A large amount of work has already been and is currently being undertaken around the use of e-portfolios within education and training. This investigation has sought to provide insight into use of e-portfolios in Australia’s current economic climate, where policy makers are challenged regarding how best to support and manage Australia’s workforce
The E-portfolios beyond education and training report provides case studies of a number of international examples of the use of e-portfolios to assist people in the workforce and in career development. It makes recommendations that include enhancing current national infrastructure to enable Australians to use an e-portfolio to enhance career development, lifelong learning, and workforce participation.
- Expand Myfuture (Australia’s career exploration service) to include the following:
- the types of e-portfolio services offered by Careers Wales
- features that address labour market adjustment issues, particularly the needs of workers dealing with unemployment and trying to get back into the workforce
- multiple user interfaces to support different audience
- appropriate communications tools for collaborative reflection in professional development.
- Fund e-portfolio trials in areas of particular relevance to Australia.
- Fund interoperability trials between the recommended ‘Myfuture’ e-portfolio and existing Australian institutional e-portfolios.
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