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Helping immigrants build a future in Canada

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Moodle With Mahara On Top:

A Pilot of Employment ePortfolios in

English for the Workplace Classes

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ISSofBC First immigrant organization in BC (1972)

Provides settlement, language & employment services for refugees and immigrants

Over 400 full and part-time staff - ranked one of the Best Workplaces in Canada in 2013

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ISSofBC

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Timeline

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Feb - May 2013 Summer

2013 Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

Initiative Inception

& Kickoff

• Don Presant’s

workshops at CAPLA,

Cannexus & Moodle

Moot conferences

• ISSofBC establishes

lead position in BC &

Canada regarding

portfolio development in

LINC/ELSA

• Agreement to move

forward with integration

of portfolios &

eportfolios in language

and employment

Research & Training

• Research on how e-

portfolios can fit into

LINC/ELSA

• Don Presant

facilitates a half-day

planning workshop to

explore eportfolio

options

• Decision about

Mahara platform

•ePortfolio training with

Don Presant

Planning

• Plan for piloting e-

portfolios in

LINC/ELSA

• Moodle course

and materials

developed

• Employment

Facilitator engaged

to participate in

LINC/ELSA pilot

and curriculum

development

Piloting &

Further

Development

• ePortfolio

launched in

LINC/ELSA for

the Workplace

• Extend use of

eportfolios for

skilled and non-

skilled

immigrants

Fall 2013

LINC/ELSA

English language skills from CLB 1 to 8

Settlement and workplace focused classes

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Career Services Wide range of Career Services

Multi-barriered, low skilled to high skilled immigrants

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ELSA and Employment Working Together

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Previously, client referrals and class presentations

More expert and individual training

Now:

Develop career planning and job search skills

Portfolios and eportfolios Portfolio and eportfolio services :

Workshops and individualized sessions

Embedding portfolios in job search strategies

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Process and Discoveries

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Limited time and resources

Significant amount of time devoted to language correction

ePortfolio as a Framework

Employment

Facilitator

ESL

Teacher

Job search skills,

ePortfolios, ES

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ePortfolio Pilot Class

Class Profile

Model for Pilot

Add job search skills

Add skills to build eportfolio

More emphasis on ES

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Evaluate

Moodle + Mahara

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Mahoodle (Moodle Course)

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Example Lesson:

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Building Content:

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ISSofBC ePortfolio Site

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Essential Skills Profile

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Professional Pages

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Resume

Audio Intro

Past Projects

Certificates

Publications

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Highlights

Video Intro

Photo Gallery

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Themes

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LINC/ELSA Challenges Admin Concerns – continuous intake of students

Student concerns – time requirements

Technical issues – software updates

Student Technical Needs – support offered in multiple ways

New curriculum model ePortfolio as the framework

Lessons Learned

Next Steps

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Fall 2013 Winter 13-14

Pilot Phase

Continue delivery

of ELSA eportfolio

pilot & extend use

of eportfolios for

skilled and non-

skilled immigrants

Evaluation Phase

Evaluation and

further development

of ELSA eportfolio,

and further

expansion of

eportfolio use in

employment

services

Implementation

Implementation of

eportfolios in LINC –

creating an

environment where

clients can use

eportfolios across

multi-inventions at

ISSofBC

April 2014

Questions

Contact:

Janis Fair – Online & Technology Coordinator

janis.fair@issbc.org

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Learning Agents ePortfolio, eLearning, eMedia

http://donpresant.ca

New service: savvyfolio.net Multi-institution ePortfolio community

University

College

Adult Learning Centre

Professional Body Workplace Trainer

Employability Agency

Employer Industry Sector Body

Research Information Practices of Immigrants

Nadia Caidi, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009

http://www.slideshare.net/settlementatwork/information-practices-of-immigrants

Why Mahara? Personal Learning Environment

• Free Open Source Software (FOSS)

– Free (like a puppy)

– Controllable, predictable

– Extendable, “clusterable” (Moodle, Google Apps…)

• Designed for learning

– National school implementation in NZ: “MyPortfolio”

• Personalized, flexible

– Learner story centric, not a one-size-fits-all “tick the

box” form

Why Mahara? Under the hood

• Content Archive (working portfolio)

– Profile, Resume, Files, Notes, Journals (blogs), Plans

• Publish as Pages, Collections

– Different content for different audiences

• Embed external content (Web 2.0)

– LinkedIn, Slideshare, YouTube, Google Apps, etc.

• Groups and collaboration

– Shared files, pages, collections

• Multi-layered sharing/privacy

– Formative -> summative assessment

Why Mahara? Good and getting better

don@learningagents.ca

Web: learningagents.ca

Twitter: donpresant

ePortfolio: donpresant.ca

PRESENTATION SUPPORT PAGE:

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