The document discusses the development of an ePortfolio system to help dental practitioners manage their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements. It notes that practitioners in New Zealand must maintain professional portfolios to demonstrate their competence for annual recertification. The aim of the project is to create an ePortfolio environment that allows practitioners to better organize and make sense of their academic and professional achievements over time. However, there is a challenge that practitioners may view the portfolios only as a regulatory requirement rather than as a tool to support career development. The research uses a design-based approach to develop prototype ePortfolios for different practitioner roles through an iterative design process involving users.

1. Professional ePortfolios in Continuing Professional Development An Overview rSmart/Sakai Community May 2008 Prototype ePortfolio Environment built on OSP/Sakai Russell Butson Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago

2. Present Environment In New Zealand the implementation of the Health Practitioners Competency ACT 2003, has resulted in the Dental Council of New Zealand (DCNZ) requiring dental practitioners to maintain a professional portfolio 1 as evidence of their competence and fitness before they are recertified to practise through the issue of the annual practising certificate (APC). 1-Policy on the Recertification of Dental Hygienists, Dental Auxiliaries and Orthodontic Auxiliaries under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act, 2003 Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

3. Aim – To create an ePortfolio environment The aim of this project is to explore the potential of professional portfolios to assist staff and students to manage and control their continuing professional development in a manner that allows them to make sense of and map out their academic and professional expectations and subsequent achievements. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

4. Challenge – Promote Self Governance of the CPD However, as with any compulsory activity it is inevitable that these portfolios are likely to be regarded by practitioners as a regulatory requirement, considerably weakening any prospect they might have of supporting career development. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

5. Research Approach/Method Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

6. Design-Based Research - Emergent Design The process of letting the design emerge from the interaction with the users Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

7. Design-Based Research – The Intervention Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

8. Influences Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

9. Intervention Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

10. Three prototype portfolios have been developed in the first instance: Dental Hygiene Dental Therapy Bachelor of Oral Health degree. ePortfolio - Prototypes Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

11. Professional ePortfolio - Structure/Process 1 2 3 Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

12. File Repository Forms are prebuilt and conform to the professional requirements. Portfolios are organised by 2 year cycles Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

13. Non-Verifiable CPD Form Forms are prebuilt and conform to the professional requirements. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

14. Portfolio Sections Sections are configured to align with the professional requirements. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

15. Selecting Evidence Files Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

16. Portfolio Sections - share Distinction between portfolio sections and the complete portfolio. Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

17. Share Portfolio Sections Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

18. Comments Comments /feedback is used for pre-publishing - proofing & reviewing content and is turned off in the final publication Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

19. Portfolio Sections - share Comments are managed here Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

20. List of sections being shared Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

21. Comments others have made on my Portfolio Comments I have made on others Portfolio Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

22. Complete Portfolio Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

23. Present/Future Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

24. Present Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

25. Are Professional Portfolios likely to be regarded by practitioners as a regulatory requirement? Or Can they be designed so practitioners view them as a vital part of their practice? Future: Compliance vs Self-governance Russell Butson – Otago - 2008

27. Notes – rSmart 22 May 2008 Multi Portfoilos organised by 2 year cycles – displayed on top bar Portfolio sections displayed in portfolio tool 2 nd portfolio display used to display complete portfolio Comments used for pre-publishing proofing/review – not used in publication Comments separated into three sections .. List of portfolios shared with me Comments I have made on others portfolios Comments others have made on my portfolio HTML Displays Portfolio Sections : standard single horizontal menu for portfolio sections Complete Portfolio: New horizontal & vertical menu structure. This view incorporates the main sections and associated subsections Repository Evidence/Forms - industry templates On call documents/evidence – multimedia via UniTube

28. PART-2 screenshots

29. Notes These screen shots are from an empty site and lack meaningful content. The banners are automatically loaded when the practitioner (owner) selects the portfolio type Dental Hygiene Portfolio Dental Therapy Portfolio Bachelor of Oral Health Portfolio Banners images have significance to the particular groups. Note that some practitioners are registered as both Dental Hygienist & Dental Therapists – They must maintain 2 portfolios. We have planned two other presentation templates Employment Portfolio Promotion Portfolio Presently we have 10 staff and 50 students using the prototype.

30. Section: CV

34. Section: Professional Development Plan. The tabs represent the 2yr cycle

35. Section: Verifiable CPD. Each event is represented via tabs

37. Networked System – Reporting DCNZ=Dental Council of New Zealand

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