1. e-Portfolio Reference Model Dr Angela Smallwood Centre for International e-Portfolio Development, University of Nottingham Peter Rees Jones JISC-CETIS e-Portfolio Feasibility Study V2 2006 07 17 PRJ/AJS

2. JISC funds UK colleges, universities and their partners to undertake strategic innovative technical work that they could not otherwise afford. 2003: UCAS became a partner in the Specifying an e- portfolio Project led by the University of Nottingham This differentiated 2 key types of e-Portfolio used by every learner: –1) Personal e-Portfolio for collecting learning evidence –2) Presentational e-Portfolio developed by the learner for a particular audience and purpose The UCAS application of the future can be regarded as a presentational e-Portfolio Background

3. “The JISC project…. is reviewing how admissions staff use information and evidence. The project aims to make information and evidence available in an accessible electronic form that can be customised to support the admissions process and give feedback to the applicant. The Project is specifically examining the potential of entry criteria and course information to structure the personal statement. This would allow academic staff to set prompts for their own courses….UCAS and other admissions services should also consider the inclusion of additional information to produce a fuller transcript of applicants’ achievement. A more informative application form may in itself reduce the need for additional testing” (Stephen Schwartz Fair Admissions to higher education: recommendations for good practice p. 48; E9; 2004 09 00) 2004 - Schwartz on the first Nottingham Project

4. Key Project Propositions High quality course entry profiles should function within new web-based systems to –Provide structure and guidance for customised personal statements – Fair admissions –Enable admissions staff to provide feedback Ability to hot-link assertions in the personal statement to evidence in the Personal ePortfolio  richer information about borderline candidates  reduced need for tests / interviews Application for transition will express prior learning and inform post-admission learning

5. 2005: UCAS was a partner in the e-Portfolio Reference Model Project which led to… discussion of a UCAS – JISC partnership agreement 2006: Consultants advised DfES to prioritise the implementation of e-Portfolio for transitions (from school to college, to university/employment) September 2006: JISC to publish ITT for projects on aspects of e-Admissions to HE E-Portfolio for Lifelong Learning Reference Model Project

6. Framework for technological innovation, including admissions eFramework – JISC + DEST (Australia) Set of generic web services capable of many different combinations to support a wide range of processes in learning, research and administration Impact on approach to supporting transitions along lifelong learning pathway = simplification and affordability Via reusability and repeating patterns

7. Formative use of Course Entry Profiles for the Personal Statement WS 1 calls the entry profile for a particular course at a particular HEI into a blank Structured Personal Statement

8. Formative use of Course Entry Profiles for the Personal Statement WS 2 helps me link assertions and activities to evidence in my e-P to create a Personal Profile in terms of the entry requirements

9. Formative use of Course Entry Profiles for the Personal Statement WS 3 helps me link assertions and activities to evidence in my e-P such as a section of a project

10. WS 4 allows my adviser to formatively assess the statement and give me feedback. I repeat the process to make a formal application to this course. The Structured Personal Statement could be presented to an HEI as a single block of text … OR Formative use of Course Entry Profiles for the Personal Statement

11. …the HEI may follow common HR practice and summatively assess the Stuctured Personal Statement: Structured Personal Statement assessed by admissions staff. Other web services will be specified to repurpose the information so that an admissions officer can make effective use of richer information at no extra cost in terms of staff time

12. In HR the formal assessment of a structured application against a person spec may be scored by a panel. Structured Personal Statement and feedback to unsuccessful candidate. This pattern allows HE staff to give feedback to unsuccessful applicants on areas in which they can improve their profile of themselves – in addition to formal qualifications & tests.

13. Successful candidate: Structured Personal Statement as Induction Profile Induction and retention Incoming student and adviser use personal statement to optimise personalisation of programme of study and fit of option choices to student, ref: –any areas of relative weakness e.g. WP students –Special interests e.g. of high achievers

14. Service Use Case for UCAS

15. Course Information The Structured Personal Statement Feedback Testing processes APeL The relevance of established practice in other domains, in particular HR, to HE. JISC ITT will seek proposals from colleges & universities for work on: A formal partnership agreement between JISC and UCAS is being negotiated.