Learners in transition: the use of ePortfolios for women returners to science, engineering and technology

Herman, Clem; Kirkup, Gill

doi:10.1080/14703290701757468

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“…As well as online content and interactive forums, face to face tutorials and networking events were also held locally. A detailed description of the course content and methods, has been reported elsewhere and is beyond the scope of this paper (Herman and Kirkup 2008;Herman and Webster 2010;Herman et al 2011).…”

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Returning to STEM: gendered factors affecting employability for mature women students

Herman

2014

Journal of Education and Work

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This paper adds to current discourses around employability by arguing for an explicit recognition of gender, in particular in relation to women's employment in male dominated sectors such as science, engineering and technology (SET). This is not limited to young first time graduates but continues and evolves throughout the lifecourse. Mature women students, who are returning after career breaks, face a number of barriers in re-entering such employment sectors. Drawing on data from a longitudinal study of women graduates in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), who participated in a UK government funded online programme aimed at supporting them to return to work, the paper examines three gendered factors identified as being of particular influence on outcomes -gender role normativity, locality and mobility and structural and institutional barriers. The paper concludes by identifying strategies deployed by those that successfully returned to employment, including re-training, networking and doing unpaid or low paid work.

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Returning to STEM: gendered factors affecting employability for mature women students

Herman

2014

Journal of Education and Work

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“…For example, Blicblau (2008) described the use of the ePortfolio for a capstone project for Engineering Education for the purpose of developing communication skills for working within an industrial environment, learning and self-evaluation. Also, Herman and Kirkup (2008) (Obermier, 2005), no literature was found on ePortfolios for student use in the field of Industrial Technology.…”

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A Cross-Case Analysis of the Use of Web-Based ePortfolios in Higher Education

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Executive SummaryHigher education is mandated to document student learning outcomes and ePortfolios have been offered as a panacea for assessment, evaluation, and accreditation. However, the student voice regarding the value students construct from building and utilizing web-based electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) in higher education has been sparse or non-existent in a number of disciplines. In the current study, a total of 459 undergraduate and graduate students' perceptions were collected through structured surveys, reflective journals, emails, and reflection papers. This mixed methods study reviews the historical foundations of contemporary web-based ePortfolios within a constructivist theoretical frame and presents four case studies from two universities in southwest USA from four disciplines (education, industrial technology, chemical engineering, and human resource development). A compilation of research findings from the four case studies yielded 27 categories that were later condensed through cross-case analysis resulting in five emerging themes: career-focused, big picture of learning, social and visual learning, enablers of ePortfolios, and barriers of ePortfolios. Each theme is discussed and illuminated by extracts of student work and supported by relevant literature. Recommendations include greater communication with students regarding expectations and requirements of the ePortfolio, providing student and faculty training on web-based ePortfolios, and forming a community of practice.

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“…In addition, new purposes for ePortfolios have meaningful application in Virtual HRD (McWhorter & Bennett, 2012). For example, ePortfolios are being utilized by organizations for the recruiting and selection of employees (Whitworth, Deering, Hardy, & Jones, 2011), enabling career and professional development (Garis, 2007;Herman & Kirkup, 2008;Naude, 2010), employee evaluation (Freeman, Harkness, & Urbaczewski, 2009), and community building (Garrett & Jackson, 2006).…”

Section: Eportfolios and Virtual Hrdmentioning

confidence: 99%