A Sample e-Portfolio A Sample e-Portfolio Service Landscape for Service Landscape for

Higher EducationHigher Education

Wolfgang GrellerWolfgang GrellerTenCompetenceTenCompetence Workshop Workshop

Manchester 11 Jan 2007Manchester 11 Jan 2007

What are e-Portfolios?What are e-Portfolios?

The answer is…The answer is…

e-portfolioe-portfolio

What is the question?What is the question?

More importantly…More importantly…

Students already engage in EP but may Students already engage in EP but may not know they arenot know they are

Universities need to support EP if they Universities need to support EP if they want to support studentswant to support students

What do universities provide to enable EP?What do universities provide to enable EP?

UnderstandingUnderstanding

Traditional portfoliosTraditional portfolios e.g. Art & Design, Architecture, Medicinee.g. Art & Design, Architecture, Medicine Collection of artifacts and narrativesCollection of artifacts and narratives

Emergence of the Social WebEmergence of the Social Web Collection of different roles and membershipsCollection of different roles and memberships

Embedding of skills and competences in Embedding of skills and competences in HEHE Demonstrating prior learningDemonstrating prior learning Demonstrating employabilityDemonstrating employability

Logical equationLogical equation

knowledge : qualification = skills : knowledge : qualification = skills : x?x?

How do we document, assess, and certify competences (e.g. ability to learn)?

Clear set of goalsClear set of goals

EmployabilityEmployability

Competency-oriented educationCompetency-oriented education

Improving student learning (reflection)Improving student learning (reflection)

Service orientation (personalisation)Service orientation (personalisation)

Improve administrative processesImprove administrative processes

Service landscapeService landscape

Reflective =Reflective =Learning Learning PFsPFs

Blogosphere, Logbooks, Progressfiles, PDP

Audience = self (others)

Characteristics = personal, open, mostly narrative

Evidence =Evidence =Presentation Presentation PFsPFs

Written works, assignments, projects, pieces of code, etc.

Audience = others (employers)CMS – file management system

Characteristics = personal, self-selected, mostly products

Certification =Certification =Assessment Assessment PFsPFs

Skills, competences, learning achievements, LIP, UCAS profiles

Audience = other learning providers + employers

Characteristics = secure, authoritative

CMS, Student Record System

Students sharing

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Various services:Data services: storage, authn, authz, security, encryption, digital signature, etc.Personal services: alumni, Skype, IM, address book, calendar, friends reunited, etc.

Personalised support

Social spaceSocial space

Audience = friends, communityCharacteristics = social currency

AGGREGATOR

Personalised SupportPersonalised Support

Entry Phase

Learning support

Career preparation

Next ChallengesNext Challenges

Interoperable data (internal – interinstitutional)

Competence standards

Euro CV integration

Integration of aggregator

Publicising/promoting services

Creating sustainable business model

Thank youThank you

Dr Wolfgang GrellerDr Wolfgang Greller

University of KlagenfurtUniversity of Klagenfurt

AustriaAustria

wolfgang.greller@uni-klu.ac.atwolfgang.greller@uni-klu.ac.at