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National Career Development Association Conference 2004

Evaluation of an Online

Career Portfolio: How Technology

Promotes Career Development

Jill Lumsden, Ed.S., Katie Meyer, Ed.S.,

& Robert Reardon, Ph.D.

July 2, 2004

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National Career Development Association Conference 2004

Workshop Objectives

• What are effective implementation and

marketing strategies for an online portfolio

system?

• Who uses an online portfolio?

• How are students using an online portfolio?

• How does an online portfolio system assist

students in their career development?

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Program Outline

• Goals & History of FSU’s Career Portfolio

• Demonstration

• Marketing & Implementation Strategies

• Student Evaluation

• Accomplishments

• Ongoing & Future Activities

• Questions & Discussion

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Goals of the

FSU Career Portfolio

• Educate students about workforce skills

• Connect students with opportunities to

develop skills

• Provide a mechanism for students to

document their skills and market

themselves to employers or graduate

schools

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Fall 1997 1998 - 1999 June 1999 July 1999 December 1999 2000 2001- 2002 April 26, 2002

Prototype

Developed

OPS

Funding

for Staff

Position

President’s

Initiative

Start of Research

& Development

AIS Project

Team

Established

& Technical

Infrastructure

Development

Begins

Internal &

External

Proposals

Career

Center

Portfolio

Task Force

Established

Dedicated

Staff

Position

Prototype

Testing

Begins

Expanded

University

Support,

AIS Web

Designer

Joined

Task Force

Career

Portfolio

Launch

Live Testing

with Selected

Groups &

Continued

Development

Key Events In Project

History

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Demonstration

http://portfolio.fsu.edu

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National Career Development Association Conference 2004

Marketing & Implementation

Strategies

• Pre-Launch

• Launch

• Post-Launch

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Pre-Launch Activities

• Gathering Internal FSU Support

• Focus Groups

• Marketing

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Official Debut

“Launch”

• Campus-wide launch April 26, 2002

• Invitations sent to all faculty, administrators &

staff, as well as student leaders

• Virtual ribbon cutting by President of FSU

• Media coverage

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Post-Launch Activity

• Outreach & Advising

– 98 Presentations with 4,229 Attendees

• Partnering with faculty & academic

advisors

• Partnering with employers & parents

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Portfolio Usage

• Student Users 16,048

• Female 8,827

• Male 7,221

• Active Portfolios* 9,430

• Inactive Portfolios* 7,918

*includes non-student users

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Portfolio Usage by

Classification

• Freshmen 891

• Sophomores 2,225

• Juniors 2,855

• Seniors 7,114

• Graduate 2,312

• Other 651

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Portfolio Usage

Skills Cited

• Communication 4,042

• Leadership 1,859

• Teamwork 1,657

• Creativity 1,641

• Technical/Scientific 1,546

• Critical Thinking 1,121

• Social Responsibility 1,112

• Research/Project Development 979

• Life Management 816

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Portfolio Usage

Artifacts

• Average Number of Artifacts 2.3

• Top Five Artifact Types

1. Word Documents

2. PowerPoint Presentations

3. Image

4. Microsoft Works

5. Rich Text Format

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Portfolio Usage

Access Keys Created

• 2002* (May – December) 418

• 2003* 1,441

• 2004 (as of June 4, 2004) 910

*incomplete data

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Online Evaluation

• Evaluation of Career Portfolio System

• Participants: Students Required to

Complete Career Portfolio

• Method: Electronic Survey

• Number of Responses: 96

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Survey Results

Male

Female

Respondents to online evaluation of Career Portfolio

Male

15%

Female

85%

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Faculty

Advisor

Career Advisor

Employer

Parents

Staff

No One

Other

Survey Results

Who helped you develop your Career Portfolio?

53

15

26

5 2

22

0 0

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

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Identify Skills

Apply for a Job

Interview Preparation

Apply to Graduate School

Apply for an Internship

Class Assignment

Survey Results

How do you intend to use your Career Portfolio?

36 26

77

48

20

29

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

70%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Find experiences at FSU that will lead to the development of

transferable skills.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

14

6 9

43

24

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

63%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Find experiences in the community that will lead to the

development of skills.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

19

5

12

38

22

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

83%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Understand how my academic and professional skills relate to

my career goals.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

3 6 7

41 38

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

80%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Show evidence of interpersonal skills needed to work with or for

others.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 0

10

20

30

40

50

7 7 5

46

30

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

85%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Show evidence of skills developed in my academic program.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

4 5 5

44 38

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

85%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Show evidence of skills developed through volunteer experiences,

part-time employment, internships, and/or a co-op.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

5 5 4

43 39

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

81%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Show evidence of skills that can apply to a variety of occupations.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

9 6

3

47

29

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

83%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Show evidence of skills necessary to obtain and maintain

employment.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

8 5 3

47

33

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

85%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Communicate my skills to potential employers.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

5 6 3

41 41

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The Career Portfolio Program

Allowed Me To:

80%

Strongly

Agreed or

Agreed

Prepare me for job searching and interviewing.

Not Applicable Strongly

Disagree

Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

0

10

20

30

40

50

9 4

7

43

32

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Accomplishments

• Career Preparation Endorsed

• Systems Level Intervention

• Career Skills Matrix

• Time and Contacts

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Ongoing Activities

• Changing Technology

• Portfolio Phenomena

• Enhancing Use and Usefulness

• Continuous Implementation

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Future Activities

• User and Non-User Traits

• Research and Theory

• Accreditation

• Career Development/Management

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Questions & Discussion

For more information, please visit:

http://www.career.fsu.edu/portfolio/info.html

Thank You!