e-Portfolio LearnScope PD

background

research in 2006 different e-Portfolio products with other desired software (voice tools, Learning Content management systems, virtual classrooms)

2007 LearnScope PD in Voice tools, Elluminate and WebCT e-portfolio

Staff doing the e-Portfolio PD to have experience in building WebCT subjects

how to use it?

Focus on e-Portfolio use as an alternative to the paper based Swinburne Skills Passport and employability skills

http://136.186.123.244/EMPLOYABILITY_SKILLS/passport/passport_home.htm

goals

Researched the ways others are using them

Framework report, UK, US, QUT, Uni New EnglandQUT – sample portfolios -http://www.studentportfolio.qut.edu.au/forstudents/samples.jsp

What we were thinking…Teachers would bring a unit of competency they were involved with teachingde-construct the competency making explicit the employability skills within them

What are the skills?Where is each skill located with the competency?What variations of this skill are there? e.g. Communication skills – oral, written, non-verbalHow can these be recorded? Photos, recording, text…

Trial use of e-portfolio with students

What happened

One teacher is trialling with a group of students

Four teachers are using it as students.Undertaking the Diploma of VET practice and have to complete PLP’s for each of three clusters…

One teacher developed as a tool for rpl

Joe’s e-Portfolio

Di Kelly’s e-Portfolio

Lessons learntGo with the flow, give space to develop ideas …Give some structure - even with staffAdd scaffolding for students especially in relation to reflection –e.g. reflective journal

What happened?What was your role?How did you feel?How do you feel now?What have you learned?

Make it as flexible as we can to suit different needs

and most importantly keep exploring!