technology in the support of personal development jeff ross and colin deal – dublin october 2006...

Technology in the Support of Personal Development

Jeff Ross and Colin Deal – Dublin October 2006


Jeff Ross

and

Colin Deal

A Vision for Career, Learning & Professional Development

Bringing the e-assessment, e-learning and professional development technologies together for the individual, the

institution, the employer and the policy maker



Objectives

• Take a very broad view• Stimulate discussion• Not about a product more a way of thinking• e-assessment fits into a wide range of activities• Not just qualification admin but career management• e-assessment part of a new platform• Not just recording achievement but planning for the

future

Supporting Learning and Development



DISCLAIMER

Not claimed to be a scientific analysis – just an opportunity to expand discussion

About asking the questions, not answering them



Agenda

• Look at what traditional e-portfolio is• Examine how to move beyond that• Discuss issues i.e. security, technology, ownership• Develop the vision• Challenge the developers (education and

technological)



Background to e-portfolios

• Well-established - paper free/pc world• Use is low risk compared with e-testing• Central to the onward development of e-

Assessment?

• e-Assessment is a broad church from e-testing to e-portfolios, from qualifications to self-analysis – it is the application of IT to support and measure skills, knowledge, aptitude, learning, development.



e-portfolio

Lots of definitions – this is just oneFour basic types• Electronic repository of ‘work’• A database of Work in progress • A planning and productivity tool• An Achievements recordLots of very sophisticated tools e.g. PaperFree, TAG

Learning, Learning Assistant, Quickstep and many others

Well established – low risk



Principals

• What we think people will need when they see it• Assessment for learning and development • Planning• Understanding jobs and careers• Ease of access• Flexible• Confidential and secure



What is an achievement?

At the heart of this concept is the achievement• Could be a qualification (formal or informal, work or

leisure related).• Or a completed task• Or a milestone• Or an ambition• Or a work in progress• Or a project• Or a reviewEtc. etc. etc.



Drivers

• Psychometric testing• e-recruitment• e-learning and personalised learning• Career and job-hopping• Technology systems• Telecoms (broadband and wifi)• Familiarity• Cost• Qualifications• Security and confidentiality• Data Ownership



Requirements

• User owned• Planning tool• Recording• Publishing



Features

• Secure• Accessible• Intuitive• Multiple viewpoints• Flexibility• Cost



How

• Commercial• Evolving• Self service• Needs to be attractive to individuals



For the individual:

• Maintain an up to date record of skills, development and achievements

• Ability to format records in to a number of templates for dissemination to employers and professional bodies

• Access skills development utilities such as on line learning, assessments, qualifications, training and support

• Identify gaps in skills, knowledge and understanding and seek to fill the gap



For the employer

• Gives responsibility for career development to the individual and promotes personal development

• Provides a robust, secure, cost effective service of added value to the individual

• Access to a standardised, controlled resume of an individual’s abilities and profile

• Data available in a variety of formats and standards appropriate to the organisation



For the institution:

• Plans learning• Records achievements• Prepares for the work place



For the professional body:

• Raises the profile of personal development and CPD

• Provides a robust, secure, cost effective service of added value to their members


• Increase job and professional satisfaction, and hence personal effectiveness



For the recruiter:


• Provides potential recruitment filtering functionality• Encourages workforce flexibility



For the Policy Maker:

• Supports lifelong learning and workplace development

• Empowers individuals• Enhances workforce flexibility• Link to government initiatives such as Progress Files,

and basic skills development

• Benefits to the individual



Content - I

– Roles and Jobs– Individual’s information– Tasks– Learning– Assessments– Work in progress– Objectives, goals, ambitions– Career information– Tools for planning, publishing, building outcomes



Content - II

– Fun– Pursuits and Leisure– Self-assessments and Practice Opportunities– Self analysis– Blogs/logs– Chart rooms– Sharing – Publishing– Advice– Plus …….



Concepts/Review

Objectives• Take a very broad view• Stimulate discussion• Not about a product more a way of thinking• e-assessment fits into a wide range of activities• Not just qualification admin but career management• e-assessment part of a new platform• Not just recording achievement but planning for the future

Supporting Learning and Development

technology in the support of personal development jeff ross and colin deal – dublin october 2006...

Documents

development slide

onward development of

types of e

colin deal dublin

e portfolios

traditional eportfolio

career management eassessment

technological slide