Integration of Learning Services for Reformed Admissions Process

1. Integration of learning, administrative & analytic services within the eFramework to achieve reformed admissions processes Peter Rees JonesCETIS ePortfolio feasibility study &Centre for International ePortfolio Development

2. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Large Scale Processes • I will explore the use of a presentational ePortfolio for application to HE looking • FIRST at the Personal Statement within the presentational ePortfolio • SECOND at the plan the applicant used to develop the presentational ePortfolio • Then at how the workflow requires the integration of learning, administrative and analytic services

3. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Presentational eP: Personal Statement • The plan generated by the workflow in the first session supported the student’s development of a Personal Statement within a presentational ePortfolio

4. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Presentational eP: Personal Statement • The student reviews the entry requirements • Asserts how he satisfies them • Describes an activity that developed this • And links this to actual evidence of achievement; say a project

5. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Presentational eP: Personal Statement • The referee provides a general testimonial • And comments on specific aspects of the personal statement • The admissions officer checks the applicant’s eligibility • Then checks the Personal statement against the course entry profile and the reference.

6. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Learning Plan • Negotiation of a plan may draw on adaptations of the Action Workflow approach of Medina-Mora, Flores & Winograd 1992 for situated plans in which the student is learning to become autonomous.

7. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Learning Plan • By rendering the plan in LD might the resources the applicant needs to resolve unexpected problems directly be made available?

8. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Other Stakeholders • The services required by College and university managers and university admission officers centre on administration and research rather than learning

9. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Integrating Learning and Admin services • The University will be required to offer feedback to unsuccessful applicants • The applicant will reflect on the feedback • And speak to her advisor.

10. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Integrating Learning and Admin services • An admissions or application service is essentially an administrative service • But the feedback component is a key learning service • High quality feedback empowers. • Low quality damages & discourages.

11. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model A model of feedback • The most common reason for failure is the level of qualification • The most valuable feedback is an evaluation of how well an applicant relates their capabilities to the course entry profile • This will suggest areas of improvement or alternative courses

12. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Locating analytic services: colleges • Advisors will be shown feedback by their students • and gain an anecdotal impression of how the college could improve its preparation of learners • There is a need for quantified data which can be used to enhance the effectiveness of learning services

13. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Locating analytic services: universities • Universities have the same need for analytic data to assess the effectiveness of recruitment • And the ways in which a university needs to adapt to its students to enhance retention • The same data are required to assess the effectiveness of reformed admission processes by Govt.