Exemplar 1

In this exemplar, a Work Experience Evaluation Template/Profile was developed using the PebblePad e-portfolio as a platform for Vacation Employment, a compulsory Work Integrated Learning activity. It not only enabled students to plan, reflect upon and record their work experience online, it also enabled them to self-audit their skills and abilities which are considered to be essential graduation attributes. Additionally, PebblePad allowed lecturers/employers to provide effective and timely feedback at the individual level. e-Portfolios also supported student mobility and enhanced student engagement with Engineers Australia’s Graduate Attributes.

e-Portfolio context: e-Portfolios in Engineering. In this exemplar, students used e-portfolios to evidence Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Professional Competencies for professional accreditation with Engineers Australia in a compulsory Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activity

Dates of provision: 2009 onwards

Reason for implementation: Graduate Attributes, professional accreditation, Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

Purpose/s: Work Integrated learning, Employability/Graduate attributes

Learning processes involved: Reflection, action planning, self audit of professional competencies

Practice: Developing students' abilities to plan, reflect upon and record their work experience through a compulsory WIL activity

Key staff involved:

A/P Tom Molyneaux - Director L&T School of Civil Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Dr Jie Li - School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Meaghan Botterill - e-Portfolio Project Leader, Educational Technologies Advancement Group

Paper presented at Australian Association of Engineering Education, 2009