Conversations on Competences: Eight ePortfolio projects

A pre-conference day of dialogue, organised by percolab
a fringe event of the ePortfolio and Digital Identity Conference
in collaboration with
the Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes (ICÉA),
the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL),
Opossum and the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT)

Closeup of two professional ePortfolios
Mario Asselin, Opossum (Québec)
Samantha Slade, Percolab (Québec)

Employability, flexicurity, and ePortfolios
NedCar, ePortfolios for professional renewal in industry (Netherlands)
Esport, ePortfolios for essential competences (Canada)

Professional and organisational development and ePortfolios
Transforming personal development of firefighters via ePortfolios (UK)
ePortfolios to create a professional community (Quebec)

ePortfolios to facilitate lifelong learning
Regional ePortfolio for immigrants (Quebec)
ePortfolio supporting more humane globalisation (Switzerland)

Conversations in French and English
(interpretation available)

New visions, new processes, new tools – that is what ePortfolio practice is about. Each project is exemplary in how it captures and values competences to enhance learning, employment, and growth. It’s the convergence of technological potential and novel approaches to enable savy, flexible online environments to better instrument and empower individuals to take responsibility and control for their learning and career management.

Who should attend

• Training and human resource development professionals
• NGOs, community groups, literacy groups
• Business sector
• Public sector representatives
• Education and continuing education sectors
• Professional associations and unions

Objectives

At the end of day participants should be able to

• Describe the potential and added-value that an eportfolio can contribute to the areas of employability, professional and personal and organisational development.
• Identify some challenges and tensions surrounding ePortfolio development and use.
• Explain the crucial role of competence frameworks in relation to the goals of an eportfolio.
• Reflect on how your organisation can contribute to social innovation projects.

Registration (payment by credit card via PayPal only) >>>

Regular: 150 $
NGOs, unemployed, students: 50 $
A limited number of free registration is available.
Submit paragraph of motivation to [email protected]

Organisation of the day

For each theme, two ePortfolio projects have been partnered to spark a constructive dialogue around the issues and challenges. The conversation format, though structured, allows an informal exploration, welcoming participation from the audience.

8 h 30 – 9 h 00 Registration and light breakfast
9 h 00 – 17h 00 Conversations (including lunch)
17 h 00 – 18 h 30 Cocktails (offered by Opossum) and more conversations …

Participate in the online conversations, before, during and after the event at café percolab