ePortfolios Competitions: Everyone’s a Winner

1. Centre for Learning and Development ePortfolios Competitions: Everyone’s a Winner Jacqui Patten Edith Cowan University

2. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development In The Beginning • PebblePad Pilot 2012 Semester 2 units • Targeted Capstone & 1stYear • Finding guinea pigs • 16 units across all 4 faculties (820 students) • By November 2012 first ePortfolio Competition

3. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Centre for Learning and Development In This Session How did we do it? Why did we do it? Where are they now? What did we learn? What were the benefits? Showcase of Examples

4. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Centre for Learning and Development Why Did We Do It? • Research • City University of Hong Kong 2009 • Clemson University, South Carolina 2010 • Raise the profile to ePortfolio’s • Teaching and Learning • Employability • We wanted assets we could use as examples

5. Centre for Learning and Development How Did We Do It? • The Correct Forum – ECULTURE 2012 • Promotion • Conference Web Site • Shameless (Blackboard sites, electronic newsletters, video walls, slides for lecturers, phone calls, going to lectures – bringing chocolate pebbles!) • Incentive • Chance to win an iPad • Chance to be a winner

6. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Centre for Learning and Development Make It Easy • Split Categories • First Years • Other Undergrad • Academic Staff • Graduated Students (2nd year of competition) • Professional Staff (2nd year of competition) • How to Enter • Self subscription workspace • Entry form was an interactive Pebble Template • Get in touch with me!

7. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Centre for Learning and Development Housekeeping - Setting The Rules • Legal Document • Protect the entrant • Protect ECU • What could be entered • Workbooks • Webfolios (produced in Pebble) • How would they be judged • Rubrics • Presentations and Judging

8. What Did the Rubric Look Like?

9. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Prestigious Judges Alison Poot is the Australian Director of Pebble Learning.  She works with education institutions and professional bodies across Australia and New Zealand to support the implementation of the Personal Learning Space, PebblePad.  Alison has been involved in the Higher Education sector for more than 20 years in a variety of roles including student counselling, coordination of first year and retention programs, evaluation and quality assurance, and project management.  She moved to Pebble Learning early in 2010 from the University of Tasmania where, amongst other tasks, she managed the institutional ePortfolio Project.

10. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Meet Our Judges – Jamie Patten Jamie Patten has 18 years Oil & Gas experience in Mechanical Engineering, Construction & Project Management. He has worked for Petreco, KBR, Chevron & WEL in North Sea & Australia. He has recently spent 9 months in Singapore as a Project Manager for an FPSO refurbishment project and is now the Asset Manager for Vincent FPSO offshore Exmouth. He has a keen interest in how ePortfolios can be used in the field of engineering to evidence real proof of capabilities.

11. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Centre for Learning and Development Benefits Understanding of what could be achieved Increased Profile Statements during presentations gave confirmation Centre stage at next ECULTURE Huge diversity of examples Lots of publicity and new users

12. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Centre for Learning and Development Lessons Learnt • You need actual users • 20 entries first year / 40 entries second year • Funding • First year was part of the ePortfolio funding • Second year - Contribution from Pebble Learning • Third year - ? • How work is submitted – published links expire • Audience participation in judging

13. Centre for Learning and Development Showcase

24. Centre for Learning and Development Everyone’s a Winner - Where are they now?

25. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development School of Nursing and Midwifery / Centre for Learning and Development Questions THANK YOU FOR LISTENING For further info contact Jacqueline Patten - j.patten@ecu.edu.au