E-portfolios: National policy and local practice

Phil Harley 14-19 Transition Strategy Manager

City of Nottingham Local Authority, UK

E-portfolios: Mapping the Future, University of Nottingham – May 8th 2006

National Policies DfES Five Year Strategy 14-19: Education and Skills White Paper Youth Matters Green Paper DfES e-Strategy Harnessing Technology Skills Strategy Framework for Achievement QCA blueprint for e-assessment

Priorities (1) Personalised Learning

Putting the learner at the heart of the education system

Not a new concept but technology offers a means to realise the aim

Personalised learning and e-learning Learning platforms as a tool to personalise

learning experience and provide personalised learning space as a route to an e-portfolio

A way to personalise content Support individual learning styles and

needs

Priorities (2) Improve advice and guidance

Services do not utilise new technology Ensure integrated online personal support for

learners Good, impartial and accessible advice and

guidance free from stereotyping 14-19 prospectus Individual Learning Plans

Priorities (3) Progression

Schools need to track student achievement at levels 2 and 3 beyond their institution

“a system where the individual learner can demonstrate to another institution, an employer, or to a parent, what they have done, how they are succeeding and who they are” Michael Stevenson DfES

Priorities (4) Partnership

Education Improvement Partnerships, 14-19 Area Strategy groups only way to deliver 14-19 agenda

“management of increasingly individualised learning, in a variety of institutions and the workplace through e-learning and other methods” 14-19 White Paper

Priorities (5) Achievement

A pupil profile recording achievement Unitisation of qualifications, credit framework

to ‘bank’ over time – will need accurate tracking

Strengthening of vocational skills programmes Integration of e-assessment into public exam

system

Priorities (6) Improving transition

More ongoing transitions as personalisation takes effect

Government targets for recruitment and retention

90% of 17 year olds in education by 2015 75% more young people completing apprenticeships

by 2007/08 72% achieving level 2 qualifications by 2008

E-portfolios Definitions

Not a new product or process Vary greatly, from an electronic file store to a

virtual model of the learning process Usually relate to a learning process e.g.

transition, personalisation, accreditation, reflection

Ties other functions and systems together

E-portfolio BECTA Definition The electronic process and services

through which outcomes of learning and assessment are recorded

The process and services through which outcomes and evidence are used to support transitions between phases of learning and career development across a lifetime

E-portfolio BECTA Definition A process of presenting digital evidence of

progress and achievement to self and others

A process to support reflection on learning through creating a personal narrative of progress

Functional Definition A collection of authentic and diverse

evidence (drawn from a larger archive) Representing what a person/organisation

has learned over time (after reflection) Designed for presentation to one or more

audiences for a particular purpose

Process and Product

The Vision A Passport designed to fit and influence national

context but created through local partnership An electronic Passport for Progression managed

by the student A Passport which supports individual planning

and achievement across the curriculum The beginnings of a lifelong e-portfolio used to

make applications electronically at key transition points

Passportfolio

Learners

Achievement Zone

Reviewing Zone

Presenting Zone

TeachersInformation Zone

Monitoring Zone

Achievement ZonePersonal dataWork RelatedCurriculumWork ExperienceAchievementTranscript

Reviewing ZoneStudent Self ReviewCEG ProgrammeSkills AssessmentIndividuallearning plan

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Presenting ZoneApplication formsTranscriptCurriculum Vitae

Enquiry Application Induction

Passportfolio Messages Work Diary Research Reminders Ask Aardvark

Reviewing Zone

STEP 1: About Me

STEP 2:

My Skills

STEP 3: My

Learning Styles

STEP 4: My

Ambitions

STEP 5: Getting Started

STEP 6: Getting There

STEP 7: Setting Goals

Individual Learning Plan

Interoperability The application form is marked up as UKLeaP

(UKLeaP is a relational XML format, British Standard BS8788)

The local PDP system connects to the Web Service on the destination system

The data is transferred

The destination system parses and stores the data

Success factors Identifying institutional priorities and offering to

solve problems Recognising cultural differences Championing and enabling partnership and

collaboration within an independent framework Supporting the varying levels of awareness and

technical knowledge

Current thinking Nottingham Reference Model

A modular model to deliver the personalisation agenda

A thin e-portfolio drawing on a range of expanding web services

Orchestrated and prioritised by the learner?

ePortfolio

Assessment Results & comments

Assessment Service

Learner Reflections

Dialogues

Personal Development Service

Pathway Information Service

IAG planning Service8.

LearningPlans

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Learner Goals

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Enrolment Service

ePortfolio: ILP

References The original e-portfolio can be found at

www.cityofnottinghampassport.com Details of the Centre for International e-

portfolio Development at Nottingham at www.nottingham.ac.uk/eportfolio

An article giving more detail on Passportfolio ferl.becta.org.uk/

www.becta.org.uk National policies at www.dfes.gov.uk Definition at www.eife.l.org