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Using PebblePad to support: Graduateness and Employability A personal space: for developing and understanding capability Shane Sutherland Development Director Pebble Learning Graduate capabilities are generic skills developed alongside technical and specific course knowledge. VU has identified six key capabilities which are the ability to: • problem solve in a range of settings • locate, critically evaluate, manage and use written, numerical and electronic information • communicate in a variety of contexts and modes • work both autonomously and collaboratively • work in an environmentally, socially and culturally responsible manner • manage learning and career development opportunities Flinders University’s Bachelor degree programs aim to produce graduates: • who are knowledgeable • who can apply their knowledge • who communicate effectively • who can work independently • who are collaborative • who value ethical behaviour • who connect across boundaries. UNSW aspires to develop globally focussed graduates who are rigorous scholars, capable of leadership and professional practice in an international community Leaders who are: • enterprising, innovative and creative • capable of initiating as well as embracing change • collaborative and effective team workers. QUT - Graduate capabilities • knowledge and skills pertinent to a particular discipline or professional area • critical, creative and analytical thinking, and effective problem-solving • effective communication in a variety of contexts and modes • the capacity for life-long learning • the ability to work independently and collaboratively • social and ethical responsibility and an understanding of indigenous and international perspectives • characteristics of self-reliance and leadership The University promotes the use by students of electronic portfolio tools to assist in learning and teaching, in preparation for employment, and to emphasise the development of graduate capabilities. QUT ... make available a student portfolio system to all students and support the student portfolio system as an evidentiary base for the demonstration of the VU Graduate Capabilities by VU students to employers. VU ...you will use PebblePad, an online Personal Learning System, to record your studies and achievements, and develop an e-portfolio... The e-portfolio remains with you after graduation which gives you a solid foundation to build on as you keep developing new skills beyond university. Graduate Capabilities [GCs] or attributes are interdisciplinary skills, knowledge and attitudes that equip students to live and work in a rapidly changing and complex world. They are desirable and transferrable attributes sought by employers. La Trobe University has identified the following capabilities as crucial to the future success of its students: Writing; Speaking; Inquiry/Research; Critical Thinking; Creative Problem-Solving; and, Teamwork. Faculties have also identified faculty or discipline-specific graduate capabilities [e.g., ethics and social awareness, quantitative literacy]. These along with the six University-wide GCs are collectively known as Faculty Graduate Capabilities [FGCs] and differ from faculty to faculty. FGCs are being integrated into the curriculum in identified subjects in all Bachelor courses at three levels during the course - Cornerstone (First Year), Midpoint (Mid course), and Capstone (Final Year). What do they do at La Trobe? • GC’s and FGC’s are added as tags into PebblePad • Activities embedded in the curriculum require students to create assets that are tagged against the capabilities • Feedback sheets include checkboxes to allow teaching staff to comment on attainment of the capabilities alongside the subject knowledge • Interdisciplinary and collaborative learning features highly in the curriculum • Students develop cornerstone, mid-point and capstone portfolios • Students create knowledge-based portfolios as part of their subject learning • Students are encouraged to maintain their account after graduation Questions?