An annual personal perspective, based on face to face and virtual attendance at ePortfolio events, and the author's Personal Learning Network

1. ePortfolio and RPL
- 2013 Roundup
CAPLA
November 18, 2013

2. Learning Agents
Accelerated learning systems
E-learning resources & services
Learning community support
Consulting
http://bit.ly/DonPresant_ePortfolio

3. New service: savvyfolio.net
Multi-institution ePortfolio community
Professional Body
Workplace Trainer
Employer
College
Industry Sector Body
Adult Learning Centre
University
Employability Agency

4. Agenda
Don’s Retrospective Perspective
• ePIC 2013, London
• AAEEBL 2013, Boston
– with help from Trent Batson
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Mahara UK 2013, Birmingham
Eportfolio Forum, Canberra
Canada
Open Badges (all over)
Final words
NB: bit.ly/ePin2013

5. http://blog.qmee.com/qmee-online-in-60-seconds/
The
Read-Write Web
has changed the
Internet from:
• a shopping mall
• an encyclopedia
• a television
To a place where we
personalize our
experience and leave
our footprints behind

6. Received Learning…
Sage on the Stage
Photo Credit: US Mission Geneva via Compfight cc

7. Personalized Learning
Flipped Classroom and the Read/Write Web
YouTube and Facebook in Nursing Education by Laura Killam, Cambrian College on Prezi

8. Digital Dirt…
Developing Digital Citizens Alex Couros 2012

9. Closer to home…
The power of video as evidence

10. Digital Identity

11. eSourcing is Social
Employers want to find you
techvibes.com
Nov 2013

12. ePortfolio and Identity Conference, London
ePIC 2013

13. ePIC 2013
www.epforum.eu/
http://bit.ly/13bb38D

14. Overview
Key themes
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OER and MOOCs
Employability
Professional development
Additional language learning
Learning analytics: big data
Badges, badges, badges
bit.ly/ePIC2013_program

15. Keynote: Alan Davis
What would Proust have done with an ePortfolio?

16. ePortfolios and MOOCs
Learning self-management
“WANTED:
Well organised ePortfolio to Manage an Unruly MOOC. Skills Required"
http://bit.ly/ePIC2013_Coolin

17. ePortfolios and MOOCs
Learning self-management

18. ePortfolios and MOOCs
Learning self-management

19. Big Data
ePortfolios, Open Badges & Learning Analytics
http://www.slideshare.net/dcambrid/e-pic-2013-keynote

20. Association for Authentic, Experiential and
Evidence-Based Learning, Boston
AAEEBL 2013

21. 11/19/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
THE ASSOCIATION FOR AUTHENTIC,
EXPERIENTIAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED
LEARNING (AAEEBL.ORG)
Engaged Learning
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22. 11/19/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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About AAEEBL
• Threads coming together:
• Engaged Learning – our theme this year
• High-Impact Educational Practices
• ePortfolio community – learning centered
• Demands of the economy; expectations of employers
• ePortfolio provides means for transformation at all levels
of education
• U.S.: now, over half of U. S. higher education students
have used an eportfolio at least once in their college
years. Higher percentage in other countries
• AAEEBL = global eportfolio establishment.
• 120 Colleges and Universities; 17 Corporate Sponsors

23. 11/19/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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Developments
• Formal acceptance in parts of U. S. higher education of
eportfolio as basis for assessment. “Competency-Based”
• Paper resume dead; Online resume expected; add links
to online resume and you’ve got an “eportfolio.”
• New business models with eportfolios:
• LMS companies seeing eportfolio as competitive advantage
• Link between employers and students while in college through free
eportfolios
• Global web hosting companies see eportfolios as competitive
advantage
• Selling eportfolio accounts to individuals
• Specialization of eportfolio products for certain fields

24. 11/19/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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Challenges
• How to “train” assessors for assessment of eportfolio
evidence?
• How to educate learners in creating good evidence and
curating that evidence over time?
• How to move from credits, test, grades to “authentic
assessment”? -- Institutional challenge
• How to maintain eportfolio over decades? – individual
challenge

25. 11/19/2013
http://www.aaeebl.org
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AAEEBL
• Member of the website, aaeebl.org
• Member of AAEEBL through an institution
• Corporate Partner
• Student member; must be approved.
• Annual National Conference July 28-31, 2014, Boston
• Annual campus-based conferences
• 2014: campus-based conference in Canada (planning)
• How to login to the new AAEEBL site
• Choose “Individual Site Participant”
• Create your profile
• Be a part of the global community

26. Critical mass
52% US undergraduates use ePortfolio
Campus Computing 2013 (n=451)

27. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
Bass/Eynon Keynote: “Disrupting Ourselves”
• Connect to Learning Project (C2L)
– Researching how ePortfolio pedagogy can support
AAC&U’s LEAP* initiative and its Essential
Learning Outcomes:
• Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical
and Natural World
• Intellectual and Practical Skills
• Personal and Social Responsibility
• Integrative and Applied Learning
– Currently: how to scale up
* Liberal Education and America's Promise
bit.ly/AACU_LEAP

28. VALUE* Rubrics for LEAP ELO’s
Example: Integrative Learning
Capstone
4
Milestone
3
Milestone
2
Connections to
Experience
Connections to
Discipline
Transfer
Integrated
Communication
Reflection and SelfAssessment
*Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education
bit.ly/AACU_VALUE
Benchmark
1

29. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
“It Takes More than a Major”
• 2013 survey of 318 employers for AAC&U
(The Association of American Colleges & Universities)
– Findings:
• 93%: candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically,
communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more
important than their undergraduate major
• >75%: 5 key learning outcomes: critical thinking, complex
problem-solving, written and oral communication, and
applied knowledge in real-world settings
• >80%: an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in
ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills
they need to succeed in their company or organization.
bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU

30. Confirmation from Notre Dame
Employer Focus Group
Employers would…
Click on ePortfolio link in email
View relevant part of ePortfolio on
tablet at career fair
Click on ePortfolio link in résumé
View relevant part of ePortfolio on
tablet in interview
Click on ePortfolio link in sig file or cover
letter
0%
Data from G. Alex Ambrose, April 2013
http://t.co/FeoVokOQv2
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
n=11

31. AAEEBL 2013 in Boston
Global Learning Qualifications Framework
(Nan Travers, SUNY-ESC)
bit.ly/AAEEBL2013_GLQF

32. AAEEBL-friendly ecosystem
International Journal of ePortfolio
• Cool article in the current issue:
– The ePortfolio as a Living Portal: A Medium for
Student Learning, Identity, and Assessment
• Celeste Fowles Nguyen, Stanford University
www.theijep.com/

33. Mahara UK 2013

34. Mahara UK 13 Highlights
Maturing and gathering momentum
• New features and developments
– MyPortfolio, New Zealand
• Modeling and demonstrating:
– Digital literacies
– Employability skills
• Project based learning
– Teachers/students as “co-researchers”
• Open Badges
• Personalized, competence-oriented learning
• Multi-tenanted Mahara

35. Mahara UK 13 in Pictures
http://www.eventifier.com/event/maharauk13

36. Mahara 1.8
Good and getting better

37. Multi-tenanted Mahara
Educational examples
• MyPortfolio Schools (Kineo Pacific)
– 1,211 institutions (201301), 85,575 users, 9,976 groups
• MyPortfolio Tertiary (Kineo Pacific)
– 14 institutions, 13,381 users,1160 groups
– Massey University: 9,000 users
• kyvyt.fi (Discendum)
– >100 institutions, 25,000 users, 1,000 groups
• CLEO (One Connect Limited)
– 154 institutions, 23,000 users, 874 groups
• Bute/Argyle Education Authority (EdICT)
– 92 institutions, 7,081 users, 50 groups

38. 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Australia

39. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
“Digital Identities, Footprints and Networks”
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(PebblePad and Mahara)
Learner Driven Pathways
Digital Identity
Career Development
Field education
Employability
Link to Resources

40. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Business School
http://bit.ly/AUSeP2013_Sibson

41. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

42. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Employers Needs and ePortfolios
http://bit.ly/CityUHK_eP

43. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

44. Australia 2013 Eportfolio Forum
Keynote: Learner Driven Pathways
http://bit.ly/AUS2013_LongAndMcAlpine

45. Canada

46. RPL at Athabasca University
From paper to electronic
bit.ly/AU_ePortfolio

47. Alberta K-12: Inspiring Education
Competency Framework for Student Learning

48. Modeling the Inspiring Framework
Golden Hills School Division

49. Schoolportfolios.ca
Exploratory ePortfolio Community

50. Regulators and ePortfolios
Formative vs. summative assessment

51. ePortfolios for Immigrants
ISSofBC
• Language Programs
• Employment Programs
• Soft skills
development
• Employability skills
showcase
– Job finding tool
Tuesday at 0830

52. Open Badges

53. Open Badges
Rapidly evolving ecosystem

54. Open Badges
Entry level skills for the workforce
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

55. Open Badges
Entry level skills for the workforce
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

56. Open Badges
Skills transfer for veterans
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

57. Open Badges
Simple structure
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

58. Open Badges
Assessment and display
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

59. Open Badges
Designing a badge for your context
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Belshaw

60. Open Badges
In 2014: Open Badge Factory
bit.ly/ePIC2013_Rousselle

61. Open Badges
Chicago Summer of Learning
• City of Chicago, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla
– 125 participating organizations
– More than 210,000 young people
– ~150,000 badges awarded
• 3% participation, 92% skill, 5% achievement
• STEAM-based programming
– Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics
– Driven by the interests of the youth participants

62. Final words

63. Emergent themes
• Graduate outcomes ≈ employability
• Badges = micro-credentials
• Learning is social
• Portfolio learning is reflective and
social
• Portfolio learning = personal pathway

64. Is LinkedIn enough?
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Awareness, workplace focus (esp. North America)
Evidence: Slideshare, Infographics, Videos, Recommendations (?)
Social network: “Friend of a Friend”
Personal Learning Network: LinkedIn Groups
• CON
– Flexibility
• Customization, segmentation, alignment to requirements/outcomes
• Interoperability: feeding to/from other sites
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Archiving: file storage
Private modes: reflection, formative assessment, mentoring
Learning frameworks: self-assessment, plans, rubrics, etc.
Audience: beyond white collar?
Ownership : Terms of Use, business model
With ideas from: Does LinkedIn work as an ePortfolio?

65. Key Message:
ePortfolios can be FOR and OF Learning
FOR Learning
OF Learning
Focused on process
Focused on product
Supports learning
Demonstrates learning
Private environment
Public showcase
Goals
Achievements
Learning activities
Learning outcomes
Formative assessment
Summative assessment
Lower stakes
Higher stakes
Forward looking, expansive
Retrospective, targeted

66. Key Message
Reflective, integrative, deep learning
http://bit.ly/UW_Bothell

67. University President’s Vision
Alan Davis, President, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013

68. Future State: the Open ePortfolio
“Small pieces, loosely joined”
Government
Information
Portals
Online
Credential
Verification
Employer HR
Management
Systems
eLearning
LMS
Moodle,
D2L, etc.
Localized
Labour Market
Information
ePortfolio
Web 2.0
Open
Competency
Frameworks
Student
Records
YouTube
LinkedIn
Twitter…
Job Boards,
Recruitment
Sites
Personal
Networks,
Communities

69. Final thought
The future is already
here; it’s just not very
evenly distributed.
William Gibson
Creative Commons http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson

70. PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:
bit.ly/ePin2013
don@learningagents.ca
Web: learningagents.ca
Twitter: donpresant
ePortfolio: donpresant.ca