrate their skills in language learning and employability. Part of a series.
Link to support page: bit.ly/openbadges4immigrants
Moved from a duplicate account (http://www.slideshare.net/donpresant9)
Beyond Big Binders: Teaching Portfolios in the Web 2.0 WorldMonica Rysavy
With today's technology, it's no longer necessary to maintain the traditional (and oversized!) 3-ring binder for your teaching portfolio. In this presentation (which was presented at PETE&C 2013 by Monica Rysavy and Kim Tohill), we explored various e-portfolio development tools and demonstrated how to create an e-portfolio that showcases evidence of your teaching skills and professional qualifications
OBF Academy: Customer case - North Kirkwood Middle SchoolSaarni Learning Oy
Our customer from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, tells how they have started to issue Open Badges for their students. The kids have been involved in the process and they also have a dedicated instance of Open Badge Passport that is also branded for them. This is an ongoing story and we'll hear more before summer and this fall.
Beyond Big Binders: Teaching Portfolios in the Web 2.0 WorldMonica Rysavy
With today's technology, it's no longer necessary to maintain the traditional (and oversized!) 3-ring binder for your teaching portfolio. In this presentation (which was presented at PETE&C 2013 by Monica Rysavy and Kim Tohill), we explored various e-portfolio development tools and demonstrated how to create an e-portfolio that showcases evidence of your teaching skills and professional qualifications
OBF Academy: Customer case - North Kirkwood Middle SchoolSaarni Learning Oy
Our customer from St. Louis, Missouri, USA, tells how they have started to issue Open Badges for their students. The kids have been involved in the process and they also have a dedicated instance of Open Badge Passport that is also branded for them. This is an ongoing story and we'll hear more before summer and this fall.
TEAM 2016 - Open Badges and Language LearningDon Presant
Presentation adapted for a professional ESL (EAL) audience, in Canada, with examples of Open Badges and ePortfolios for language learners and professional educators alike.
ePortfolios for Adults (and Other Humans) Don Presant
ePortfolios for lifelong learning in formal, nonformal and informal contexts. Used for PLAR/RPL, employability and continuing professional development. Based on the open source Mahara platform.
information literacy open educational resources. author: philip russellPhilip Russell
CoPILOT (Community of Practice for Information Literacy Online Teaching) workshop on Open Educational Resources (OERs) at Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland. Invited Speaker, February 12th 2014.
ePortfolios for Adults and Other Humans (rev 2014)Don Presant
An exploration of how ePortfolios can help support and demonstrate the learning of adults.
Revised from the original presentation in 2013 to include a description of a new shared ePortfolio service for educators and trainers called savvyfolio.net.
The second presentation about ePortfolios for NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 12, 2018. This presentation focuses on the "e" part of ePortfolios: online tools and mobile apps.
Open Badges for Work - Making Learning VisibleDon Presant
An exploration of the convergence of micro-credentials, open badges, badge passports and eportfolios for workplace human capital development. Tons of examples and ideas.
Part of a series on Open Badges for different audiences by Learning Agents. Embedded at bit.ly/openbadges4work with other resources and pages.
Moved from a duplicate account (http://www.slideshare.net/donpresant9)
Similar to ePortfolio for Immigrants - International Medical Graduate version (20)
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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5. ePortfolio: product and process
• Digital archive
• Showcase: celebration & assessment of learning
– Education
• Acceptance/advanced standing, course requirement,
graduation requirement
– Workplace
• Hiring, HR development, professional development, project
team selection
FuturEd 2004
6. ePortfolio: product and process
• Assessment for learning (e.g. CLPA)
• Reflection, self-assessment
• Transferring skills, making transtions
• Coaching, collaborative learning
• Learning plans
• Knowledge Management
7. Credentials vs. ePortfolio
Credentials ePortfolio
• Reflect time spent in • Reflects time spent learning
class • Evidence-based proficiency
• Questionable proficiency • Statement of actual skills and
• Proxy for skills and knowledge
knowledge • “Living”
• Dated • Systematic
• Variable quality • All learning valued
• Formal learning only
(Courtesy FuturEd)
8. Benefits of “e”
• Information Management capabilities
– Collecting, archiving, sharing, making different versions
– Multimedia evidence
• Digital technology, Internet literacy
• Learning and collaboration integration
– Online research: documents, networks
– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
• Digital Identity
– Professional Profile, Personal network
• Measurement, alignment
– Link to frameworks, rubrics, track learning over time
• Systems integration and interoperability
– Moodle and other LMS, HRIS systems
9. Key elements
• Links individual’s skills/accomplishments to
skills frameworks
• A record of formal AND experiential learning
• Claims backed by digital evidence
• Learner ownership
• More than a showcase
10. Personal Planning and Learning
Online Locker, Interactive Workbook
• Online archive
– Personal & downloaded documents, links
• Resources for self-directed learning
– Webinars, videos, self-assessment surveys
• Learning plans and tracking tools
– Set goals and track progress to them (Learning Plans)
– Keep records of learning activities over time (CPD)
• Personal journal
– Reflect on goals and alternative futures
– Keep ad hoc “notes to self”, prepare agendas, etc.
• Ongoing Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
– “Continuous Learning Environment”
11. Learning Example
English as an Additional Language
• Products of language courses
– Portfolio Based Language Assessment
• Authentic artefacts of speaking, listening,
reading and writing
• Formative/summative
– Snapshots of progress
– Holistic employability
• (e.g. demonstrate communication &
technical skills)
12. Employment & related purposes
Demonstrate, assess & improve Human Capital
• Qualification Recognition
– Initial, formative, summative assessment
• Academic recognition
– PLAR/RPL for courses and programs
• Career Development
– Gap analysis, exploration of alternatives, building pathways
• Employment (Web CV)
– Hiring, career advancement, team building tool for employers
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
– Tracking ongoing learning activities and reflection on practice
– Recertification
13. Lifelong, lifewide
Before AND after getting the job
• Pre-employment
– Becoming employable, getting hired
• Workplace development
– Skills development, performance management,
career advancement
• Recognition of Prior Learning
– Challenge for credit
• Continuing Professional Development
– Regulated occupations
• Knowledge portfolios
• Life portfolios
15. Workplace Education Manitoba
& 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
16. Essential Skills ePortfolio
Program overview
• For Adults in Transition
• Leverage the “e” factor
• Accessible and authentic ICT
– Free software
– Accessible multimedia hardware
• Provide ongoing learning support
– Gap training / PD for SMART goals using Moodle
17. Professional Immigrants
Succeed with excellent Essential Skills
• Reading Text
• Document Use
• Numeracy
• Writing
• Oral Communication
• Working with Others
• Continuous Learning
• Thinking Skills
– Problem Solving, Decision Making, Job Task Planning and
Organizing, Significant Use of Memory, Finding Information
• Digital technology
18. Vision for Career Portfolio Manitoba
Lifelong career development
• All Manitobans
• Learner owned
• Personal and public purposes
• 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
19. Career Portfolio Manitoba
Demonstration
• Portfolio building course
– Video tutorials, support
• Templates
– Pages (soon collections)
• Job Match Summary
• Extensive use of Web 2.0
– YouTube, Screenr, LinkedIn…
– Embed.ly as the glue
• Fictional exemplar
• Growing gallery of real examples
21. Benefits for Immigrants
Personal Learning Environment
• Self-assessment, filling gaps, practising,
building confidence
• Developing Essential Skills
• Building necessary knowledge
• Demonstrating competence authentically
• Building support networks
• Supporting personal performance
– Frequently used links and other tools
• Personal space for learning
22. Develop your own ePortfolio
Take the online course
• Initial focus: MLPIMG
– Formative (workbook):
• Online checklist, practice, track performance improvement
• Sharing with support/advisory network
– Summative (showcase):
• Supplementary demonstration of required competencies
• First steps
– Validate the approach
– Organize a study group for the self-directed online
course
– Contact Don Presant to get logins
• don@learningagents.ca
23. careerportfolio.mb.ca
don@learningagents.ca
Twitter: @donpresant
(SIMILAR) PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE
bit.ly/ep4imm
Editor's Notes
ePortfolio can be a PLE for Essential Skills, ACROSS THE BOARD, but especially for these highlighted skillsThinking Skills:How do I get a job, Cdn work experience?Should I change occupations?How do I organize my job-hunting activities?What have I done in my life and what does it mean?What is the labour market information, who are the employers, where are the jobs?
Frame of Reference: Matt Elliot and Jennifer TurnsSimple tasks to begin: enter profile information, annotate artefactPrompts for reflection, structured reflection