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ePortfolios and English language learners Christine Grimmer, John Bourke
The document discusses the Khebالتھ program aimed at improving English language learners' skills and experiences through a structured eportfolio system over several phases including school immersion and capstone projects. It highlights the benefits of the eportfolio in documenting learning journeys, enhancing language skills, and reflecting on personal and professional growth. Student feedback indicates a high level of engagement and improvement in English proficiency attributed to this program.
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- 1. ePortfolios and EnglishLanguage Learners Christine Grimmer and John Bourke
- 2. Building Leadership forChange through School Immersion Khebrat (experiences)
- 3. • The Khebrat(experiences) international study program for teachers • 2030 Vision program – modernisation in KSA • 25 teachers (6 countries) • 12 months • Australia, Canada, Scotland, New Zealand, USA and Finland. • A third cohort is planned for 2019. What is Khebrat
- 4. • Explicitly makinglearning and experiences relevant • Connecting education and experiences • Capturing learning for use in the future • Integrating experiences into careers ePortfolios in Khebrat
- 5. Khebrat at Griffith- Orientation - 1 week - English language intensive – 15 weeks - Technical Knowledge and skills – 4 weeks - School immersion – 18 weeks - Capstone Project showcase
- 6. • Start buildingtheir ePortfolio in a guided and structured way during the intensive English phase • Work towards greater user autonomy in phases 3, 4 and 5 • At project completion, have a digital record that documents their learning journey Participants
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- 8. • Engaging languageactivity • Involves metacognitive processes • Adds cohesion to the program • Utilises and extends IT skills • Facilitates dissemination • Affirms identity • Multi-media platform • Atlas facilitates feedback Affordances of the ePortfolio
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- 11. • Text, images,audio and video, icons and avatars • Great for individuals whose culture doesn’t favour photos of women • A picture is worth a thousand words Multi-media platform
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- 13. “The best thingabout ePortfolio is that it paints me a wonderful map of my presence in this course by talking about myself and about my country and then where I went here in Brisbane and my goals from the program and my philosophy in teaching. All this makes everything clear to me and gives me space for reflection and reporting Student perspective
- 14. • 64% -the portfolio helped me to improve my English skills. (21 % neither agreed nor disagreed.) • 88% - the portfolio enabled me to show my skills and interest as a teacher • 92% - the classes were engaging or somewhat engaging? Student Survey
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Editor's Notes
- #3 The Khebrat (experiences) program for teachers in KSA is an initiative within the Saudi Arabian 2030 modernisation project. For the last two years, the Ministry of Education of Saudi Arabia has sent cohorts of teachers for a year-long program to highly reputable schools of education in Australia, Canada, Scotland, New Zealand and Finland. A third cohort is planned for 2019.