1. Integration of learning, administrative & analytic services within the eFramework to achieve reformed admissions processes
Peter Rees Jones CETIS ePortfolio feasibility study & Centre for International ePortfolio Development

2. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Large Scale Processes
I will explore the use of a presentational ePortfolio for application to HE looking
FIRST at the Personal Statement within the presentational ePortfolio
SECOND at the plan the applicant used to develop the presentational ePortfolio
Then at how the workflow requires the integration of learning, administrative and analytic services

3. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Presentational eP: Personal Statement
The plan generated by the workflow in the first session supported the student’s development of a Personal Statement within a presentational ePortfolio

4. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Presentational eP: Personal Statement
The student reviews the entry requirements
Asserts how he satisfies them
Describes an activity that developed this
And links this to actual evidence of achievement; say a project

5. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Presentational eP: Personal Statement
The referee provides a general testimonial
And comments on specific aspects of the personal statement
The admissions officer checks the applicant’s eligibility
Then checks the Personal statement against the course entry profile and the reference.

6. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Learning Plan
Negotiation of a plan may draw on adaptations of the Action Workflow approach of Medina-Mora, Flores & Winograd 1992 for situated plans in which the student is learning to become autonomous.

7. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Learning Plan
By rendering the plan in LD might the resources the applicant needs to resolve unexpected problems directly be made available?

8. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model Other Stakeholders
The services required by College and university managers and university admission officers centre on administration and research rather than learning

9. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Integrating Learning and Admin services
The University will be required to offer feedback to unsuccessful applicants
The applicant will reflect on the feedback
And speak to her advisor.

10. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Integrating Learning and Admin services
An admissions or application service is essentially an administrative service
But the feedback component is a key learning service
High quality feedback empowers.
Low quality damages & discourages.

11. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model A model of feedback
The most common reason for failure is the level of qualification
The most valuable feedback is an evaluation of how well an applicant relates their capabilities to the course entry profile
This will suggest areas of improvement or alternative courses

12. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Locating analytic services: colleges
Advisors will be shown feedback by their students
and gain an anecdotal impression of how the college could improve its preparation of learners
There is a need for quantified data which can be used to enhance the effectiveness of learning services

13. ePortfolio Initial Reference Model
Locating analytic services: universities
Universities have the same need for analytic data to assess the effectiveness of recruitment
And the ways in which a university needs to adapt to its students to enhance retention
The same data are required to assess the effectiveness of reformed admission processes by Govt.