Shane Sutherland | Development Director

1. Shane Sutherland | Development Director

2. The development of PebblePad3

7. How did we get here?

8. The development spiral More flexible developments Further Unexpected uses + dilemmas Title area2nd line Flexible tool Unexpected uses Flexible developments

9. Principle Led Design

10. 1 ...supports personal learning Principles behind a Personal Learning Space 2 ...offers a safe and private space which is owned and controlled by the learner 3 ...is multi-purpose – but purposeful 4 ...supports learning wherever it happens, whenever it happens 5 ...helps to surface and scaffold the process of learning 6 ...is underpinned, and informed, by a reflective structure 7 ...gets people talking and helps users construct their narratives 8 ...can accompany learners throughout their lives and across all their activities

11. Where is here?

12. Uniqueyoo-neekadjective1. without equal or like; unparalleled2. (informal) very remarkable

13. Unique? Just another tool…

14. So, PebblePad is a Swiss Army Knife for Learning, Teaching (and Assessment)? Yes! but…

15. an e-submission system • a feedback (and feedforward) system • a personal and professional development tool • a recording and registration system • a system for evidencing competences and standards • a tool for recording and presenting graduate attributes • an electronic lab-book tool • a collaborative learning space • a blogging platform • a tool for building and maintaining dynamic CVs • a peer review system • a template management environment • a document storage and retrieval system • a project management tool • an eportfolio authoring environment • an assessment management tool • a content delivery vehicle • a learning design environment • a learning and research skills system • a mobile learning tool • a private, reflective space • a personal learning space • … Sometimes it’s easier to describe what it’s used as…

16. an e-submission system • a feedback (and feedforward) system • a personal and professional development tool • a recording and registration system • a system for evidencing competences and standards • a tool for recording and presenting graduate attributes • an electronic lab-book tool • a collaborative learning space • a blogging platform • a tool for building and maintaining dynamic CVs • a peer review system • a template management environment • a document storage and retrieval system • a project management tool • an eportfolio authoring environment • an assessment management tool • a content delivery vehicle • a learning design environment • a learning and research skills system • a mobile learning tool • a private, reflective space • a personal learning space • … Sometimes it’s easier to describe what it’s used as…

17. the institutional space (assessment system) personal learning space Defining a Personal Learning and Assessment Space PASS Pebble+ ATLAS personal advice & support space PebblePad The personal learning and assessment system

18. It’s the curriculum stupid! Not just an eportfolio Not justfor employability Not justfor PDP Not justfor nurses, teachers, allied health Not justan ‘add-on’

19. (Presentational) Portfolios fall into two main categories and • (at least) eight sub-categories: • Me-Portfolios • Personal • Professional • Promotional • T-Portfolios (task portfolios) • Process • Project • Placement • Production • Pedagogical. Me-portfolios and T-portfolios

20. Stickiness? Engagement? Ownership? Persistence? How fabulous is PebblePad? not fabulous enough, on its own! Flexible, multi-purpose tools Meaningful Activities Meaningless Activities Inflexible, single purpose tools

21. Any questions, thoughts, ideas, job offers?