Weaving Employability into the Curriculum: PDP and ePortfolios Samantha Moss Learning Technologist

About Solent Uni! 3 Faculties FBSE Sport Science. Health & Fitness Coaching, Business, Marketing, Law, Management, Travel & Leisure Martech Maritime, Yacht Design, Web Design, Construction, Electronic & Mechanical Engineering, Computer Games Development FCIS Music Tech, Film/TV, Fashion, Hair & Make-Up Design, Journalism, Social Work, Comedy Writing, Media, Criminology & Psychology Approx 16,000 learners (FT, PT, BL, DL) Changed from Institute (Notts Trent) to University in 2005 Moodle VLE (2007), Mahara ePortfolio (2009)

Why do we have an ePortfolio? Fostering Student Personal Development Planning - Led by Dr Barbara Lee (2008) – Do students know what PDP is? – Do we offer course specific PDP advice? – Do we offer any generic PDP advice? So… if we give our students an online space to plan, collect and organise their work & career ideas, will they become more aware of PDP? Mahara chosen and pilot year started in September 2009

Integration of people

Integration of systems

myCourse Tutorials Online CVs Every ‘Fresher’ during ‘Welcome Week’ is encouraged to undertake the myPortfolio Induction Unit Unit delivered via VLE and is accessible from all Course Homepages

Freelance Option Unit Lecturer: Julia Newman One of our original pilot groups 60 final year students from – Journalism – Magazine & Feature Writing – Multimedia – Sport – Fashion & Culture

The brief: industry standard online CV portfolio Students are requested to produce an industry standard online CV portfolio using the appropriate software. prospective employers to obtain freelance work, a period of attachment, or a temporary or permanent position The online CV portfolio is prepared with the intention that pages can be sent to prospective employers to obtain freelance work, a period of attachment, or a temporary or permanent position. demonstrate these skills Video and Radio links can also be embedded in Mahara if the student would like to demonstrate these skills. The task:

Feedback: Journalism students 2011 “I was shocked at how easy it was to use and to navigate (once I got used to it of course!) and that it was so easy to put together an online package.” “Because myPortfolio can be accessed on any computer with an internet connection it enabled me to complete my work in the comfort of my own home, without the added stress of having to venture into the uni library and attempt to find a computer. ” “MyPortfolio is ideal for people completing media based courses like myself. Its simple layout makes it user friendly and unlike many computer programs it doesn’t require hours of training in order to grasp the basics.”

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