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Overview
The E-portfolios - Managing Learner Information business activity will establish a national standards-based approach to the use of e-portfolio technologies for managing learner information. The resultant infrastructure will ensure portability of learners' collected evidence of learning, to support their ability to move between training and other forms of education, between jurisdictions, and between employers and industries.
E-portfolio technology and standards will be developed on the basis of solid research and development, and in collaboration with all jurisdictions, key stakeholders and agencies. They will also be compatible with the service and information formats of the National Training Information Service (NTIS). Guidelines for e-portfolio services and the development of RPL (recognition of prior learning) tools will be disseminated at a local level.
Objectives
- To establish understanding of the standards requirements to enable e-portfolios to effectively support learner transitions nationally.
- To reach agreements between jurisdictions and with other sectors, on standards, business rules and policy to enable a national infrastructure to operate and to provide guidelines for developers of e-portfolio tools and applications.
- To establish an operating infrastructure which supports individual state and territory requirements while delivering national portability and verifiability of learner information.
Outcomes
- The establishment of a reference group of RPL managers and key agency representatives as the frontline stakeholder group for the learner information management infrastructure.
- The identification and initial pilot of technical standards to enable e-portfolios to support jurisdictional RPL processes.
Performance Indicators
- Identification of standards requirements to enable e-portfolio technologies to support recognition of learning.
- Greater understanding, awareness and agreement on the uses of e-portfolios from key stakeholders including owners, institutions, teachers and trainers, industry and other sectors.
- The development of a framework for understanding the infrastructure requirements to support interoperable e-portfolio systems.
