Shane Sutherland | Development Director
Dec 30, 2015
Shane Sutherland | Development Director
The development of PebblePad3
How did we get here?
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Flexible tool
Unexpected uses
Flexible developments
FurtherUnexpected
uses
More flexible developments
+ dilemmas
The development spiral
Principle Led Design
Principles behind a Personal Learning Space
1 ...supports personal learning
2 ...offers a safe and private space which is owned and controlled by the learner
3 ...is multi-purpose – but purposeful
4 ...supports learning wherever it happens, whenever it happens
5 ...helps to surface and scaffold the process of learning
6 ...is underpinned, and informed, by a reflective structure
7 ...gets people talking and helps users construct their narratives
8 ...can accompany learners throughout their lives and across all their activities
Where is here?
Uniqueyoo-neek
adjective1. without equal or like; unparalleled2. (informal) very remarkable
Unique? Just another tool…
So, PebblePad is a Swiss Army Knife for Learning, Teaching (and Assessment)?
Yes! but…
• an e-submission system• a feedback (and feedforward) system• a personal and professional
development tool• a recording and registration system• a system for evidencing competences
and standards• a tool for recording and presenting
graduate attributes• an electronic lab-book tool• a collaborative learning space• a blogging platform• a tool for building and maintaining
dynamic CVs• a peer review system
• a template management environment• a document storage and retrieval
system• a project management tool• an eportfolio authoring environment• an assessment management tool• a content delivery vehicle• a learning design environment• a learning and research skills system• a mobile learning tool• a private, reflective space• a personal learning space• …
Sometimes it’s easier to describe what it’s used as…
• an e-submission system• a feedback (and feedforward) system• a personal and professional
development tool• a recording and registration system• a system for evidencing competences
and standards• a tool for recording and presenting
graduate attributes• an electronic lab-book tool• a collaborative learning space• a blogging platform• a tool for building and maintaining
dynamic CVs• a peer review system
• a template management environment• a document storage and retrieval
system• a project management tool• an eportfolio authoring environment• an assessment management tool• a content delivery vehicle• a learning design environment• a learning and research skills system• a mobile learning tool• a private, reflective space• a personal learning space• …
Sometimes it’s easier to describe what it’s used as…
Defining a Personal Learning and Assessment Space
PebblePad
Pebble+ ATLAS
the institutional space
(assessment system)
The personal learning and assessment system
personal learning space
PASSpersonal advice & support
space
It’s the curriculum stupid!
Not just an eportfolio
Not just for employability
Not just for PDP
Not just for nurses, teachers, allied
health
Not just an ‘add-on’
Me-portfolios and T-portfolios
(Presentational) Portfolios fall into two main categories and(at least) eight sub-categories:
Me-Portfolios Personal Professional Promotional
T-Portfolios (task portfolios) Process Project Placement Production Pedagogical.
Meaningless Activities
Meaningful Activities
Flexible, multi-purpose tools
Inflexible, single purpose tools
Stickiness? Engagement? Ownership? Persistence?
How fabulous is PebblePad?not fabulous enough, on its own!
Any questions, thoughts, ideas, job offers?