employability eportfolios with mahara for educational assistants
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Slightly updated from September 2012. Additional info at http://bit.ly/eport4eaTRANSCRIPT
Employability ePortfolios with
Mahara
Transition to the workplace for Educational AssistantsRed River CollegeUpdated December 7, 2012
Don Presant
Human Capital Technology• eSourcing/eRecruitment tools
– Résumé Importing/Exporting/Searching– Assessments & Applicant Screening– Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• applytoeducation.com
• 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”
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– Performance management, career advancement
• Recognition of Prior Learning– Challenge for credit
• Continuing Professional Development– Maintain professional standing
• Knowledge portfolios• Persistent Personal Learning Environment
(PLE)– Performance support, memory, analysis, reflection
• Life portfolios: “reporting out”
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– 2 modes of delivery:
• Computer lab facilitated• Online self-directed
• Templates– e.g. Job Match Summary
• Fictional example portfolio• Extensive use of Web 2.0
– Embedded content:• YouTube, Screenr, LinkedIn…
Coming down the pike…
• 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]
