1. A Sample e-Portfolio Service Landscape for Higher Education Wolfgang Greller TenCompetence Workshop Manchester 11 Jan 2007

2. What are e-Portfolios? e-Portfolios are…...the answer! What's the question?

3. What are e-Portfolios? More realistic perspective needed for implementation: e-Portfolios are... “what it says on the tin” “what it says on the tin”

4. More importantly… Students already engage in EP but may not know they are Universities need to support EP if they want to support students What do universities provide to enable EP?

5. Understanding Traditional portfolios e.g. Art & Design, Architecture, Medicine e.g. Art & Design, Architecture, Medicine Collection of artefacts and narratives Collection of artefacts and narratives Emergence of the Social Web Collection of different roles and memberships Collection of different roles and memberships Embedding of skills and competences in HE Demonstrating prior learning Demonstrating prior learning Demonstrating employability Demonstrating employability

6. Competence Assessment knowledge : qualification = skills : x? knowledge : qualification = skills : x? How do we document, assess, and certify competences (e.g. ability to learn)?

7. Clear set of goals Employability Competency-oriented education Improving student learning (reflection) Service orientation (personalisation) Improve administrative processes

8. Service landscape

9. Personalised Support Entry Phase Learning support Career preparation

10. Next Challenges Interoperable data (internal – interinstitutional) Competence standards Euro CV integration Integration of aggregator Publicising/promoting services Creating sustainable business model

11. Thank you Dr Wolfgang Greller University of Klagenfurt Austriawolfgang.greller@uni-klu.ac.at