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Overview. Context What we did year 1 Success/Challenges What we did year 2 Challenges On the Horizon Questions. WoW Factor. Engage staff and students with the world of work. Confirmation of employability skills developed during programme, placement or extracurricular.

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  1. Overview • Context • What we did year 1 • Success/Challenges • What we did year 2 • Challenges • On the Horizon • Questions

  2. WoW Factor • Engage staff and students with the world of work. • Confirmation of employability skills developed during programme, placement or extracurricular. • Gain a head start in the graduate market place. • Opportunity to gain Graduate Skills and/or WoW® Certification

  3. Skills Support Officers

  4. Year 1 – What we did • Purchased Blackboard e-Portfolio • Template Development • Support Resources • Staff • Pedagogical Support – LDU & SSOs • Guides on use and implementation • Student • Support staff: GDC, LIS • Student Experience website • Printed Leaflet

  5. Year 1 – What we did (contd.) • Pilot Feb 2007 • Launch summer 2007 • Awareness Raising & Training • Evaluate summer 2008/9 • Training Packs • Example portfolios • Assessment

  6. Success • Modest Uptake • Multiple approaches • Ease of use • Positive Feedback:

  7. Student Feedback • “It would be very easy to use it for a reference for any work you’ve done over the year, when you come to look for jobs.” • “Easy to share as well, rather than having to send everything in one go you just click a button” • “It takes the CV into the modern era”

  8. Year 1: Challenges • Sharing issues • Administration of shared portfolios • Support Website • Institutional Culture

  9. Textile Design

  10. Year 2 – What we did • Training packs • Increased Staff Development • Website rebranded • Templates • Styles

  11. Staff Development

  12. PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

  13. Year 2 - Challenges • Downloading portfolios • Copy Tables • Statistics • Blackboard 9

  14. On the Horizon • Year 2 evaluation • Promotional animation • Template Development • Staff Development

  15. Questions…

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