PALSI Leaders Workshop IIPeer Assisted Learning using Supplemental Instruction (PALSI)Hokling CheungOffice of Education Development and General Education (EDGE)11 October, 2011

My PALSI sessions

What problems, challenges or issues my PALSI group is facing?

What possible solutions & opportunities arise in my PALSI group?

What are my weaknesses or needs as a PALSI Leader

What are my strengths or expertise as a PALSI Leader

Please indicate to what extent you agree with the following descriptions of YOU in the PALSI sessions so far. “I am ..

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worried about my subject mastery

feel confused with the administrative procedures &

requirements

anxious to deal with people

not prepared at all

very confident about my subject mastery

clearly understand the administrative procedures & requirements

happy to deal with people

well prepared for each session

It aims not to evaluate your performance but to aid your reflection and help inform us with your needs.

Any other issuesPlease write on the back of the page.

Image this …Time really flies

and you are about to graduate

in a month’s time

Who are you?

What you aspire to be?What are your expertise & accomplishments?

Who will be the audience and for what purpose is it? What would be their expectation?

What is the most remarkable work or artifact to showcase or evidence your claims?

Is there any objective recognition of your work and experience?

My Portfolio

Who are you?

What you aspire to be?

Who will be the audience and for what purpose is it? What would be their expectation?

What are your expertise & accomplishments?

What is the most remarkable work or artifact to showcase or evidence your claims?

Is there any objective recognition of your work and experience?

ePortfolio for Learning

Outcomes

Reflection, Feedback & Dialogue

attend classes

complete assignments

take examinations

get the grades

enjoy the break

Extrinsic Motivation

Activities + Outcomes

Outcomes + Goals

Goals + Actions

Intrinsic Motivation

relate

internalise

ePortfolio: Goals, Action Plans, Accomplishment , Reflection, Collection of Artifacts, Qualification

take snapshots of different moments of life

interact in different ways

make all the things much more portable

and sharable

capture the motion of time and interaction

record the music of laughters and tears

communicate everywhere

Technologies have enabled us to

“We do not learn from experiences; we learn from reflecting on our experiences.”

John Dewey 1933

What are my goals? How can I achieve them?How should I live my life?

I am unique.I am interested in …My expertise is …

self-management reflective lifestyles express ourselves communication and

employability© passion and

directions for life

ePortfolios

Constructive use of technologies

Global Trend

Europe Europass to increase transparency of qualification/mobility of citizens

UK Personal Development Planning (PDP)

Australia development of graduate capabilities

US reflective learning and personal development

Canada Graduation Portfolio Assessment

HK Outcomes-Based Teaching & Learning (OBTL), Student Learning Profile (SLP) & Other Learning Experience (OLE)

Driving Forces– National policy (Mobility of Citizens)– Course/Programme/School level– Student centered learning– Graduate capabilities– Generic skills & knowledge for real-world applications– Employment, Job search/ Transparency of Qualifications – Appraisal, Tenure and promotion processes– Infusion of technology/ Empowerment of individuals– Digital, Not Physical!– Outcomes based teaching & learning– Authentic and performance assessment– Institutional achievement/ improvement– Academic advising– Career consultation– Whole Person Development– Lifelong learning

POLICY

LEARNING OUTCOMES

EMPLOYABILITY

TECHNOLOGY

QUALITY ASSURANCE

GUIDANCE

LIFELONG LEARNING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqmOLu4hwYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E6v9lnktlM

Brevity & first hand wisdom were found in his talk. What have you learnt from

being a PALSI Leader? How would you describe this experience?

process product

Learning Development

Plan Execution Documentation

ReflectionCollaboration

ShowcaseAssessment

GraduateEmployment Professional

Appraisal

MANAGEMENT (frequent update, sharing, dialogic feedback &

collaboration)

PRESENTATIONIDENTITY

+ +

ePortfoliosself

Personal particularsBiography

Values & BeliefsGoals

AspirationsStyles

Interests & Hobbies

ePortfolios: Plan, Manage, Reflect and Present Your Goals, Accomplishments and Expertise

The learning portfolio helps me to transit to the university’s study and life with a clear goal and direction.

Check out my learning outcomes and achievements please! I am so proud of myself.

I can easily create my CV and employment portfolios for job application. More importantly I have been planning and preparing well for it!

Having worked for a few years, I need to carefully determine my career path.

My boss is impressed by ePortfolio for performance appraisal!

I continue to study for a higher degree.

My professional ePortfolio showcase my efforts and dedications over the years!

exchange

internshipcourse work

workshops

group projects

community services

final year projectcourses

community services

professional membershipawardspart-time jobsStudent unions

study tripevent organisation

publications

Learning & Development Graduation Continuing Professional Development

Types of Portfolios

“These different “types” of ePortfolios reflect the fact that ePortfolios are being produced and consumed (used) in many different processes, or to manage different processes.”

Serge Ravethttp://www.eife-l.org/publications/eportfolio/documentation/positionpaper

• Learning portfolios• Employment/Career/Professional portfolios• Assessment portfolios• Showcase portfolios• Personal development portfolios• Teaching portfolios• Training portfolios

Generic Structure of ePortfolios

Personal particulars, biography, values & beliefs, interests and hobbies etc

Purpose, audience, achievements and development, reflection and future direction

Representative work & evidence

Official recognition of achievements, qualifications, contribution and participation

PROFILE

SUMMARY

SHOWCASE

QUALIFICATIONS

Need a sample portfolio?

An example …

Summary

Image sources: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.htmlhttp://www.sloganmaker.net/2011/08/love-what-you-do/

A speech in Stanford’s commencement dated June 12, 2005

“You’ve got to find what you love,” Steve Jobs

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. Greg Anderson

Profile

Connecting the dots ..

See also “The life and work of Steve Jobs”http://timelines.latimes.com/steve-jobs/

Showcase

Qualifications

“CEO of the Decade” Fortune, 2009

Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak received First National Medal of Technology, 1976

Obama remembers Steve Jobs as visionary, innovator. (2011)

Retrieved from Customer THINK.comhttp://www.customerthink.com/blog/remembering_steve_jobs

Credits & thanks to the image sources

BNEThttp://www.bnet.com/blog/advertising-business/with-steve-jobs-passing-apple-loses-its-top-sales-advertising-and-pr-man/10399

STANFORD UNIVERSITY - Newshttp://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

BeHance NETWORKIllustration by Charis Tsevis (Tsevis Visual Design)Photography by CorbisApple products courtesy by Apple InciPhone app icons by their respective ownershttp://www.behance.net/gallery/Steve-Jobs-and-Apples-DNA/371851

MacDailyNewshttp://macdailynews.com/2011/04/27/woz-to-hold-fireside-chat-at-esc-silicon-valley-conference-on-tuesday-may-3/

Wikipedia.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Technology_and_Innovation

INSIDE GRAPHICShttp://www.insidegraphics.com/visiting_cards/visiting_cards_fonts.asp

Kirinhttp://kirinblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/imac-medres.jpg

APPLE INChttp://www.apple.com/hk/imac/

Slogan Maker. NEThttp://www.sloganmaker.net/2011/08/love-what-you-do/

Business Over Broadway, Bob E. Hayes, Ph.D.Retrieved from Customer THINK.comhttp://www.customerthink.com/blog/remembering_steve_jobs

APPLE INChttp://www.apple.com/iphone

"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." John Neal