EAC2010 Allison Miller E-portfolios presentation 031110

1. flexiblelearning.net.au
For supporting successful learner
outcomes
Allison Miller – Business Manager
E-portfolios – Managing Learner Information

2. flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfolios

3. Transitioning into VET
- Meeting minimum entry requirements
- RPL – Skills profile / Skills matching
- Raise self esteem & learner identity
Transitioning out of VET
- Further education & training
- Employment/Self Employment
- Promotion/Reclassification
Transitioning through VET
- Fast tracking
- Workplace learning & assessment
- Course completions

4. Available from: http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/e-portfolios-resources
The VET E-portfolio Roadmap:
A strategic roadmap for e-portfolios to support lifelong learning

5. 2009 E-portfolios
Implementation Trials
Implement an e-portfolio system which enables
learners to move quickly and efficiently between
education and training, employment and industry
areas ie through RPL or workplace learning &
assessment

6. 2009 E-portfolios
Implementation Trials
Case studies available at:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/2009EIT

7. 2009 E-portfolio Implementation Trials
Key Findings
• Induction & on-going just in time support
• Needs to be linked & not an add-on
• What’s in it for the learner
• Understand how to present yourself online
• Internet savvy vs being organised
• Concern over ‘e-Assessment’ & Auditors
• Using video is useful but requires ‘extra skills’
Key Findings available at:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfoliosblog/?p=70

8. 2010 E-portfolios
Implementation Trials
Investigating:
- Supporting learner transitions (pathways)
- VET E-portfolios draft Privacy Guidelines
- Supporting key VET initiatives eg Compact
for Young Austs & Retrenched workers

9. 2010 E-portfolios
Implementation Trials
Information available at:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/2010EIT

10. 2010 E-portfolio Implementation Trials
Mid-project Observations
Teacher/Trainer considerations:
- Digital literacy skills
- Connecting teachers/trainers to others experienced in using
e-portfolios
- Supporting the teachers/trainers to develop their own e-
portfolio
Learner considerations:
- Understand potential benefits of their e-portfolio
- Introduce early in the course
- Trust peers and working within a ‘safe sharing environment’
- Concerned about their privacy and ownership of information
- What is ‘appropriate information’
Key Findings available at:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfoliosblog/?p=89

11. 2010 E-portfolio Implementation Trials
Mid-project Observations
Workplace considerations:
- Workplace supervisors/management need to understand how the e-portfolio
and related technologies support the learners’ training and assessment (and
potentially their workforce development), L
- Learners need to be given the time required to collect the evidence in the
workplace.
- E-portfolios and mobile devices can also potentially raise the quality of an
organisation, through better transparency and reflective practices
Training Organisation considerations:
- Regular team meetings during the implementation stage
-- Documenting the process and progress
-- Evaluation on the successes and barriers of the process
- Gaining the support of organisational technical staff
- Consider what information is collected by the e-portfolio system (eg through
activity logs)
Key Findings available at:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfoliosblog/?p=89

12. Guidelines available at:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/e-portfolios-resources#VET_EP_Privacy_Guidelines

13. More information about
E-portfolios business
activity

14. flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfolios

15. Available at: http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfoliosblog/?p=61

16. Available from: flexiblelearning.net.au/content/e-portfolios-resources
Career development, professional associations,
employees, employers

17. EpCop Website - Information, resources and events:
https://sites.google.com/site/eportfoliocommunity/home
E-portfolio Conversations - discussion forum
: http://groups.google.com.au/group/eportfolio_conversations
Vision:
• Provide assistance in embedding e-portfolios
• Disseminate information about the process of building e-portfolios
• Mentor new users in the use of e-portfolios

18. Email: Allison.Miller@flexiblelearning.net.au
with ‘Subscribe to email list’ in the Subject line

19. Contact me
Allison Miller
E-portfolios Business Manager
Allison.Miller@flexiblelearning.net.au
08 8207 8872
E-portfolio links –
flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfolios
flexiblelearning.net.au/e-portfoliosblog
delicious.com/imillera/e-portfolio