1. © University of Reading 2006www.reading.ac.uk/ccms Presentation for the Dutch Network of HE Careers Counsellors Amsterdam, 23.02.10 David Stanbury CCMS Director d.r.stanbury@reading.ac.uk Image: thetravelpeach.com

2. 2 Centre for Career Management Skills National Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Based at the University of Reading 1.Develop resources and curriculum 2.Debate and research 3.Dissemination

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4. 4 Award-winning Destinations® Advice, information, interactive activities –650+ pages –200+ videos –50+ activity sheets (downloads) Fully functioning for –Students to use it on their own –Guided learners Learning tool designed for flexible curriculum use Comprehensive coverage Comes with T&L materials

5. 5 Used by 50+ HEIs…

6. A challenge Do you want to be able to create many different careers courses from one centrally supported online resource? But how? You need a resource that is: –Flexible –Works with a Virtual Learning Environment –Designed for the web 6

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11. Adaptability Destinations® is composed of stand-alone, re-usable learning objects… that you can draw on to build different careers modules… image from CompareStorePrices 11

12. 12 Destinations®VLE module Values Interests Careers PG study Philosophy Values Interests Careers Physics Interests Careers PG study

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14. University of Ulster Careers Centre Accredited careers education modules to 31 degrees –Owned and delivered by the Career Centre –Owned by academic faculties; delivered by careers staff Using Destinations® lesson cover: 1.Making choices: an introduction to career planning 2.Developing employability skills 3.Making work experience work 4.Application forms 5.Interview skills 6.Assessment centres Project led by Dr. Sharon Milner 14

15. What is the difference? Destinations® Content rich Non-directive Freedom for users to roam T&L resource Adds value to a portfolio system E-portfolio Stores data Re-presentation Process Directed pathways 15

16. Destinations® AND e-portfolios Dr. Julie Hughes, University of Wolverhampton Mid-way through a project to use Destinations® to enrich Pebble Pad Hermione Berry, Bradford University will be using Destinations® with Pebble Pad soon. 16

17. Advantages for T&L Highly flexible, you can –Use as little or as much as you want –Point your students to exactly the right places –Mix it with other web-based resources –Use it to create whole courses –Or to supports existing modules ‘It’s tangible, not a concept that needs lengthy discussion… it gives immediate impact… (academic) staff can see how it can be used and run with it.’ Gill Harvey, Roehampton University 17

18. Bridge to academics “Many academics now have a greater sense of involvement in careers education though working with the careers service to co-create Blackboard courses around Destinations®.” Sandhya Patel, Careers Education Manager, University of Reading 18 Image: www.trippist.com

19. Puts the careers centre in control Destinations® is a teaching and learning resource YOU can own and control. ‘It’s put Roehampton (Careers Service) on the map.’ Gill Harvey, Roehampton University 19 Image: Roehampton University

20. Helping individual clients Do you want an online resource that will help student career centre advisors? How does Destinations® help? You can direct students to –Activity sheets –Exercises –Videos ‘This site is extremely informative and helpful... it gives you everything you need to know when looking, applying and interviewing for a job...’ (Roehampton student) And you can add your own local information, web-links, videos to the site if you wish… 20

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22. Advice pages A special zone Each ‘advice page’ takes a common student problem The problem is broken down into key issues. Advice is given on each sub-issue And links are made to relevant pages on the rest of the site You can add your own pages to answer your students’ questions And use as part of e-guidance 22

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24. Collaborating with colleagues A university that has bought Destinations® can swap material with another university that has bought the site For example, Mary Sweeney’s team at the University of Limerick in Ireland –Added new pages –Edited existing pages –Added Irish web-links –Added Irish videos Their version is now being used by 15 other universities in Ireland 24 image: image: deblacamandmeagher.com

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26. 26 Destinations® Community A spare for sharing Google group Free material Contact with other users Pilots Birmingham (Sophie Miller) Bradford (Hermione Berry) Cornwall (Kathleen Pope) Limerick (Mary Sweeney) Roehampton (Eddie Tunnah and Gill Harvey) Ulster (Sharon Milner)

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28. Practical consequences What are the consequences for a student careers centre? Ownership and control of an extensive resource Provides structure for adding new resources –Add your videos into the video player 1.Time to edit (and translate) 2.Build into your process for updating information 3.Decide how to link with your other online resources 28

29. Requirements for using the site It’s a standard website that runs off a normal server It can be quickly installed It must be password protected It is a ‘flat’ HTML site, its doesn't come with a content management system Global design changes can be quickly made using cascading style sheets Edit text using Dreamweaver or Front Page etc. HTML skills are needed for more extensive work Site comes with full technical documentation 29

30. Benefits include: Massive resource that is very flexible Works for individuals and courses Professionally designed Learning tool (videos, worksheets, interactive exercises) Controlled by the student careers centre Can be adapted to meet your local situation Basis for collaboration with other universities Available for purchase and use now 30

31. Reach and coverage The manyOr the few? 31 http://static- p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/06/62/77/400_F_6627757_D1JWhqSdsx1451racZX1JbCMWfcSTRJW.jpg © California University Pennsylvania

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