ePortfolios for Educational Assistants
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Employability ePortfolios with Mahara Transition to the workplace for Educational Assistants Red River College September 12, 2012 Don Presant
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Employability ePortfolios with
Mahara
Transition to the workplace for Educational AssistantsRed River College
September 12, 2012
Don Presant
Human Capital Technology• eSourcing/eRecruitment tools
– Résumé Importing/Exporting/Searching– Assessments & Applicant Screening– Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• Onboarding (orientation) tools• Performance/Talent Management Systems
– Workplace learning, human capital development
• Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS/HRIS)
Adapted from http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/software/index.htm
EmployersHuman Capital Management
Web 2.0, social software“Publish yourself”
Sarah Stewarthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2dXPb9Wc8&feature=relatedTheo Ramseyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT1XYjZcmck
One page version…
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/e-portfolios
ePortfolios and resumes
(Courtesy FuturEd)
Benefits of “e”
• Information Management capabilities– Collecting, archiving, making different versions
• Integration with Internet skills– Online research: documents, networks– Internet literacy
• Easy to share– “one to many”, digital copies, links to specific pages
• Collaboration– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
• Measurement– Link to frameworks, rubrics, track learning over time
• Easy to illustrate/demonstrate with multimedia• Can integrate with other ICT systems• Builds personal network, grooms digital identity
Applications for Adults
• Pre-employment– Getting hired
• Workplace development– Career advancement, performance management
• Recognition of Prior Learning– Challenge for credit
• Continuing Professional Development• Knowledge portfolios• Life portfolios
Career Portfolio ManitobaCurrent stakeholders: WEM & WPLAR
• Nonprofit partnerships of Government, Business and Labour
• WEM: workplace education in Essential Skills
• WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior Learning
wplar.ca
wem.mb.ca
Regional solutionsInspiration for Manitoba
Vision for Career Portfolio ManitobaCareer development for life
• For all Manitobans• Learner owned• Lifelong• Lifewide: home, community, school,
work...• Based on (not restricted to) Essential Skills• Built through partnerships of stakeholders,
with WEM and WPLAR as “anchor tenants”• Globally aware, locally relevant
Featured elements
• Portfolio building course– Video tutorials, support
• Templates– Copyable pages and collections
• Job Match Summary
• Fictional exemplar• Extensive use of Web 2.0
– YouTube, Screenr, LinkedIn…– Embed.ly as the glue
Next Steps
• Self Directed Essential Skills ePortfolio– Online version
• Mobile ePortfolio• ePortfolio Gallery• Open Badges
How to enrolCareer Portfolio Manitoba is a free service
http://careerportfolio.mb.ca
Contact Information:Phyllis MannProgram CoordinatorWorkplace Education Manitoba1000 Waverley Street, Winnipeg, MB Tel: [email protected]
