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E-Portfolio Developments in
Wales
Careers Wales Online
Linda Tomos
Rheinallt Jones
Setting the Context
• Wales is a nation of 3m people with 21%
of the population bilingual Welsh/ English
• 75% of the country is eligible for E.U.
Objective 1 status
• National Assembly for Wales developed a
strategic development framework for
Wales
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Why E-learning?
• Wales still operates a learning system
dominated by traditional processes yet the
current order is being challenged by global
players, most of them outside Wales
• Unless we start to think imaginatively and
radically about access to excellence in learning
for all, technology will fail to transform the
volume and quality of learning
• We are being forced to rethink the essence of
learning, its planning and its delivery
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E-Learning in Wales
Mission Statement
• “ to promote lifelong learning and provide world-class
learning opportunities for all in Wales to fulfil their
potential”
• “to demonstrate excellence in connectivity, content,
confidence and competence in the application of
technology to learning”
• 5 key goals
– Essential skills
– Lifelong learning
– Applying knowledge
– Skills for business
– Learning communities
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Current Challenges
• Connectivity –unequal access and opportunities,
variable technical support
• Content – materials designed, built, procured
and accessed by a variety of local arrangements
• Confidence – lack of knowledge and good
practice, limited understanding of benefits, low
exploitation of the commercial benefits
• Competence – insufficient competence and
capacity to deliver excellence
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What do we need to
consider?
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Access  Infrastructure
Motivation  Information and Orientation
Materials  Standards & Interoperability
Delivery  Training & Culture Change
Accreditation  Existing & New Qualifications
Support  Metadata Resources, Technical
Progression  Coherent Framework
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The Role of the EPortfolio
• A learner-centred approach requires
effective tools for learners
• Learners need a means to record their
requirements and learning experiences in
a complex world
• Learners need learning outcomes to
effectively manage their progression
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Role of Careers Wales
• An all age guidance service established in
2001 delivered by 7 companies across
Wales funded by the National Assembly
for Wales
• c.900 staff, many guidance professionals
• All client groups (except university
students), employers, voluntary sector
• Quality framework established for
service delivery independently inspected
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CWOL Aims & Objectives
• Create a virtual web-based guidance
service for all audiences, complimenting
existing services
• Enable individuals to maintain their own
e-portfolio for life starting at 14 –
Progress File Online
• Act as a focal point for national elearning services providing access to
other information and service providers
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The System – Main
Challenges
• Engage all ages in a bilingual environment
• Encourage regular updating of
information held
• Provide access via various platforms with
migration to new technologies
• Ensure effective communication routes to
human information, advice and guidance
services
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Organisational Model
• 2 year planning process by Careers
Wales involving guidance experts, ICT
specialists, software developers (Illumina
Consortium), strategic partners
• Development process followed by 6 month
pilot leading to full implementation April
2004
• Re-engineering of the delivery of all
guidance services by Careers Wales with
a team of 6 required to maintain the
service
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Technical Model
• 3 layer model web browser/business
logic/backend databases
• Industry standard applications delivered
via the Web, chat rooms, SMS text
messaging
• Fully compliant with U.K. accessibility
requirements
• Multi media content management system
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Bilingual Content
Management
• Authored by specialist work groups
in a dynamic and journalistic style
• Linked to Careers Wales quality
systems
• Tailored for different audiences
• New information products for
learning opportunities, LMI,
occupational information
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Bilingual Progress File
Online
• Based on validated text-based
programme developed in the U.K.
• Who am I - short interactive diagnostic
tests
• Results populate CV, Action Plans,
personal statements
• Interactive interview games
• My documents & presentation folders
• Focus on achieving learning outcomes
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Bilingual Presentation
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Diagnostic Tests
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Example of Future Service
• Accredited credit transcript for all of an
individual’s learning activities based on
the Wales Credit & Qualifications
Framework
• This will eventually lead to validated ‘online’ certificates from awarding bodies
• All learning outcomes for formal and
informal learning will be recorded via an
agreed credit rating
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New Challenges
• Changing cultures and working practices
for guidance, education and the
workplace to work via the Web
• Hosting and managing potentially 3m
accounts over long timescales
• Encouraging users to continue to maintain
their account throughout life
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Contact
• Rheinallt Jones
[email protected]
Tel:(UK) 01286 679199
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