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Presentation at the London Blackboard User Group meeting, 3rd April 2009. Reports on the IOE TQEF project on ePortfolios, including a comparison of Blackboard internal portfolios, Expo LX and Mahara.

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e-Portfolios – Solutions for Particular Needs?London Blackboard User Group April 2009

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ePortfolios Solutions for particular needs?

Tim Neumann

London Knowledge Lab

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London Blackboard User Group

Date: 3rd April 2009

Venue: The Women’s Library

London Metropolitan University

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Five Scenarios

3 Three Cases

4 One Evaluation (of three ePortfolio systems)

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1 Introduction

ePortfolio Consultation Process

Needs Analysis

Decision M

aking

(Technology and Pedagogy)

Piloting

Implem

entation

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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• Two researchers started projects on ePortfolios in HE• Availability of tools at no further costs

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1 Introduction

Approach

• 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)

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2 Scenarios

Five Scenarios

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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2 ScenariosScenario 1: The Doctoral School

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2 ScenariosScenario 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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2 ScenariosScenario 2: MA in ICT in Education

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2 Scenarios

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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2 ScenariosScenario 3: Secondary PGCE in ICT

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2 Scenarios

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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2 ScenariosScenario 4: Post-Compulsory PGCE (ESOL/Literacy)

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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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2 ScenariosScenario 5: Master of Teaching

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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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2 Scenarios

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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2 Scenarios

ePortfolio Model

Course Assessment Tool Shared Content Management

Tool

Student Gen. Folio Tool

(Repos./ Refl.)

Professional Development

ToolDoctoral 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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2 Scenarios

Course Students

Supervisors or

Course Tutors

InstitutionCourse/

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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3 Case Studies

Overview

Three cases, focusing on

1. The Institutional experience: Doctoral School

2. The student experience: MA in ICT in Education

3. The tutor experience: Secondary PGCE in ICT

To evaluate the potentials and limitations of four ePortfolio tools:Blackboard Basic, Blackboard Personal, Expo LX, Mahara

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3 Case Studies

Screenshots

Download as PDF from:http://www.lkl.ac.uk/ltu/files/seminar/Bb_LondonBUG_ePortfolios.pdf

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4 Evaluation

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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4 Evaluation

Case 2: Blackboard Personal Portfolio versus Mahara

Blackboard

Mahara

London BBUG

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4 Evaluation

Case 3: LO Expo LX Wiki Tool

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4 Evaluation

Comparison of Features

Download as PDF from:http://www.lkl.ac.uk/ltu/files/seminar/Bb_LondonBUG_ePortfolios.pdf

A full report is currently under review and will be published at:http://www.lkl.ac.uk/LTU

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Contact

Tim [email protected]

Learning Technologies UnitInstitute of Education, University of London

London Knowledge Lab23-29 Emerald StreetLondon, WC1N 3QS

www.lkl.ac.uk/LTU