1 / 11

Fostering Student Personal Development and Employability

Fostering Student Personal Development and Employability. Barbara Lee & Samantha Moss. Project team. Barbara Lee Samantha Moss LIS Roger Emery LIS Ann Bingham SSNO Liz George: Careers LIS Research Assistants: Roz Collins & Accalia Atkinson. Project outline.

hanh
Download Presentation

Fostering Student Personal Development and Employability

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Fostering Student Personal Development and Employability Barbara Lee & Samantha Moss

  2. Project team • Barbara Lee • Samantha Moss LIS • Roger Emery LIS • Ann Bingham SSNO • Liz George: Careers LIS • Research Assistants: Roz Collins & Accalia Atkinson

  3. Project outline • Analysis of course documentation • Considering how Career Box and any portfolio project would link • Evaluation of available portfolio products • Identifying how to take forward the development of an e-portfolio product that links to MyCourse

  4. Research: Student Focus Groups Students liked: • The idea of an on-line blog • A place to record work experience • A good way to showcase yourself • The idea of a professional directory • The fact that different audiences can be enabled to have different views and that each view can be tailored to its audience. • Help in staying focussed on careers and jobs as they progressed

  5. Research: student online survey • More than ¾ did not keep a blog • What records did they kept as part of career planning? • Assignments; CVs; Work Experience; Qualifications and Educational background • 80% said they would use an electronic storage space • The most popular functions (in ascending order) were: storage of useful documents; useful websites; web bookmarks; certificates/qualifications; contact lists; PDP, CV builder; Feedback mechanism; diary; action plan, job interview records; reflective journal; display gallery; blog; video centre; sound deck

  6. So what did students see it as useful for • All their different information could be kept in ONE place • An easy, practical and professional way to provide information for employers • It would really help them get a job in more competitive times • Convergence with other media makes it a very useful application.

  7. What issues might prevent use • Too complicated – links to focus group who identified a need for support • Would want it to be transportable (online/focus groups) • Unreliable internet connection • Use of another product or need for a tangible portfolio

  8. Research: staff focus group • Various benefits identified • Student use: independent learning, recording academic/professional development • As part of a unit – units tended to be based on projects, learning journal, action plans etc • Flexibility of use • Own development record

  9. Where to find it & when: • Go to myCourse: • http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk • On the top navigation bar, hover over myCourse and select ePortfolio from the drop down menu (see next slide) • The Mahara E-Portfolio can be fully accessed from early/mid October 2009 • More information & demo e-portfolios can be found now at • http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/eportfolios

  10. Mahara homepage:

More Related