Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University ePortfolios Competitions: Everyone’s a Winner Jacqui Patten Edith Cowan University Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University PebblePad Pilot 2012 Semester 2 units Targeted Capstone & 1 st Year Finding guinea pigs 16 units across all 4 faculties (820 students) By November 2012 first ePortfolio Competition In The Beginning Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University In This Session Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Why did we do it? What were the benefits? Where are they now? How did we do it? Showcase of Examples What did we learn? Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Why Did We Do It? Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Research –City University of Hong Kong 2009 –Clemson University, South Carolina 2010 Raise the profile to ePortfolio’s –Teaching and Learning –Employability We wanted assets we could use as examples Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University How Did We Do It? The Correct Forum – ECULTURE 2012 Promotion –Conference Web Site –Shameless (Blackboard sites, electronic newsletters, video walls, slides for lecturers, phone calls, going to lectures – bringing chocolate pebbles!) Incentive –Chance to win an iPad –Chance to be a winner Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Split Categories –First Years –Other Undergrad –Academic Staff –Graduated Students (2 nd year of competition) –Professional Staff (2 nd year of competition) How to Enter –Self subscription workspace –Entry form was an interactive Pebble Template –Get in touch with me! Make It Easy Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Housekeeping - Setting The Rules Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Legal Document –Protect the entrant –Protect ECU What could be entered –Workbooks –Webfolios (produced in Pebble) How would they be judged –Rubrics –Presentations and Judging Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University What Did the Rubric Look Like?

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Prestigious Judges Alison Poot is the Australian Director of Pebble Learning. She works with education institutions and professional bodies across Australia and New Zealand to support the implementation of the Personal Learning Space, PebblePad. Alison has been involved in the Higher Education sector for more than 20 years in a variety of roles including student counselling, coordination of first year and retention programs, evaluation and quality assurance, and project management. She moved to Pebble Learning early in 2010 from the University of Tasmania where, amongst other tasks, she managed the institutional ePortfolio Project. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Meet Our Judges – Jamie Patten Jamie Patten has 18 years Oil & Gas experience in Mechanical Engineering, Construction & Project Management. He has worked for Petreco, KBR, Chevron & WEL in North Sea & Australia. He has recently spent 9 months in Singapore as a Project Manager for an FPSO refurbishment project and is now the Asset Manager for Vincent FPSO offshore Exmouth. He has a keen interest in how ePortfolios can be used in the field of engineering to evidence real proof of capabilities. Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Benefits Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development Increased Profile Huge diversity of examples Statements during presentations gave confirmation Understanding of what could be achieved Lots of publicity and new users Centre stage at next ECULTURE Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Lessons Learnt Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development You need actual users –20 entries first year / 40 entries second year Funding –First year was part of the ePortfolio funding –Second year - Contribution from Pebble Learning –Third year - ? How work is submitted – published links expire Audience participation in judging Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Showcase Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Everyone’s a Winner - Where are they now? NameCategoryNow Kate GillUndergrad FinalistJournalist writes for Four Four Two soccer magazine, plays for the Matilda’s Tim OliverGraduated Student WinnerApp designer for mobile devices Pam BasdenProfessional Staff WinnerContinues to use Pebble for PD and is here at PebbleBash to share her story Centre for Learning and Development

Your School or Centre name here Edith Cowan University Questions Student Services Centre Centre for Learning and Development THANK YOU FOR LISTENING For further info contact Jacqueline Patten - School of Nursing and Midwifery / Centre for Learning and Development