Open Badges and ePortfolios: “We Don't Need No Stinking Co-Curricular Records”

Open Badges and

ePortfolios“We Don't Need No Stinking

Co-Curricular Records”

July 10, 2014

Don PresantPRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:

bit.ly/ep_ccr

Learning AgentsePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia

http://donpresant.ca

New service: savvyfolio.netMulti-institution ePortfolio community

University

College

Adult Learning Centre

Professional Body Workplace Trainer

Employability Agency

Employer Industry Sector Body

Co-Curricular Records

Right problem, wrong solution?

Vision of Co-Curricular Records

http://bit.ly/ePIC2014_CCR1

What Problem are We Solving?

• Student Engagement ≈ Student Success• Value learning outside the classroom

– Track, measure & authenticate:• Leadership, community service, athletics, special

interests, specialized skills and knowledge• Evidence-based support for further goals:

– Academic• Scholarships, awards, bursaries, transfer to senior

college (community college to university) graduate school…

– Employment• WBL, internships, placements, permanent jobs

What Problem are We Solving?

• Student Engagement ≈ Student Success• Value learning outside the classroom

– Track, measure & authenticate:• Leadership, community service, athletics, special

interests, specialized skills and knowledge• Evidence-based support for further goals:

– Academic• Scholarships, awards, bursaries, transfer to senior

college (community college to university) graduate school…

– Employment• WBL, internships, placements, permanent jobs

“when they are going out to search for a job, they are able to submit their co-curricular record along with their transcript and show their whole, overall student experience.”

University of Calgary

Employability (Trent U 2013)“Employer Responses to the Co-Curricular Record”

• Top Skills or Qualities– Problem Solving Abilities, Adaptability/Flexibility,

Enthusiasm/Dedication, Communication (Written & Verbal), Personable Nature, Ability to Learn, Reliability

• Types of activities– Longer-term commitments demonstrate a greater level of

student investment; leadership roles are valued.

bit.ly/TrentU_CCR

Three Pillars of the CCR

• Build a database of eligible elements– Volunteer activities, events, awards, non-formal learning– Provided & validated by campus organizations– Selected & tracked by students

• Connect experience to learning– Linked to competencies, outcomes– Self-reflection prompts, checklists: “achievement

statements”• Produce the (paper) record

– Database report– Institutional branding– Security features

http://www.collegequarterly.ca/2013-vol16-num01-winter/elias-drea.html

ExampleCarleton University

Good for Campus OrganizationsFeatures and Benefits• Microsite CMS for online campus

communities• Communication: pages, galleries,

newsfeeds, news letters, forums, social media gateways

• Member management, self-service• Event management, calendar

consolidation, room bookings…• E-commerce, budgeting tools• Integration with other systems: academic,

work placement, career, etc.

Good for Students?Issues with Co-Curricular Records• Only “approved” (campus) activities

– No academic service/experiential learning, research

– No off-campus employment, community service

• Portal-driven, mostly time-based• Little/no reflection, integration, alignment

– Few tools or opportunities, especially after upload

– No ePortfolio integration• A paper report from a database (?!)

– A “laundry list”: linear, siloed, inflexible, archaic

Employability (Trent U 2013)“Employer Responses to the Co-Curricular Record”

• Top Skills or Qualities– Problem Solving Abilities, Adaptability/Flexibility,

Enthusiasm/Dedication, Communication (Written & Verbal), Personable Nature, Ability to Learn, Reliability

• Types of activities– Longer-term commitments demonstrate a greater level of

student investment; leadership roles are valued.• Interest in CCR as a document: minimal

– “Students should use the document as a tool for reviewing their co-curricular experiences and reflecting on what skills/learning achievements were gained from each.”

– “Any relevant co-curricular experiences should be incorporated into the resume, and potentially referenced in the cover letter.”

– “Reference the skills identified in the job posting….accuracy and conciseness are valued in applications.”

bit.ly/TrentU_CCR

To Quote a Cliché…

http://www.businessballs.com/treeswing.htm

Scope?

Academic Transcript

ApprovedCo-Curricular.

Activities

Personal Life Experience

-past-currentWork

Experience-past

-current AccreditedExperiential

Learning

UnapprovedCo-Curricular

Activities Courses

Thesis / Capstone Project

PLAR/RPL

ExperiencedLearning

FormalLearning

Scope?

Academic Transcript

Activities

-past-currentWork

Experience-past

Learning

Activities Courses

PLAR/RPL

ExperiencedLearning

FormalLearning

Scope?

Academic Transcript

Co-Curricular

Record

Activities

-past-currentWork

Experience-past

Learning

Activities Courses

PLAR/RPL

ExperiencedLearning

FormalLearning

Other Approaches

• Université de Sherbrooke:“Plan de développement individuel” (PDI)– Online tool, choosing self-assessment over

authentication (16 skills)– Used for WBL (work on 3 skills on work term,

with employer participation• Université de Laval: “Webfolio”

– Optional eportfolio, certified by university placement counsellor

– Support for CV & letter

http://bit.ly/UA_CCR

Student NeedsCollect, Select, Reflect, Connect• Catalogue your lifewide learning

experiences• “De-silo” your compartmentalized skills

and knowledge:– Evaluate, compare, integrate, transfer– Align to goals, contextualize, support– Rehearse, edit

• Rince, repeat…

Sound familiar?

Learning ePortfoliosElectronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are collections

of digitally represented artifacts that:•document practice•include reflection•integrate experience•map to goals and/or standards•promote deep learning and knowledge transfer

Tracy Penny Light, CAPLA 2013

Research Says… “It Takes More than a Major”…• Findings of 2013 survey of 318 employers for

AAC&U:– 93%: candidate’s demonstrated capacity to

think critically, communicate clearly, & solve complex problems is more important than their undergraduate major

– >80%: an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their company or organization.

bit.ly/AAEEBL13_AACU

What about ePortfolio as a

Co-Curricular Record?

One Simple ApproachHacking the CPD Module in Mahara

Video: youtu.be/RXBOWg6Bkm4 Page: bit.ly/Goshen_CCReP

University President’s Vision 1Alan Davis, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

BC RPL Summit presentation March 2013

Tales from the trenches

NaysayersWhat one contentious Scotsman saysE-portfolios – 7 reasons why I don’t want my life in a shoebox:

1. Uninteroperable2. Institutionalised3. Human nature4. People are not learners5. Boundary problems6. Plus ca change7. Recruitment myth

DONALD CLARK PLAN B

Questions that need asking

• Do you have an ePortfolio?• Is an ePortfolio just another way of getting a

grade?• Is ePortfolio just another way of “reporting up”?• If ePortfolios are used for learning assessment,

are you prepared to assess for prior learning?• If it is a tool for transition:

– What happens when a student brings an ePortfolio to your institution, say from high school?

– Will your students want to keep their ePortfolios after they graduate?

– If they do, can they? Is this a favour from your institution, or a deliberate strategy?

What about Open Badges?

Small pieces…

Campus Community

Portal

Personal LearningEnvironment

Social Media

Backpack

OutsideCommunity

InstitutionLMS, SRS

ePortfolio

StoryStory

Badge BadgeBadge

Artefact Artefact

With assistancefrom @szerge

Small pieces…

Campus Community

Portal

Social Media

Backpack

BadgePlatform

OutsideCommunity

InstitutionLMS, SRS

ePortfolio

StoryStory

Badge BadgeBadge

Artefact Artefact

Small pieces…

Campus Community

Portal

Social Media

Backpack

BadgePlatform

OutsideCommunity

InstitutionLMS, SRS

ePortfolio

StoryStory

Badge BadgeBadge

Artefact Artefact

CriteriaRepository

Small pieces…

Campus Community

Portal

Social Media

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InstitutionLMS, SRS

ePortfolio

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Campus Community

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• Other institutions• Trainers• Open learning• Employers• Volunteer

organizations

Small pieces…loosely joined

Campus Community

Portal

Social Media

Backpack

BadgePlatform

OutsideCommunity

InstitutionLMS, SRS

ePortfolio

StoryStory

Badge BadgeBadge

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organizations

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Campus Community

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ePortfolio Personal Repository

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Final thought

The future is already here; it’s just not very evenly distributed.William Gibson

Creative Commons http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson

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