Off to a Fast StartOSP in Dutch Secondary & Vocational Education

Jim Doherty

Portfolio4u

Portfolio4u

• Sakai commercial affiliate• Amsterdam, the Netherlands• Doing on-line portfolios since 2001• Application Service Provider

– Hosting– Training– Implementation assistance

Context

• Dutch secondary education• Vocational studies• Age: 14-20• Competency based education system• “Show what you can do !”

Sakai implementaties wereldwijd

Purpose / Goal

• Assessment portfolio– Used for collection of evidence / documents– Coaching and feedback tool– Reflection– Evaluations– Visual overview of student progress

• Accreditation needs/use cases looming• Showcase portfolio

Items are placed in the cells in the matrix. The structure of the matrix is determined by the teachers andusually reflects the structure of the course of studiesOr is organized along lines of competencies.

Behind the cell you find evidentiary items, reflections, Feedback and evaluations.

Goal Management Tool

Linking list(s) of competenciesTo the matrix and to other sakai tools is where we want to go too !

We want to be able to produce reportingWhich highlights a students path to compentence.

The student clicks on an empty cell in Matrix to add an item

Competency matrix

Quick technical start

• Use the Binary version ?– If you’re willing to throw it away after the pilot its ok.– Get one techy guy to back it up regularly, use intranet.- Use only OOTB customization capabilities –extensive !

- Use an ASP- Find a sakai commercial business partner- Get it hosted and with expertise bundled in- Pay as you go… no capital investment- Use a structured ‘intake’ process

Startup cycle

– Day 1: Start-day– Day 2: Skinning – add logo, css actions– Day 3: Forms, worksites, matrix– Day 4: Matrix sign-off by client– Day 5: Publish matrix– Day 6: Receive user name – make users– Day 7: Users can begin working

Start Day

• Start day– Basic training - 3 hrs hands-on basic sakai– Intake process

• Discussion about groups, roles, permissions• Discussion about tools• Preparation user and group info for import

– Introduction to matrix concepts– Definition of first matrix

Getting started

• Natural grouping must be considered– Group size and composition affects teacher’s ease of

use and user experience– Each group gets its own worksite

• Tool selection– You always need ‘resources..’ – OSP=matrix, portfolio, wizard, forms, evaluations– Sakai=discussion, chat, wiki, agenda, etc. etc.– You can give these tools your own names !

Set up steps• Users – you can get them set up first

• Groups – choose the ‘natural’ group

• Worksites – one per group; choose your toolset and tool names

• Forms – required by the matrix; you need to set these up to begin reflection, feedback and evaluation

• Matrix – choosing the axes, ‘forming’ the cells, filling the cells, Publish (but watch out for unchangeables!)

Quick organizational start

• Project leadership - start day• Coordinator Teachers – start day• All Teachers – start day + 8 days later

• Train the teachers while the students are beginning to learn the system and document

Start collecting immediately !

• Collection is step 1

• Teach students first to document their work !

• Use the MyWorkspace to build the collection – first without context from the teacher

New NYU skin with icons !

Lessons learned

• Keep pilots simple at first – clear goal• Enthusiastic project leadership• Put a team on it.• Keep it student centered.• Let students start documenting immediately

Portfolio4u b.v.Kruislaan 4001098 SM AmsterdamT 020 8884840info@portfolio4u.nl

Contact persoon:Jan van den Berge bsSales & Marketing DirectorM 06 20400943jan@portfolio4u.nl

Jim Doherty MBA/MBITechnical DirectorM 06 48754913jim@portfolio4u.nl