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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

• f 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

• ptions
• 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

• f ELSA eportfolio

pilot & extend use

• f eportfolios for

skilled and non- skilled immigrants Evaluation Phase Evaluation and further development

• f 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

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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

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