john gordon mail@john-gordon.com building an eportfolio for vocational learning in a scottish...

John Gordon

www.ex-el.orgmail@john-gordon.com

Building an ePortfolio for vocational learning in

a Scottish Context

eportfolio

for Modern Apprenticeship, A project developed by

Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire

Modern Apprenticeship?

A system of industrial training Two components

Knowledge and understanding based learning

Practical training

The Actors in the System The candidate Their Employer The Training Provider The awarding body The local

tutor/supervisor/guide The source of payment

(Scottish Enterprise)

The Drivers

A Smart Successful Scotland

Objective- 25,000 Candidates

Information Technologists, plumbers,

construction workers, cooks, etc

Building a Learning Industry

Using the results of eLearning Construct content in Scotland localised to

Scottish Needs

How the Actors Interact

The following slide shows how the system works without a technological infrastructure

Training Provider

Portfolio

Apprentice

•e-skills UK

•City & Guilds

•CTS

Employer

Workplace TrainingAssessor

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The Portfolio Very Much Paper Distributed over various organisations The candidate is enrolled by

The Employer The Training Company The Awarding Body, and Scottish Enterprise, who subsidise training via grants.

There are many people checking the various documents and there is much travel between sites for verification purposes.

Barriers to take up of Modern Apprenticeship Bureaucracy

Multiple registrations Multiple payment claims

Choice Limited by local provision

Flexibility Inflexible delivery of underpinning

knowledge Resource limitations Business demands No of assessor visits required

What are the goals of the project To develop a model for the online

delivery of Modern Apprenticeships To inform further development work in

this area. To address the barrier of Bureaucracy

One point registration Automated payment claims Automated notification of completion

To Provide Choice Online provision extends reach

The ePortfolio Project

One registration One ePortfolio Interfaces to all of the other systems Less paper, less travel Using Internet, using email The candidate owns their own

portfolio

Project model…...

Internet Technology

Underpinning Knowledge

Workbased Training

Assessor

Internal Verifier

External Verifier

•E-Skills UK

•City & Guilds

•CTS

•Training Provider

Portfolio

Online tutor

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What do we need from a traditional ePortfolio System

Academic ePortfolio e.g. ePortfolio for Lifelong Learning from

Nottingham – a Jisc eFramework Reference Model

Thin PortfolioePortfolio

Assessment Results & comments

Learner Reflections

Dialogues

LearningPlans

Learner Goals

Assessment Service

Personal Development Service

Pathway Information Service

IAG planning Service

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10.

Enrolment Service

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College Repository

University Repository

Exam Board Repository

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/epreferencemodel/keydocuments/06%2003%2023%20RM.ppt#7

Content

Defined by Sector Skills Council

Web Services

Not Implemented

The SEL eP

Competence Based Evidence Gathering Engine

Communications Infrastructure Interfaces to all actors Single point of entry Adapts to SE business rules

(regulations for grant payments)

Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships Online

Centre Coordinator

Web BrowserRegisters CandidateRegisters Candidate

Auto E-Mail

CandidateUploads Evidence

Assessor

Auto E-Mail

Internal Verifier

Assesses Evidence

Auto E-MailCandidate

Auto E-Mail

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Deployment Model

Scottish Enterprise

The paymaster

Awarding Body

eLearning Systems

Portfolio

Portfolio Server

Candidates and Verifiers

Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships Online

• Uploading Evidence & Mapping it to the standardsUploading Evidence & Mapping it to the standards

Candidates’ ViewCandidates’ View

Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships Online

Assessors’ ViewAssessors’ View

• Online Course Content (Underpinning Knowledge)Online Course Content (Underpinning Knowledge)

eLearning System

Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships OnlineInternal Verifiers’ ViewInternal Verifiers’ View

Architecture

Project Status April 2006 Theresa to update

Many candidates in various sites 3 subjects eSkills UK, City and Guilds, Scottish

Enterprise, IT4All and Cumbernauld College

2 MLEs – SABA and Learnwise

key lessons learned: Breaking new ground, therefore an uncertain and

difficult process

There were major difficulties of integration

Technical issues around implementing the system

Issues for Employers – is it easier/harder for them to release candidates for training

Future work and overall implications for the future of this at national level

Further integration will be required for other actors in any new environment

The way forward The project is now proven,

exploitation is required We have made the decision to go

opensource We wish to develop a community

based on these technologies The source code will be released

subject to appropriate licence

Integration to Professional Development

We would wish to integrate the SELeP to Professional Development Schemes such as the British Computer Society

To link to HR systems in SMEs and large organisations

Economic Development Tools

To develop the SELeP as an economic Development Tool – to manage skills development in an economic region

To investigate hoe labour need statistics can be integrated to HR and vocational learning statistics

The SELeP Community We wish to establish the SELeP

open source community Please contact us if you wish to join We need further pilots for new

interfaces with other bodies We need developments in the

portfolio to integrate with mainstream academic approaches.

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Contact persons mail@john-gordon.com Theresa.Correia@scotent.co.uk alan.hughes@scotent.co.uk