john gordon [email protected] building an eportfolio for vocational learning in a scottish...
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eportfolio
for Modern Apprenticeship, A project developed by
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Modern Apprenticeship?
A system of industrial training Two components
Knowledge and understanding based learning
Practical training
The Actors in the System The candidate Their Employer The Training Provider The awarding body The local
tutor/supervisor/guide The source of payment
(Scottish Enterprise)
The Drivers
A Smart Successful Scotland
Objective- 25,000 Candidates
Information Technologists, plumbers,
construction workers, cooks, etc
Building a Learning Industry
Using the results of eLearning Construct content in Scotland localised to
Scottish Needs
How the Actors Interact
The following slide shows how the system works without a technological infrastructure
Training Provider
Portfolio
Apprentice
•e-skills UK
•City & Guilds
•CTS
Employer
Workplace TrainingAssessor
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The Portfolio Very Much Paper Distributed over various organisations The candidate is enrolled by
The Employer The Training Company The Awarding Body, and Scottish Enterprise, who subsidise training via grants.
There are many people checking the various documents and there is much travel between sites for verification purposes.
Barriers to take up of Modern Apprenticeship Bureaucracy
Multiple registrations Multiple payment claims
Choice Limited by local provision
Flexibility Inflexible delivery of underpinning
knowledge Resource limitations Business demands No of assessor visits required
What are the goals of the project To develop a model for the online
delivery of Modern Apprenticeships To inform further development work in
this area. To address the barrier of Bureaucracy
One point registration Automated payment claims Automated notification of completion
To Provide Choice Online provision extends reach
The ePortfolio Project
One registration One ePortfolio Interfaces to all of the other systems Less paper, less travel Using Internet, using email The candidate owns their own
portfolio
Project model…...
Internet Technology
Underpinning Knowledge
Workbased Training
Assessor
Internal Verifier
External Verifier
•E-Skills UK
•City & Guilds
•CTS
•Training Provider
Portfolio
Online tutor
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What do we need from a traditional ePortfolio System
Academic ePortfolio e.g. ePortfolio for Lifelong Learning from
Nottingham – a Jisc eFramework Reference Model
Thin PortfolioePortfolio
Assessment Results & comments
Learner Reflections
Dialogues
LearningPlans
Learner Goals
Assessment Service
Personal Development Service
Pathway Information Service
IAG planning Service
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Enrolment Service
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College Repository
University Repository
Exam Board Repository
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/epreferencemodel/keydocuments/06%2003%2023%20RM.ppt#7
Content
Defined by Sector Skills Council
Web Services
Not Implemented
The SEL eP
Competence Based Evidence Gathering Engine
Communications Infrastructure Interfaces to all actors Single point of entry Adapts to SE business rules
(regulations for grant payments)
Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships Online
Centre Coordinator
Web BrowserRegisters CandidateRegisters Candidate
Auto E-Mail
CandidateUploads Evidence
Assessor
Auto E-Mail
Internal Verifier
Assesses Evidence
Auto E-MailCandidate
Auto E-Mail
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Deployment Model
Scottish Enterprise
The paymaster
Awarding Body
eLearning Systems
Portfolio
Portfolio Server
Candidates and Verifiers
Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships Online
• Uploading Evidence & Mapping it to the standardsUploading Evidence & Mapping it to the standards
Candidates’ ViewCandidates’ View
Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships Online
Assessors’ ViewAssessors’ View
• Online Course Content (Underpinning Knowledge)Online Course Content (Underpinning Knowledge)
eLearning System
Modern Apprenticeships OnlineModern Apprenticeships OnlineInternal Verifiers’ ViewInternal Verifiers’ View
Architecture
Project Status April 2006 Theresa to update
Many candidates in various sites 3 subjects eSkills UK, City and Guilds, Scottish
Enterprise, IT4All and Cumbernauld College
2 MLEs – SABA and Learnwise
key lessons learned: Breaking new ground, therefore an uncertain and
difficult process
There were major difficulties of integration
Technical issues around implementing the system
Issues for Employers – is it easier/harder for them to release candidates for training
Future work and overall implications for the future of this at national level
Further integration will be required for other actors in any new environment
The way forward The project is now proven,
exploitation is required We have made the decision to go
opensource We wish to develop a community
based on these technologies The source code will be released
subject to appropriate licence
Integration to Professional Development
We would wish to integrate the SELeP to Professional Development Schemes such as the British Computer Society
To link to HR systems in SMEs and large organisations
Economic Development Tools
To develop the SELeP as an economic Development Tool – to manage skills development in an economic region
To investigate hoe labour need statistics can be integrated to HR and vocational learning statistics
The SELeP Community We wish to establish the SELeP
open source community Please contact us if you wish to join We need further pilots for new
interfaces with other bodies We need developments in the
portfolio to integrate with mainstream academic approaches.
