Jörg Hafer & Marc Wienrich GbRBerlin - Germany

www.educational-design.com

Jörg Hafer – Educational Design - Berlin

ist4balt Workshop “Towards a Knowledge Society“April 7th, 2006 – Riga

The „Competency Portfolio“:A Competency Management Platform for the Career and

Transfer Service Center of the Berlin University of the Arts

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Competence vs. Qualification

Education, Study, vocational Training

Examination, Certification

Working and professional life

Qualification Model:

Competence Development Model:

Studywork experienceshobbies - interests

EducationSkills and Competences interacting with

working and professional life

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Competence Fields (according to Erpenbeck, Heyse 1999)

“object world”

“personal competences”

“social competence”

“process & subject related competence”

reflections, attitudes, valuesreflections, attitudes, values

expert knowledgeexpert knowledge

communication skillscommunication skills

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The (e)portfolio approach

• What is an ePortfolio?– “An e-portfolio is a digitized collection of artifacts

including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that represent an individual, group, or institution. This collection can be comprised of text-based, graphic, or multimedia elements archived on a Web site or on other electronic media such as a CD-ROM or DVD.

– An e-portfolio is more than a simple collection—it can also serve as an administrative tool to manage and organize work created with different applications and to control who can see the work.

– E-portfolios encourage personal reflection and often involve the exchange of ideas and feedback.”

» An Overview of E-Portfolios: G. Lorenzo & J. Ittelson 2005

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personal web-based workspace

How ePortfolio supports Competence Development

Artifacts & Projects

Europass CVLebenslaufSupplement

….

Europass documents

Guidance / Instruction / Evaluation

Profiling / Scenarios

public Microsite

Workshops & Classroom activities“owner”

reflectionreflection

expert knowledgeexpert knowledge

presentation, communicationpresentation, communication

documentationdocumentation

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Modules and Services

guidance & instructions: how to use the ePortfolio

sample Artifacts

documentation of Workshops /

Blended Learning

EuropassLebenslaufSupplement

….

create Europass documents

test & profiling

creation of personal website

workshop & activities documentation

“scenarios”

offline portfolio

Repository

cumulative evaluation and feedback

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Appearance – Portal

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Appearance – Europass CV

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Outlooks and boundaries

• Users need guidance and instruction to use the ePortfolio properly.

• An ePortfolio does not create “competence” – the User does!

• We need well designed interfaces to import and document offline acitvities and experiences.

• Within the next 10 Years the use of ePortfolios for presentation, documentation and communication will become common.