International Conference “E-Portfolio for Your Future”
Sofia, 22 September, 2009
THE E-PORTFOLIO – KEY TOOL
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
ASSESSMENT OF MASTER
STUDENTS
MSc Programme “ Management for Organisational Excellence”
Prof. Y. Alkalay, G. Jadkov
New Bulgarian University – School of Management
Agenda
The Environment – Master Programme MOE
Competence approach
The new leaders’ competence profile
Needs for revolutionary changes in MD
Curriculum redesign – the role of the e-portfolio
Function
Structure
Process
Environment
Summary
MSc Programme Mission
To develop managers / leaders, inspired and
capable to apply the concepts of TQM and OE in
their management practice;
To research, develop and promote
approaches, methods and culture for TQM and
OE, creating value for students and
organisations, independently of their scale.
New Leaders’ Competence Profile
Dealing with change management
Visionary, strategic and systemic thinking
Knowing himself and helping others to know themselves
Communication and interpersonal skills
Innovator's and entrepreneur's skills and attitude
Ability for continuous professional and personal development
Analytical, synthetic and problem solving skills
Work in virtual and international teams
Designing and managing processes, process thinking, etc.
Competence
Competence
Knowlege
Experience
Competencies
Personal
values
Organisational
culture
Attitude
Assessment of Student’s Competence
Achieving results
Using
resources
Providing
direction
Managing self and personal
skills
Facilitating
change
Working with people
IT and virtual communication skills
Competence standards, e-portfolio evidences
How to Develop the New Leader?
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind
of thinking we used when we created them”
Albert Einstein
“If you got a new contribution, you’ve got a whole
new preparation”
Stephen Covey
Mindset
Content and Structure
CRM, BPM, KM,
OM, IM, RM
Academic
research
Personal
development
Learning skills
Org. architecture,
HRM, QMS, MIS,
CSR
Practical
skills
knowledge
& skills
Systems
thinking
Leadership,
strategy, FM
“Managerial initiative”
CPD plan
Master thesis
MSc “MOE”
International
summer school
Learning Methodology
(“Directed Self-Development”)
Students – playing the role of “Process Owners”;
Personal profile;
Personal development plan. Habits for CPD;
Transformative learning (Mezirov);
E-portfolio – reflection, evidences’ collection;
Learning process intensified– Web 2.0
Work based assignments;
“Managerial initiative” development
Coaching, mentoring
The new students’ role
Colleagues
(university, work place)
Personal plan
for continuous professional
development
Managerial initiative
Alumni
(community of practice)
Exams, tutor marked
assignments
Module case studies
Professional
standards
Seminars
Student
Academics,
advisors, couches
Books
Virtual studying
environment
Self-evaluation and e-portfolio
Learning and personal
development skills
Library
Master
thesis
Multicultural dimension
We are looking to achieve:
P Management of own learning outcomes & processes;
P Recognition and development of competences;
P Enhanced learning experience: personalisation of
provision; ownership of process; continuity of support;
P Use of reflection, review, self-evaluation and
assessment to improve the learning process;
 Enhanced assessment experience through: selection
of own evidence; rapid feedback; improved objectivity;
We are looking to achieve:
 Monitoring of progress & appropriate feedback;
P Opportunities for planning, review and guidance.
 Improved planning of individual and group learning;
 Recognition for value-added aspects of teaching
and learning (capacity to record learning outcomes
in relation to competence, motivation and
engagement, self-awareness and progression)
E-portfolio roles
Provides an environment where students can:
collect their work in a digital archive;
select specific pieces of work (hyperlink to artifacts) to
highlight specific achievements;
reflect on the learning demonstrated in the portfolio, in
either text or multimedia form;
set goals for future learning to improve;
present achievement through sharing this work with an
assessor (peers), whether real or virtual.
Other roles of the
portfolio
The portfolio might be useful for other reasons
than the course/program requirement. Family,
friends, potential employers were ideas of other
audiences for their work.
As the idea of audience expanded, other ideas
for extending the portfolio beyond the boundary
of requirements grew.
What is Reflective
Thinking?
• “…the process of creating and clarifying the meaning
of experience (past or present) in terms of self (self in
relation to self and self in relation to the world.)”
Boyd & Fales . Reflective Learning: Key to Learning from Experience. Journal of
Humanistic Psychology, 1983
• Reflective thinking is a part of the critical thinking
process referring specifically to the processes of
analyzing, evaluating, and making judgments about
what has happened.
Reflective Thinking Dimensions
Identify the reasons and the evidence
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Identify the author's conclusion
Identify vague and ambiguous language
Identify value assumptions and value conflicts
Identify descriptive assumptions
Evaluate sampling and measurements
Identify omitted information
Gathers available information of reliable sources
Evaluate logical reasoning
• Synthesizes the information and opinions from all perspectives
Makes appropriate judgements
• Articulate one's own values in thoughtful, fair-minded way
How to become a
Reflective Thinker?
Good reflective thinking is a process where an individual:
determines what information is needed for understanding the
issue at hand
accesses and gathers the available information
gathers the opinions of reliable sources in related fields
synthesizes the information and opinions
considers the synthesis from all perspectives of reference
creates some plausible temporary meaning that may be
reconsidered and modified as one learns
(Cynthia Mazow: Learning, Design, and Technology Stamford University)
Discussion
Questions, Ideas,
Suggestions!!!
Thanks for your attention!
yalkalay@nbu.bg
gjadkov@nbu.bg