Which e-Portfolio Tool for What Purpose?

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Which e-Portfolio for what? How to analyse needs and decide on tools

ePortfolios How to analyse needs and decide on tools

Tim Neumann London Knowledge Lab

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Future-Proofing PDP and e-Portfolio Developments Date: 18th June 2009 Venue: Centre for Career Management Skills

University of Reading

Future-Proofing PDP and e-Portfolio Developments

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Contents

1   Introduction 2   Approach 3   Features of e-Portfolio Tools 4   Purpose of Use 5   Matching Purpose with Tools


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1 Introduction

ePortfolio History at the IOE

•  2003-2005: Level 10, custom project/group management tool •  2006-2007: PebblePad pilot for Secondary PGCE •  since 2006: individual, small-scale efforts and explorations •  2008-2009: TQEF ePortfolio project


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1 Introduction

Motivation

•  Multiple academic staff members had sought advice on ePortfolios •  Variety of intended use cases •  Availability of tools at no further costs


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1 Introduction

Overview of our work

•  Discussion with participants (staff and students) •  Review of previous ePortfolio trials, paper portfolios, electronic exchanges •  Developing contextualised models of ePortfolio use •  Implementation in five scenarios •  Evaluation of tools in three cases (with student input)


2 Approach

Three Elements

A. Feature comparison of e-portfolio tools - Technology B. Needs analysis - Pedagogy C. Needs-based e-portfolio tool evaluation - Practice

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3 Features of e-Portfolio Tools

Available Tools:

a) Blackboard Basic Portfolio - without Bb Content System b) Blackboard Personal Portfolio - without Bb Content System c) Learning Objects Expo LX - Blackboard Building Block d) Mahara - for evaluation purposes only


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Comparison of Features (1)


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Comparison of Features (2)


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4 Purpose of Use

Needs Analysis 1.  The Doctoral School 2.  MA in ICT in Education 3.  Secondary PGCE ICT 4.  Post-Compulsory PGCE (ESOL/Literacy) 5.  MTeach


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4 Purpose of Use Scenario 1: The Doctoral School

•  Portfolios co-owned by student and supervisor •  Limited access for registry staff for tracking purposes •  Record of supervisory meetings, progress reviews, assignments,

attendance •  Evidence of doctoral level competencies •  Building a professional academic identity


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4 Purpose of Use Scenario 1: The Doctoral School


Student

Supervisor

Registry

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4 Purpose of Use

Scenario 2: MA in ICT in Education

•  Student-owned and generated portfolio •  Repository for student-created teaching resources •  Record reflections on personal/professional development (multi-media) •  Identity space (profiles) •  Bibliographic management system •  Peer comments/reviews •  Monitoring of tutor-generated portfolio tasks


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4 Purpose of Use Scenario 2: MA in ICT in Education


Student

Tutor

Peers

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4 Purpose of Use

Scenario 3: Secondary PGCE in ICT

•  Community of practice involving five stakeholder groups •  Collaborative production •  Monitoring of course requirements (tracking of deadlines) •  Checklist for QTS standards •  Mentoring log, lesson observations, assessment record file •  Career entry and professional development profile


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4 Purpose of Use Scenario 3: Secondary PGCE in ICT


Trainee Teacher

IOE Tutor

Administrator Subject Leader

School Mentor

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4 Purpose of Use

Scenario 4: Post-Compulsory PGCE (ESOL/Literacy)

•  Student-owned portfolio •  Tutors and mentors to contribute to selected portfolios •  Record of teaching practice •  Tracking progress over distances


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4 Purpose of Use Scenario 4: Post-Compulsory PGCE (ESOL/Literacy)


Trainee Teacher

IOE Tutor School Mentor

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4 Purpose of Use

Scenario 5: Master of Teaching

•  Collaborative community beyond the course context •  Portfolio as a starting point for post-graduation engagement •  Communication and sharing tool •  Politically skewed towards open source tools


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4 Purpose of Use Scenario 5: Master of Teaching


Student

IOE Tutor Administrator

Colleagues Peers

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4 Purpose of Use

Analysis: Multiple Themes 1.  Model: What is an ePortfolio? 2.  Ownership: Who controls what? 3.  Access: How does collaboration work? 4.  Use and purpose: Implications for learning, development and assessment 5.  Issues: Training, support, portability


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Questions asked

Theme Questions

Model What is an ePortfolio? How can it be used to support learning, development, assessment? How can/should it be organised/structured/managed? Who would/should monitor development and progress? What are the benefits to the student, tutor, supervisor, mentor and/or Institution?

Ownership Who is it for? Who has overall control/ownership of it? How, what, and with whom can it be shared?

Accessibility How can it be accessed? Who can/should/needs to have access to it and at what level?

Tool Can it be integrated or linked to other systems, e.g. Registry? What are the practical issues and implications of implementation? What costs are involved? Which system should be used and what are the alternatives?

Support What training is needed and how could this be delivered?


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4 Purpose of Use

ePortfolio Model

Course Assessment Tool Shared Content Management

Tool

Student Gen. Folio Tool

(Repos./ Refl.)

Professional Development

Tool Doctoral School 2 (4) 1 (1) 4 (3) 3 (2)

MA in ICT 2 (4) 1 (1) 3 (2) 4 (3)

Sec PGCE ICT 2 (2) 1 (1) 4 (4) 3 (3)

PC PGCE 2 (3) 3 (2) 1 (1) 4 (4)

MTeach 4 (4) 2 (2) 1 (1) 3 (3)

Institution -------------------------------------------------------------- Student

Tutor and Administrators’ perceptions of ePortfolios as learning models


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4 Purpose of Use

Course Students

Supervisors or

Course Tutors

Institution Course/

Dept

Link Tutors

School or Work-Based

Mentors

Registry

Doc Sch. 1 1 2 N/A N/A 2

MA in ICT 1 2 1 N/A N/A N/A

PGCE ICT 1 1 N/A 2 2 3

PC PGCE 1 2 1 3 3 2

MTeach 1 2 N/A 0 0 3

Perceptions around ownership and control of the ePortfolio


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5 Matching Purpose with Tools

Case 1: Blackboard Personal Portfolio

•  Almost no collaborative features •  Sharing is limited to ‘viewing’ •  Tracking difficult and time-consuming •  Good as online repository and reflection tool


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Case 2: Blackboard Personal Portfolio versus Mahara

Blackboard

Mahara

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Case 3: LO Expo LX Wiki Tool


Further Information

Download

Occasional Paper 5, by Wilma Clark:

http://www.wlecentre.ac.uk/occasionalpapers (to be published on 18 June 2009)

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Contact

Tim Neumann [email protected]

Learning Technologies Unit Institute of Education, University of London

London Knowledge Lab 23-29 Emerald Street London, WC1N 3QS www.lkl.ac.uk/LTU

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