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ePortfolio in Your Palm. Speaker: Mr. John Ewens, Barking & Dagenham College. The Session team. Grahame McDonald –Assessor Lead Verifier Carlos Harewood – Assessor / Instructor Carpentry Geoff – Assessor / Verifier P&D Emma – Administrator Cliff Pooley - CSkills. ePortfolio in Your Palm.
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ePortfolio in Your Palm Speaker: Mr. John Ewens, Barking & Dagenham College
The Session team • Grahame McDonald –Assessor Lead Verifier • Carlos Harewood – Assessor / Instructor Carpentry • Geoff – Assessor / Verifier P&D • Emma – Administrator • Cliff Pooley - CSkills
ePortfolio in Your Palm Also known as “from Suitcase to Smartphone” • ePortfolios in your Palm demonstrates how Construction Assessors at BDC successfully manage the assessment process on site visits using just one hand-held portable device a SMARTphone (per assessor) and a selection of smart Apps. • This has improved work practices and the effectiveness of the assessment process whilst encouraging learners to use their own personal devices to engage in their ePortfolio.
The session outline • Brief Outline of our Journey (10 mins) • Demos (15 mins) • Hands-on (25 mins) • Using Candidate Account and Assessor Account • Upload evidence • Summary – Must haves! (10 mins)
Journey Start – The Brief • Brief – Review the use technology to improve the tracking of Portfolios in WBL • Using off-the-self ePortfolio • Focus of this session • In house developed system • So many different requirements made it very difficult to standardise • Staff reluctant to re-develop curriculum alignment to criteria • Management of evidence – was very difficult standardise too
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Upload certificates and other documents to support each learner. You can share all relevant documents and keep them in one place i.e. course work, ERR’s, Functional Skills etc. And … uploading and sharing of documents Screen shot of after….
Example Rejected evidence is now stored separately. Only evidence that is currently unassessed is visible, making the assessor’s job easier. That…Streamlines the Process Screen shot of after….
Demo’s • Managing the Standards and gathering evidence • Offline and online docs • Professional discussions • The environment and circumstances dictate process • Contacts • Arranging meets and bulk notifications
Hands on • Split into 4 groups • 2 groups are Assessors • 2 groups are Candidates (Learners) • If possible use your own equipment Follow instructions for • Accessing wifi • ePortfolio - Login details
Summary – Must haves! • ePortfolio provider who will listen and adapt to meet your needs • At least one technology champion in your team • Backing from management • Admin support – especially during change over
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