career portfolio manitoba - imoot may 2011
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As delivered to the iMoot 2011 virtual conference.TRANSCRIPT
Career Portfolio Manitoba
Mahara ePortfolio for Employability
iMootMay 2011
Don Presant
Manitoba,CanadaSmall province in a small country
• Challenging geography– 650,000 sq km (UK x 2)
• Diverse demographics– 1.18 m (712K in Winnipeg)– Aboriginals, immigrants
• Diverse economy• Federal political structure• “Canada’s social science laboratory”• A bit damp...
Why ePortfolio for employability?An increasingly digital life...
• Google & the Internet• Web 2.0 & social software
–Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn...
• Job boards & electronic recruitment–Monster, Workopolis, Job Bank
• Digital identity• Authentic evidence
Human Capital Technology• eSourcing/eRecruitment tools
– Résumé Importing/Exporting/Searching– Assessments & Applicant Screening– Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• Onboarding (orientation) tools• Performance/Talent Management Systems• Human Resource Management Systems
(HRMS/HRIS)
Adapted from http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/software/index.htm
Human Capital Management A competitive marketplace
eSourcingMining the Internet
Regional solutionsInspiration for Manitoba
Career Portfolio ManitobaCurrent stakeholders: WEM & WPLAR
• Nonprofit partnerships of Government, Business and Labour
• WEM: workplace education in Essential Skills
• WPLAR: workplace Recognition of Prior Learning
wplar.ca
wem.mb.ca
Canada’s Essential SkillsContextualized by workplace occupation…1. Reading text2. Document use3. Writing4. Numeracy5. Computer skills6. Oral communication7. Thinking skills
– Problem Solving, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Job Task Planning and Organizing, Significant Use of Memory, Finding Information
8. Working with others9. Continuous learning
The Essential Skills Portfolio Origins and character
• First immigrants, now “general”– Career changers (younger, older..)
• Reflection on life-wide learning of Essential Skills for employability
• Build confidence, improve “skills dialogue”– Make resumes & cover letters clearer, more credible– Preparation tool for interviews
• More than ES: attitudes, specialized skills• Product: ring binder, from electronic templates• 18 hours class time + c. 18 hours of homework
Building your portfolio- one step at a time
The “e” factorAdvantages and opportunities• Information Management
– Collecting, archiving, making different versions• Measureability
– Frameworks, rubrics, summative tracking• Interoperability
– Communication with other ICT systems via APIs, open standards• Sharing
– “One to many”, digital copies, links to specific pages• Multimedia
– Video, audio, digital images, online presentations…and scanned docs
• Internet skills– Online research: documents, networks, Internet literacy
• Collaboration– Easy to add comments, edit, mentor, coach
• Personal Learning Environment– Integrated learning environment, professional network, digital identity
Vision for Career Portfolio ManitobaCareer development for life
• All Manitobans• Learner owned• Lifelong• Lifewide: home, community, school, work...• Based on (not restricted to) Essential Skills• Built through partnerships of stakeholders, with
WEM and WPLAR as “anchor tenants”• Globally aware, locally relevant
Choosing the PlatformNew Zealand – Mahara
• FOSS project - Massey University
– Funded by NZ government, later Carnegie Mellon
– Lifelong learning & social networking environment
• Learner owned, multiple views
• LEAP2A exportability
• Moodle integration
Choosing the platformThe “Mahoodle” ecosystem
Archiving
Collect, Select, Reflect…Artefacts, commentary, dialogueNetworks
Peers, mentors
Mahara tools:Blog, forum, views
USER DRIVEN
INSTRUCTOR LED
Other Web 2.0 tools:
Human capital developmentEmployabilitySkills transferKSA asset buildingLifelong learning
Presenting
Essential Skills ePortfolioProgram overview
• Adapt the paper curriculum• Leverage the “e” factor• Embed authentic ICT skills
– Useful software applications– Accessible multimedia hardware
• Provide ongoing support
ImplementationOnline tour (careerportfolio.mb.ca)
ImplementationJob match summary
Early steps
• Pilot–Learners–“Train the trainer”
• Rework curriculum
Current stateLessons learned and learning
• Make it more usable– Shorten curriculum, customize delivery
• Full vs. accelerated versions
– Improve worksheet methodology– Stream learners
• Computer skills gap training
– Add more exemplars• Caucasian, Aboriginal...
– Document more fully• Manual, more/updated videos
Next steps
• Explore more ways to extend Mahara – Framework for Moodle 2.0, LinkedIn, GoogleApps– But keep it accessible...
• Polish the business plan– Scope provincewide user support needs – other data?
• Build partnerships
• Other non-profits• Sector Councils • Post secondary institutions• Provincial government departments• Federal departments/agencies• Individual employers
Potential partners
Community of communities“Small pieces, loosely joined”
StudentRecords
OnlineCredentialVerification
Job Boards, Recruitment
SitesPersonalNetworks,
Communities
OnlineMentoringServices
LocalizedLabour Market
Information
Employer HRManagement
Systems
GovernmentInformation
Portals
MahoodleHub
Web 2.0YouTubeLinkedInTwitter…
eGovernmentSingle Window
Service
Further reading• Presentations about Career Portfolio Manitoba
– http://bit.ly/CPMBpresentations
• MyPortfolio http://myportfolio.ac.nz/– Report: http://bit.ly/g8JLLQ
• MOSEP http://www.mosep.org/– Toolbox (curr/report): http://bit.ly/MOSEP_toolbox
• EIfEL - www.epforum.eu/• ePortfolio Community of Practice (AUS)
– http://epcop.net.au
Useful links• Career Portfolio Manitoba
– http://careerportfolio.mb.ca– http://bit.ly/eP_example
• Workplace Education Manitoba– http://wem.mb.ca
• WPLAR– http://wplar.ca
• Contact emails:– Don Presant, Learning Agents Inc.
• [email protected] (Twitter: donpresant)
– Linda Maxwell, Keystone Adult Education Services Inc.• [email protected]
– Phyllis Mann, Workplace Education Manitoba• [email protected]
