Best practice use of e-portfolio in WBL

Speaker: Sohail OosmanHead of Quality, Redwood Skills and Hillingdon Training

Benefits of e-Portfolio Accessed by learners/assessors/verifiers/tutors at anytime and anywhere; so

accommodating differing work patterns

Learner is at the centre – their learning, their achievement, their reflection

Allows for different pacing so taking into consideration an individual’s needs.

Learner can easily track progress which leads to increased motivation

Viewed by some learners as less intimidating than paper-based systems as can be easily broken down into more meaningful and manageable chunks

Enables direct and personal feedback (learner-tutor and learner-peer)

Increase in quality assessment planning and feedback

Supports skills development in self-motivation and self-direction

Impact Increased success rates and timely achievement rates

Learners can be continuously supported if their assessor is off sick or on holiday; ensuring continuous progress

Employers can see exactly where the learners are at; ensuring employer engagement

Learners can see where they are at; progress bars are motivational

Independent learning /ownership

Less paperwork leads to cost savings

Reporting / Tracking

Performance management

Apps The app offered by the e-portfolio solution used by the company enables

assessors to use their smartphones to gather evidence in a time efficient way

Innovative assessment methods: Photographic evidence Digital recordings Video

Mobile technology increases accessibility and mobility which can be important in many workplace settings

It has worked for us.. Redwood were judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted

Hillingdon Training, Redwood’s sister company were judged to be ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Redwood specialise in Apprenticeships in Sales, IT, Business Administration, Customer Service, Financial Services, Management and Team Leading

Hillingdon Training specialise in Apprenticeships in Childcare, Health and Social Care and Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools - sectors that have been traditionally harder to engage with technology