Description of an ambitious project to provide a flexible modular e-portfolio to immigrants to support communicating learning from diverse life experiences, language learning, socio-professional integration and the development of 21st century skills.
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1. Telling e-Portfolio Stories Wolverhampton, UK June 10-11,
2009 Samantha Slade A lifelong and life wide learning e-portfolio
for immigrants
2. Why an e-portfolio for immigrants? A changing landscape
For example, in region of Laval, Quebec:
Immigrants represent 1/5 of the population
More than of the population has a first language other than
French or English
Immigrants have a higher level of poverty and social exclusion
(despite their education)
Recruiting and keeping immigrants in the work force is part of
the regional strategic plan
3. Lifelong and life wide stakeholders immigrants immigration
support services learning institutions regional
development/employers e-p
4. Within that context, challenges for learning institutions to
meet needs percolab and a regional educational authority partnered
to explore the potential of e-portfolios to support immigrants and
learning and teaching (eventually other partners joined in)
5. ePortfolio for immigrants valuing and articulating skills
socio-professional integration 21st century citizen experiences
work education life language learning local daily life skills
workforce eCitizen responsible self-organised networked
Self-knowledge and self-confidence
6. Getting started: Where to position the e-portfolio ?
immigrants: - open access on web regional development/ labour force
- employment agencies - employers immigration support services: -
during immigration process (government) - community groups learning
institutions - digital literacy (eCulture) - language skills -
career guidance
7. A successful pilot phase Showing interest to use it.: A
course about me. Validating the pedagogical and technological
choices
8. Flexible modular environment with smart wizards Lifelong
learners = autonomy and control Users can organise, rename,
connect, add, adjust as they want!.
9. A library of standard structured support activities To avoid
the blank page syndrome, but each activity can be moved,
removed.
10. Embedded resources, with a learning approach Specific to
immigrant context, needs and language level
11. Lifelong life wide learning e-portfolio Language level 1
Language level 2 Language level 3 Language learning in workplace
Finding employment Scrapbook of progress Life
12. Interaction and feedback Family and network from birth
country Colleagues and immigrant network Teachers and tutors
Reflective learning Public web presence digital identity Potential
employers ePortfolio
14. Collaborative approach: towards a learning region Integrate
existing resources (standards): improve access to resources and
services that are too often hidden, scattered, partial. By Kazuhiko
Teramoto, Flickr.com
15. References Widgets for flexible learning and ePortfolios,
Yves Otis
http://www.percolab.com/blog/2008/09/14/widgets-for-flexible-learning-environment/
Creating Flexible User Applications Using Widget Technology , Scott
Wilson
http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/feature.2008-07-08.2311704736
16. Samantha Slade [email_address] My e-portfolio:
samanthaslade.ca/wiki This presentation will be available at
slideshare.net/sam5
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