ePortfolios and KEYPAL Edinburgh Workshop Angela Baker KEYPAL Project Manager Edinburgh 1st June 2006

EIFEL - Europortfolio  EIFEL is the European Institute for eLearning created in 2001  We are non for profit professional association with members from around Europe  Committed to supporting the continuing professional development of our members  There are 8 members of staff based in different areas of France  EIFEL is leading the Europortfolio consortium ( coordinating and promoting ePortfolio developments in Europe and beyondwww.europortfolio.org  We organise an annual International Conference on the ePortfolio and national events

Join the EU wide study on ePortfolio readiness  eStrategies for Empowering Individuals  A European and International study  To identify the key success factors to successfull ePortfolio initiatives and implementation  To measure the readiness of ePortfolio policies and strategies  Political  Organisational  People  Technologies  To support decison makers  Reports  Intermediary October 2006  Final February 2007

Defining ePortfolios  “A collection of authentic and diverse evidence, drawn from a larger archive, that represents what a person or organization has learned over time, on which the person or organization has reflected, designed for presentation to one or more audiences for a particular rhetorical purpose.” Educause  “E ‑ portfolios have emerged as a valuable online tool that learners, faculty, and institutions can use to collect, store, update, and share information. E ‑ portfolios allow students to reflect on their learning, communicate with instructors, document credentials, and provide potential employers with examples of their work.” Educause  An online personal learning environment ePortfolio 2005

Administration eGovernment eIdentity Card eMedical files personal admin space Europass Social Communities of practice Fora blogs Web 2 techno. 43 things, Del.icio.us Employment CV on web personal webspace for job seekers (ANPE, Monster..) knowledge management talent management Education paper portfolio authentic evaluation progress files professionalisation – work placments eLearning ePortfolio Bologna process Maastricht Declaration National policies: Education, Employment EQF

The ePortfolio potential  Give every citizen a tool to manage and valorise his/her lifelong learning  Technology that empowers individuals, communities and organisations  Plan learning  Accompany and support learning  Valorise talent, competency, achievements, contributions…  Assessement for learning / Assessment of learning  Recognition of prior learning  Communtity buidling: CoP  Employability  Tool that enables you to build your identity throughout your life  Reflective dimension  Social and interactive dimension

Barriers to be addressed  Multi tools and systems  Interoperability standards  Legal issues  Data protection Accessibility  Multi-lingual interfaces  Access to internet  Lifelong learning  Supporting Informal/ non-formal learning  Take up  Recognition of ePortfolios

Key-PAL Key Skills Portfolio Assisted Learning

Key facts about KEYPAL  ‘Grundtvig’ Project supported via the EU DG Education & Culture Socrates Programme  Project Budget 305K€  2 year project from Oct 04 to Sept 06  9 project partners from 5 countries  Target group: young adults without formal qualifications and/or outside formal education

Meet the KEYPAL Partners!  EIfEL(FR) – Coordinating partner  Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (FR) - Pilot activities  Edinburgh University Settlement (UK) – Pilot activities and leading standards and guidelines work  Careers Wales North West (UK) – Pilot activities and Leading Benchmarking work  The MRS Consultancy Ltd (UK) – Pilot coordination  Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SI) –Pilot activities  Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (D) – Pilot activities  Ynternet (CH) – Pilot activties and ePortfolio user guidelines

Objective  to establish the relevance and potential impact of the ePortfolio for the development and assessment of key-skills  to explore how the ePortfolio can support the integration of young adults into the world of work and training by valorising their learning experience

KEYPAL results  Benchmarking report on basic and key skills in EU  Keyskills self- assessment questionnaire  User guide to ePortfolios on line  Tutor guide to ePortfolios  Guidelines to ePortfolio implementation and tools for keyskills  Recommendations to all service-providers working with young adults on benefits of ePortfolio

KEY SKILLS in KEYPAL  Communication in first language  Communication in a second language  Mathematical literacy and basic competences in science and technology  ICT skills  Learning-to-learn  Interpersonal and civic competences  Entrepreneurship  Cultural awareness and expression Working Group on Basic Skills, Foreign Language Teaching and Entrepreneurship

KEYPAL Pilot What?  Piloting the creation and development of an individual learning ePortfolio using a variety of different ePortfolio tools  Elgg:  Career Wales on line:  Ynternet: Who?  Groups of young adults in 5 countries (D, FR, UK, SI, CH)) Why?  See to what extent ePortfolio development will:  improve their level of key skills  valorise their level of key skills  enable them to integrate the world of training and work When?  September 05 to Summer 06

For more information About KEYPAL...  KEYPAL website  Access to KEYPAL results please contact me for access to KEYPAL working space: About ePortfolios...  Come to our ePortfolio events: ePortfolio 2006: Oct 2006 in Oxford UK