Eportfolios as flexible learning
                   spaces
                                   Putting it Together

                                       Allison Miller
                                      29 March 2012


vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au
What is an e-portfolio?
Why would you use one
    for learning &
     assessment?
flexiblelearning.net.au
Image by Sengchang– Singapore Changi Airport, Control Tower - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singapore_Changi_Airport,_Control_Tower_2,_Dec_05.JPG
bit.ly/vumieg
How can learners collect
      evidence?
New ways of capturing and assessing learning

                                 Digital stories                                                    Conversations
                                about me (Movie                                                          (mp3/smart
                              Maker / Photostory)                                                          pens)




           Live evidence
            (POV, video,                                                        Workshops                              Narrative /
              photos)                                                            (digital                              Reflective
                                                                               certificates)                            Journals
                                                                                                                         (blogs)



Digital Story Image by Benjamin Rabe: papercuts: 2-L8-4-BBQ?! - http://www.flickr.com/photos/26675085@N00/4110438350
MP3 Image by James F Clay: Edirol R-09HR - http://www.flickr.com/photos/7888746@N08/2872576116
Why is it important for
students to manage their
    own information?
Approximately 70% of
 learning occurs in the
 workplace and in the
community as informal
        learning
   Center for Workforce Development. The Teaching Firm:
   Where Productive Work and Learning Converge. Newton, MA, 1998.
We should be
preparing people
   for a life of
    learning

 (both formal &
    informal)
sites.google.com/site/coachcaroleeportfolio/
mahara.e-skills.com.au/view/view.php?t=Vgogyi0H3zxjixhT7z2Q
How can we support
 lifelong learning?
Student centred-learning
                                                     based on the Assessment for Learning framework


      Picture of                                                        Clarify and share learning intentions
      Competence                                                        and criteria for success

      Questioning                                                       Engineer effective discussion,
                                                                        questions, and learning tasks

      Feedback
                                                                        Move learners forward with feedback

      Self Assessment                                                   Activate learners as the owners of their
                                                                        own learning

      Peer Assessment                                                   Activate learners as instructional
                                                                        resources for one another
Modified from: Rob Stowell, Learning Australia, Quality of Assessment Practices, 2010 DFEEST Quality Forum, SA – slide 14
Student centred-learning
                                                     based on the Assessment for Learning framework


      Picture of                                                       How are you/can you sharing this picture of competence with your
      Competence                                                       learners?




                                                                       How are you engineering effective discussion, questioning, and
      Questioning                                                      learning tasks for your learners?




      Feedback                                                         How are you moving your learners forward with feedback?




      Self Assessment                                                  How are you supporting your learners to be owners of their own
                                                                       learning?




      Peer Assessment                                                  How you are enabling your learners to be instructional resources for
                                                                       one another?


Modified from: Rob Stowell, Learning Australia, Quality of Assessment Practices, 2010 DFEEST Quality Forum, SA – slide 14
Student centred-learning
                        based on the Assessment for Learning framework

       Student Centred learning &
         assessment strategies                         Incorporating eportfolios


•   Sharing learning expectations through     •   Determine the purpose and audience
    picture of competence eg examples,            for the eportfolio
    templates

•   Help the students understand what         •   Collect student work first
    evidence to collect through
    questioning

•   Provide feedback (and feed-forward)       •   Select key pieces as evidence and
    on the selected evidence                      build the eportfolio

•   Provide self-assessment opportunities     •   Reflect or ‘self assess’ the learning
                                                  process and selection of work

•   Encourage mentor, expert and/or peer      •   Connect and share with others
    assessment
What’s in it for me/them?
Reuse - Repurpose




Watch this video at: youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2_hYt2iyxeQ#!
How can ‘tags’ or ‘key
      words’ help
  reuse/repurpose and
showcase my evidence?
Holistic Assessment

   Use unit codes to
aggregate resources per
  unit of competency
                           Demonstrating my key
                            employability Skills




    Highlighting my
strengths/interest areas
bit.ly/LaTrobeeporteg
bit.ly/UniSAeporteg
What skills & knowledge
 do you develop when
creating an e-portfolio?
Managing your digital identity

Digital literacy
      - uploading, file
 compression, presenting
          yourself
online, formatting, multime
          dia ……
                              Digital privacy
                                    - Appropriate
                                information, sharing
     Digital                      protocols, privacy
   ownerships                 setting, data mining ……
  - copyright, intellectual
      property, moral
      rights, creative
      commons……
Managing your digital identity

Digital literacy
      - uploading, file
 compression, presenting
          yourself
online, formatting, multime
          dia ……
                              Digital privacy
                                    - Appropriate
                                information, sharing
     Digital                      protocols, privacy
   ownerships                 setting, data mining ……
  - copyright, intellectual
      property, moral
      rights, creative
      commons……
Where can you get
   started with
e-portfolios and e-
   assessment?
Career development, professional associations,
                                              employees, employers




Available from:   flexiblelearning.net.au/content/e-portfolios-resources
Vision:

• Provide assistance in embedding eportfolios
• Disseminate information about the process of building eportfolios
• Mentor new users in the use of eportfolios



    EpCop Website - Information, resources and events:
                      epcop.net.au

          Eportfolio Conversations - discussion forum
                : conversations.epcop.net.au
EpCop MOOC resources about eportfolios to

                                 create your own eportfolio and




EpCop MOOC is part of the VET E-portfolios Community of Practice (EpCop) and is funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework
Create your own eportfolio
             at:


  digitalcapability.com.au
Eportfolios Program
            Start in SYDNEY - 30 & 31 August 2012


Workshop One: ePortfolios as personal online learning spaces

        Workshop Two: ePortfolios for eAssessment

                     More information at:


              bit.ly/ePFSyd2012
Meeting expectations – achieving goals

            Australian Catholic University, Sydney

                      27-28 September 2012

                follow ePortfolios Australia:
                  • Twitter: twitter.com/eportfoliosaust
              • Facebook: facebook.com/eportfoliosaust
            • Slideshare: slideshare.net/eportfoliosaustralia

eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/conference/conference-eac2012/
Meeting expectations – achieving goals

            Australian Catholic University, Sydney

                      27-28 September 2012

             following ePortfolios Australia:
                  • Twitter: twitter.com/eportfoliosaust
              • Facebook: facebook.com/eportfoliosaust
            • Slideshare: slideshare.net/eportfoliosaustralia

eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/conference/conference-eac2012/
Allison Miller

                                  0400 732 270
                         allison@vanguardvisions.com.au
                        vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au
vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au

Eportfolios as flexible learning spaces

  • 1.
    Eportfolios as flexiblelearning spaces Putting it Together Allison Miller 29 March 2012 vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au
  • 2.
    What is ane-portfolio? Why would you use one for learning & assessment?
  • 3.
    flexiblelearning.net.au Image by Sengchang–Singapore Changi Airport, Control Tower - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singapore_Changi_Airport,_Control_Tower_2,_Dec_05.JPG
  • 4.
  • 5.
    How can learnerscollect evidence?
  • 6.
    New ways ofcapturing and assessing learning Digital stories Conversations about me (Movie (mp3/smart Maker / Photostory) pens) Live evidence (POV, video, Workshops Narrative / photos) (digital Reflective certificates) Journals (blogs) Digital Story Image by Benjamin Rabe: papercuts: 2-L8-4-BBQ?! - http://www.flickr.com/photos/26675085@N00/4110438350 MP3 Image by James F Clay: Edirol R-09HR - http://www.flickr.com/photos/7888746@N08/2872576116
  • 7.
    Why is itimportant for students to manage their own information?
  • 8.
    Approximately 70% of learning occurs in the workplace and in the community as informal learning Center for Workforce Development. The Teaching Firm: Where Productive Work and Learning Converge. Newton, MA, 1998.
  • 10.
    We should be preparingpeople for a life of learning (both formal & informal)
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13.
    How can wesupport lifelong learning?
  • 15.
    Student centred-learning based on the Assessment for Learning framework Picture of Clarify and share learning intentions Competence and criteria for success Questioning Engineer effective discussion, questions, and learning tasks Feedback Move learners forward with feedback Self Assessment Activate learners as the owners of their own learning Peer Assessment Activate learners as instructional resources for one another Modified from: Rob Stowell, Learning Australia, Quality of Assessment Practices, 2010 DFEEST Quality Forum, SA – slide 14
  • 16.
    Student centred-learning based on the Assessment for Learning framework Picture of How are you/can you sharing this picture of competence with your Competence learners? How are you engineering effective discussion, questioning, and Questioning learning tasks for your learners? Feedback How are you moving your learners forward with feedback? Self Assessment How are you supporting your learners to be owners of their own learning? Peer Assessment How you are enabling your learners to be instructional resources for one another? Modified from: Rob Stowell, Learning Australia, Quality of Assessment Practices, 2010 DFEEST Quality Forum, SA – slide 14
  • 17.
    Student centred-learning based on the Assessment for Learning framework Student Centred learning & assessment strategies Incorporating eportfolios • Sharing learning expectations through • Determine the purpose and audience picture of competence eg examples, for the eportfolio templates • Help the students understand what • Collect student work first evidence to collect through questioning • Provide feedback (and feed-forward) • Select key pieces as evidence and on the selected evidence build the eportfolio • Provide self-assessment opportunities • Reflect or ‘self assess’ the learning process and selection of work • Encourage mentor, expert and/or peer • Connect and share with others assessment
  • 18.
    What’s in itfor me/them?
  • 19.
    Reuse - Repurpose Watchthis video at: youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2_hYt2iyxeQ#!
  • 20.
    How can ‘tags’or ‘key words’ help reuse/repurpose and showcase my evidence?
  • 21.
    Holistic Assessment Use unit codes to aggregate resources per unit of competency Demonstrating my key employability Skills Highlighting my strengths/interest areas
  • 23.
  • 24.
  • 25.
    What skills &knowledge do you develop when creating an e-portfolio?
  • 26.
    Managing your digitalidentity Digital literacy - uploading, file compression, presenting yourself online, formatting, multime dia …… Digital privacy - Appropriate information, sharing Digital protocols, privacy ownerships setting, data mining …… - copyright, intellectual property, moral rights, creative commons……
  • 27.
    Managing your digitalidentity Digital literacy - uploading, file compression, presenting yourself online, formatting, multime dia …… Digital privacy - Appropriate information, sharing Digital protocols, privacy ownerships setting, data mining …… - copyright, intellectual property, moral rights, creative commons……
  • 28.
    Where can youget started with e-portfolios and e- assessment?
  • 29.
    Career development, professionalassociations, employees, employers Available from: flexiblelearning.net.au/content/e-portfolios-resources
  • 30.
    Vision: • Provide assistancein embedding eportfolios • Disseminate information about the process of building eportfolios • Mentor new users in the use of eportfolios EpCop Website - Information, resources and events: epcop.net.au Eportfolio Conversations - discussion forum : conversations.epcop.net.au
  • 31.
    EpCop MOOC resourcesabout eportfolios to create your own eportfolio and EpCop MOOC is part of the VET E-portfolios Community of Practice (EpCop) and is funded by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework
  • 32.
    Create your owneportfolio at: digitalcapability.com.au
  • 33.
    Eportfolios Program Start in SYDNEY - 30 & 31 August 2012 Workshop One: ePortfolios as personal online learning spaces Workshop Two: ePortfolios for eAssessment More information at: bit.ly/ePFSyd2012
  • 34.
    Meeting expectations –achieving goals Australian Catholic University, Sydney 27-28 September 2012 follow ePortfolios Australia: • Twitter: twitter.com/eportfoliosaust • Facebook: facebook.com/eportfoliosaust • Slideshare: slideshare.net/eportfoliosaustralia eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/conference/conference-eac2012/
  • 35.
    Meeting expectations –achieving goals Australian Catholic University, Sydney 27-28 September 2012 following ePortfolios Australia: • Twitter: twitter.com/eportfoliosaust • Facebook: facebook.com/eportfoliosaust • Slideshare: slideshare.net/eportfoliosaustralia eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/conference/conference-eac2012/
  • 36.
    Allison Miller 0400 732 270 allison@vanguardvisions.com.au vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au