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School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
CAPHIA Forum 18th-19th September 2014
UWA
Eportfolio and engaging with Industry partners: A flexible approach for work ready graduates.
Anne Polley, Edith Cowan University, WA. Jill Darby, Edith Cowan University, WA.
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Our Approach - agenda
Job ready graduates
Industry Partners
Technology and teaching
tools
Employability activities scaffolded in first year and capstone unit
.
• Agency Interviews• Agencies engaged to conduct
mock interviews.• Career and Heath agency
Showcase.
• E Portfolio• Practicum integration and
reflection
Theoretical framework
Strengths, Challenges, Future
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Theoretical framework
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
OSH Health Promotion
Addiction studies Nutrition
Job ready graduates
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
First Year Unit: Student
Learn how to use Pebblepad eportfolio Start collecting evidence Start to think about themselves as health
professions Think about how to present themselves Consider possible working roles and future
careers in Public Health.
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Capstone Third Year Unit: Student
• Reflect on their ‘Ethical perspective’.• Undertake Career planning - All about me!• Prepare for apply to work in public health• Industry interview• Pitch to potential employers
showcasing their webfolio/
Eportfolio.
Learning Outcomes
Workplace principles
Professional competencies
Job Application
Workplace interview
Pitch to an employer
Employability Skills
Workplace culture
Professional Communication
Ethical work practice
Volunteering and further study options
Job applications and Interview Skills
Working in Partnership
Regional and remote challenges
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Student feedback: Voxpop teaching toolsI now know what specific skills, experiences needed and to be undertaken to get a job in industry.
I absorb the experiences, knowledge and ideas they have presented.
It opened up my view on job opportunities and where I can go.
Provides an insight into health professionals and their companies expectations or criteria aspects to assist undergraduates into their speciality.
Allows us to establish a baseline in our particular industry and produce an insight into different roles and experiences within our area or major.
Straight to the point, short and sweet.
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Student industry interviews
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Reflections on the Interview Process
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EPortfolio Showcase and networking
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
An eportfolio provides a scaffolded opportunity for students to achieve higher order thinking:– Allow and encourage student autonomy– Empower students to take responsibility for their
own learning
Use of an ePortfolio system requires a “considerable level of learner autonomy and initiative, of learner responsibility for their learning and of opportunities to refine their learning based on feedback from the teacher.” (Stefani, Mason & Pegler, p.12)
Technology and teaching tools
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First year unit: A simple, personal approach.
• A structured assessment and EP activity (workbook) populated by the student with their information.
• Activity is simple and closely links to unit learning outcomes.
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
‘All about me’ page in a Structured Workbook
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Reflection activities and goal setting
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Feedback
Provided through the Pebblepad system, using Rubrics.
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Third year Capstone Unit• Students pitch
themselves to a potential employer.
• Use of JING, online software video recording.
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Pebblepad Support
• 5 ‘How to’ Videos.
• BB, Pebblepad tools and announcements.
• TLD Support Officer.
• Adobe Connect Pro Online meetings with Tutor.
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Challenges to overcomeStrengths, Challenges, Future
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Strengths
• Student career planning initiated early in the course
• Assessment of career based competencies was effective.
• Innovation of eportfolio for potential employers
School of Exercise and Health SciencesEdith Cowan University – Western Australia
Challenges• Technical - software, access, with IT • Embracing new practice – Pebblepad ‘literacy’• Teaching and learning support• Valid assessment tools• Clear assessment submission process• Investment in time Vs innovation in teaching• Students not maximising the potential of
eportfolio post unit.
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Student Reflections on Unit
It has increased my professional level for jobs with use of resume and skills.
It is very, very good and it has been helpful. I feel a lot more confident to go out in the workplace / workforce now
‘Good to be forced out of our comfort Zone.
Interesting to understand and recognise the skills required for employability. It shows concepts, structures that we can utilise in the future
STAR actually has to do this in class – Gives examples to the rest of the class, peer review of skills, practical computer work.
Maybe have a practical placement to enhance knowledge.
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Opportunities
• Course wide implementation - Scaffolding is essential across a course.
• Student submission early in semester to engage
• Support staff training, create own eportfolio
• Strengthen support for online students• Integrate a practicum placement
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Student Feedback: embedding Practicum
‘It could be useful to link learning material of the unit to a practicum placement.’
‘Practicum would be beneficial to students, however I don't believe there is enough unit content to cover a whole year.’
‘Would be amazing, great idea.’
‘I think this will enhance the value of this unit- putting into practice what one has learned!’
‘Not sure how that would work. I find a long practicum to be time consuming if its a third year unit maybe that could work.’
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Reflective Logs and journals
Reflective practice… ‘a form of practice that seeks to problematise many situations of professional performance so that they can become potential learning situations so the practitioner can continue to learn, grow and develop in practice.”
(Jarvis, 1992 p.180).
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Future
Marketing package to incorporate student practicums into future unit Preparation for Practicums to Health
Science Students in 2015 unit. ‘Selling’ practicum opportunities to industry.