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Description
Think Skills and Courses
* Certificates/Degrees (i.e. pieces of paper) are not enough. Think Skills/Documentation.
* Examples
* Oplerno’s Portfolio System
Working with a Team Remotely
* Dropbox, Canvas, Podio and Google Hangouts.
* Manage by task not time.
* Examples from Oplerno.
A
Good
morning
this
is
rob
skiff,
I'm
the
ceo
and
founder
of
alerno,
and
this
is
the
second
day
of
woodblock
2014..
A
I'm
going
to
be
giving
a
talk
on
thinking
about
skills
and
courses
and
talking
with
you
about
our
transcript
and
our
portfolio
system
that
we're
developing
and,
in
addition,
we'll
be
going
on
to
our
wiki
and
going
over
some
of
the
different
things
that
we've
got
in
terms
of
course,
development
and
background
for
classes
and
accreditation
and,
finally,
we'll
I'll
be
showing
you
a
little
bit
suggesting
about
ways
in
which
you
can
work
with
your
team
remotely
to
get
people
sharing,
sharing
data,
sharing
messages
and
tasks
and
organizing
yourself.
A
So
you
can
create
your
own
certificate
and
degree
program.
So
the
first
thing
I'm
going
to
be
doing
is
I'll
share
my
screen,
which
I've
made
sure
there's
nothing
on
the
screen
but
good
stuff.
For
for
my
presentation,.
A
So
today
we
yesterday,
we
talked
about
creating
a
certificate
in
degree
program.
Oh
sorry,
I
should
have
also
said
that
if
you
have
a
question,
please
send
it
to
questions
at
aplernow.com.
A
A
We
talked
about
the
different
numbers
of
classes,
you're
going
to
need
for
that
program,
and
we
also
in
the
afternoon
workshop
on
a
a
program
on
sustainability
that
people
are
visiting
and
working
on
right
now
on
our
wiki,
but
also
people
talking
about
some
of
the
issues
related
to
sustainability
on
our
canvas
accounts
that
we
use
by
our
faculty.
A
So
after
you've
created
your
after
you've
created
the
degree
in
the
certificate
program,
the
issue
is
becoming
what's
the
best
way
to
document
what
you
know
generally
in
the
past,
sort
of
the
history
of
education
has
been
about
receiving
a
diploma
receiving
a
certificate
receiving
some
type
of
you
know
title.
In
other
words,
you
go
from
being
an
apprentice
to
being
sort
of
a
master,
and
it's
actually
on
one
of
the
origins
of
the
where
we
get
the
notion
of
the
master's
degree.
A
It
means
that
you
know
you
have
the
ability
to
to
teach
someone
in
that
particular
area
or
a
skill.
You
were
a
master
craftsman,
you
were
a
master
teacher.
You
were
a
master
blacksmith,
but
you
know
today
and
in
the
past,
of
course,
you
know
carrying
around
you
know
samples
of
your
work
to
different
new
cities.
You
might
move
to,
or
new
countries
was
rather
difficult,
so
you
generally
use
these
things
called
certificates.
A
A
A
And
what
information
is
actually
conveyed
by
you
know
giving
a
and
by
receiving
the
title,
and
today
we
live
in
a
very
different
age,
and
there
are
a
couple
of
extra
things
that
are
going
on
with
information
technology
and
with
pedagogy
and
data
storage,
where
we
can
really
do
what
the
original
kind
of
diploma
or
the
title
that
you
received,
what
what
the
original
intent
was,
which
was
some
way
to
show
off
the
particular
work
and
the
knowledge
that
you
have
and
that's
by
a
portfolio
system.
A
So
let's
let
some
talk
about
you
know,
you've
got
the
degree.
You've
got
the
you've
got
the
diploma,
but
let's
talk
about
our
modern
system
of
showing
how
you
know
something
or
what
you've
done.
Okay,
in
terms
of
your
knowledge
curriculum,
I'm
gonna
increase
the
screen
size
here.
Okay,
I
hope
it's
visible.
This
is
a
transcript.
A
This
is
generally
the
way
in
which
this
is
a
made-up
transcript
from
a
I'm
pretty
sure,
a
made-up
university
somewhere
in
california-
and
this
is
a
transcript
of
an
of
an
individual
in
terms
of
the
courses
that
they
have
taken
and
the
grades
they
have
received.
A
A
A
I
hope
you
guys
can
see
it.
So
you
see
this
intro
to
computer
science
now
and
the
person
received
an
a
and
they
got.
You
know
you
show
the
number
of
credits.
Now
the
credits
are
going
to
indicate
roughly
that
the
person
spent
three
hours
in
some
type
of
classroom,
hopefully
or
in
a
lab
experience.
A
Learning
how
to
do.
You
know
the
learning,
the
basics
about
computer
science
and
the
person
received
an
a
you
really
have
no
idea.
Well,
what
exactly
did
they
learn?
What
exactly
were
the
skills
that
they
learned
in
that
computer
that
intro
to
computer
science
class?
Now,
if
I
wanted
to,
I
could
maybe
call
up.
I
could
find
the
professor,
but,
oh
goodness,
gracious.
A
They
don't
even
list
the
professor
here.
Okay,
they
give
the
course
number.
They
show
that
it
was
taken
in
the
fall
of
89
there's
a
grade.
We
don't
know
what
skills
we
don't
know
the
syllabus
we
don't
know
the
professor
is.
Was
it
a
good
professor?
Was
it
a
bad
professor?
Was
it
a
tenure
track,
professor?
Who
was
there
on
their
last
three
years
before
retirement
or
was
it
or
was
the
person
there
was
in
an
adjunct
who
wasn't
paid
a
fair
wage?
A
A
What
is
that?
What
does
that
mean?
Oh,
they
got
an
a
in
it.
We
also
have
no
way
to
tell
what
other
students
received
in
terms
of
a
grade.
What
was
the
distribution?
Is
this
the
type
of
institution
where
all
the
students
are
above
average?
Okay,
where
everybody
gets
the
a
a
way
to
look
at
this
transcript
and
to
see
a
person
is
actually
accomplished.
A
Now
that's
a
big
problem:
okay,
especially
if
you're
asking
for
a
job,
okay,
trying
to
find
a
job,
and
especially
if
you're,
a
student
and
you're
trying
to
gauge
at
well
is
the
education
that
I'm
paying
for
paying
for
really
worth
it.
Okay,
what
exactly
have
I
learned?
Okay,
I
received
a
b
plus
new
testament
literature.
You
know
we
all
know
we've
all
gotten
courses
where
our
grade
has
been
not.
A
You
know
where
we
didn't
get
the
a,
but
we
learned
a
tremendous
amount
and
we
actually
learned
more
potentially
than
the
person
who
got
an
a
okay
and
we're
actually
more
confident
about
a
bunch
of
different
things
than
the
person
who
received
the
a
on
the
multiple
guess
exam
at
the
end
of
the
term.
Okay.
A
So
this
could
be
the
case
of
this
b
plus,
which
looks
like
when
you
compare
it
to
the
other
courses
that
doesn't
look
like
they
did
as
well,
but
actually
they
might
have
done
extremely
well,
because
maybe
that
professor
just
gives
one
or
two
a's
over
the
course
of
the
of
the
year
and
this
person
got
a
b
plus,
which
means
that
they
were
in
the
top
10
percent
of
the
of
the
class.
So
you
see
how
the
transcript
it
doesn't
really
document
what
exactly
you're
supposed
to
do.
What
exactly
you've
learned?
A
You
have
no
real
understanding
of
the
academic
rigor
and
you
have
no
real
understanding
of
the
quality
of
the
instruction
you're
receiving
okay.
I
hope
I've
made
my
point
there
with
the
current
transcript.
A
Instead,
what
we've
got
now
is
starting
to
see
worldwide
in
a
lot
of
companies
is
the
development
of
skills,
portfolios
and
and
webs
of
knowledge.
Okay,
now
a
skills
portfolio
is
really
simple.
It's
a
list
of
skills
that
you're
supposed
to
master.
A
It
is
also
something
that,
in
some
ways,
records
examples
of
you
practicing
the
skill
okay
and
for
aplerno
we're
adding
two
different
pieces
to
the
skills
portfolio.
A
Okay,
but
it's
going
to
allow
students
to
upload
examples
of
skills
to
a
common
to
their
own
account,
so
that
they
can
show
potential
employers
or
show
on
their
family
or
friends
or
whomever
they
would
like
to
share
the
portfolio
with
examples
of
mastering
particular
skills
and
concepts.
Okay,
so
you
upload
it,
and
that
uploading
is
also
the
fact
that
you
mastered
a
skill
is
signed
off
by
the
faculty
member
okay.
So
yesterday
we
talked
a
lot
about
you
know.
A
One
of
the
emphasis
on
developing
a
a
certificate
in
a
skills
portfolio
was
sorry.
One
of
the
things
that
you
needed
to
create
when
you're
doing
your
certificate
or
degree
program
is
list
the
skills
that
that
you
need
to
master
for
that
class.
Okay.
A
Now,
then,
when
you
take
all
the
classes
and
those
six
to
ten
skills
that
you
need
to
mask
that,
you
need
to
teach
your
students
in
every
class
when
you
assemble
those
skills
into
a
certificate
or
degree
program.
You're
going
to
have
the
list
of
you
know
anywhere
between
30,
and
you
know,
100
or
200
skills
that
represent
your
ability
to
do
the
work
of
that
quote.
A
Degree:
okay
and
that
make
that's
a
powerful
example
of
student
learning
and
a
powerful,
also
a
powerful
example
of
pedagogical
practice
where
faculty
get
to
show
off
and
document
the
fact
their
students
actually
can
do
the
work
that
they're
teaching
or
say
they're
teaching
in
the
classroom.
A
Now
again,
at
a
player
know
a
faculty
member
has
a
sign
off
on
the
fact
that
you
know
a
particular
skill
and
if
it
turns
out
that
you
don't
know
that
particulars
okay,
we're
able,
through
an
auditing
function,
to
trace
it
back
to
the
faculty
member
who
signed
off
on
that
skill
and
will
be
probably
dinging
their
score
or
a
bunch
of
different
things
or
letting
it
know
hey.
You
know
this
faculty
member
is
either
really
good
at
documenting
skills,
really
good
at
showing
that
the
student
has
gained
this
knowledge
or
their
they.
A
You
know
they
need
work
on
that
and
think
about
how
useful
that
is,
for
employers
or
for
employee
searches.
So
again,
one
of
the
things
that's
really
important
for
us
at
a
player
knows
the
notion
of
opt-in
in
terms
of
data
data
sharing.
A
So
if
you
as
a
student,
wanted
to
have
your
list
of
skills,
wanted
to
share
your
list
of
skills
with
us
in
a
database
that
we
could
then
have
the
the
employer,
a
potential
person
looking
for
a
person,
who's
really
good
in
calculus
c,
plus
plus,
but
also
is
has
knowledge
of
spanish
arabic.
A
Okay,
they
could
come
up
with
the
list
of
10
or
15
people
who
worldwide,
who
have
that
that
type
of
knowledge,
and
with
that
student's
permission
start
to
take
a
look
at
the
documented
skills
surrounding
the
job
that
they
want.
A
Now.
I
think
one
of
the
greatest,
if
you
want
to
check
out
stuff,
if
you
want
to
check
out
an
example
of
what
what
I
think
is
a
really
good
skills
portfolio
in
the
subject
of
mathematics,
it's
khan
academies,
the
the
way
in
which
they're
doing
the
sort
of
a
web
and
network
okay
in
terms
of
the
math
pieces.
You
know
you,
you
have
a
you
know
these,
the
charts.
Let
me
pull
this
up.
A
A
Remind
me
tomorrow,
sorry,
a
thing
popped
up
about
updating
programs,
and
we
can't
do
that
right
now,
so
you
know
that
the
skills
portfolio
for
a
discipline
for
a
degree
program
or
certificate
also
allows
students
to
see
well.
What
is
it
that
they're
going
to
be
learning
in
the
future?
A
How
can
we
what
foundations
do
I
need
to
have
to
get
to
the
point
where
I've
earned
a
degree
or
what
you
know,
there's
all
kinds
of
different
things
that
we
can
create
in
terms
of
hey,
I
want
to
get
into
small
business
management.
Okay,
here
are
the
list
of
sort
of
skills
that
a
player
knows
identified
things
that
that
people
need
to
to
know
to
do
that,
but
I
also
I'm
really
interested
in
you
know
doing
that
within
the
context
of
urdu,
because
I
like
working
in
northern
india,
okay
and
pakistan.
A
Well,
there
you
go,
you
can
pull
up
those
lists
of
skills
and
and
figure
out
the
foundation
with
that.
So
that's
what
you
know.
That's
part
of
what
a
planner
is
working
on,
because
you
know
a
player
know
believes
that
it's
important
to
learn
and
document
skills,
competency
and
and
earn
a
degree.
Okay,
it's
a
degree
right
now
is
important,
but
again
it
doesn't
really
show
what
it
is
that
you
can
actually
do
it's
kind
of
it's
a
brand.
A
I
use
the
analogy
of
when
you're
driving
down
the
highway
and
somebody
passes
you
in
a
mercedes.
That
does
not
mean
they're
a
good
driver.
What
it
means
is
that
they
can
afford
to
pay
for
the
mercedes
well
in
some
ways
right
now,
because
of
student
loan
debt
and
because
of
particular
admissions
issues.
A
Okay,
that
may
or
may
not
reflect
actually
the
learning
that's
going
on
because
isn't
the
best
teachers,
the
ones
that
have
added
to
your
knowledge,
added
to
your
skills
and
and
the
skills
portfolio
is
a
way
to
start
measuring
and
taking
a
look
and
getting
into
conversations
about
that
degrees.
A
Probably
are
not
so
we're
in
this
transition
period.
We're
still
going
to
have
to
have
degrees
for
right
now
for
the
next
10
15
20
years,
maybe
forever,
but
the
degrees
have
to
change
and
adapt.
It
can't
be.
A
This
is
the
transcript
okay,
as
the
documentation
of
the
skills
learned.
This
doesn't
cut
it
anymore.
Okay,
it's
kind
of
it's
legacy,
tech,
okay
and
it
doesn't
work.
It's
not
useful,
it's
not
useful
for
the
employer
and
it's
not
useful
for
the
job
seeker.
Okay,
I
can
take
a
look
and
say
basically:
oh
this
person
has
knowledge
of
all
these
particular
things,
but
do
I
really
have
an
understanding
of
their
competency
relative
to
other
students
in
their
class?
A
Do
I
really
know
you
know
I've
had
classes
where
you
know
it's
advanced
class
and
x
subject,
but
I
really
wasn't
learning
advanced
concepts
or
cutting-edge
ideas,
cutting
edge
ideas
so,
but
when
I
took
a
course
in
intro
to
this
roughly
the
same
subject,
I
was
getting
exposed
to
all
kinds
of
innovative
and
new
ways
of
thinking.
A
So
I
think
the
industry
higher
ed,
is
going
to
have
to
change
the
transcript
piece,
and
I
also
think
that
the
skills
documentation
and
the
portfolio
pieces
is
going
to
be
increasingly
important
now
at
a
plano,
we're
going
to
do
the
traditional
transcript.
Okay,
because
on
that
is
what
you
know
we.
That
is
what
people
expect.
We
can't
you
know
completely
transform
things
overnight,
we're
going
to
be
heavily
concentrating
on
the
on
the
whoops
on
the
creation
of
a
really
good
electronic
portfolio.
A
A
So
let
me
talk
about
the
challenges
we're
facing.
Okay
in
in
this
approach,
I
mean
this
is
something
that's
really
at
the
core
of
of
you
know.
A
player
knows
pedagogical
revolutionary
transfer
transformation,
so
that's
the
pedagogical
transition
in
faculty
and
students
to
think
about
skills
and
not
just
grades
and
classes,
okay
and
think
about
documenting
those
pieces.
A
You
know
we're
not
talking
when
we
talk
about
skills,
you
know
we're
not
talking
about.
You
know
that
that
notion
of
you
know,
vocational
technical
of
just
you
know
doing
doing
things
you
know
we're
also
talking
about
you
know
is
his
skills.
Is
the
concept
of
skills
also
expanding
to
the
notion
of
of
knowledge
of
a
particular
area?
Well,
how
do
you
demonstrate
that?
Okay,
you
can't
just
say
a
person
that
you
know
I've
taken
a
course
an
intro
to
to
french
literature.
Well,
what
does
that
mean?
A
Okay,
what
competency
areas,
what
knowledge
areas
should
you
be
able
to
show,
and
that
should
be
a
discussion
that
that
is
transparent
and
shows
up
on
the
the
knowledge
of
that
you've
gained,
should
show
up
on
your
portfolio
now,
let's
talk
about
the
technology,
but
player
knows
really
lucky
in
that
we
have
a
absolute
wizard
with
the
tech
and
with
design
daniel
crompton.
Please
don't
try
to
get
him
to
jump
ship
by
offering
him
more
money.
A
That
would
not
be
good
for
us,
because
we
we
really
need
him
daniel's
a
whiz
and
he
solved
a
lot
of
the
basic
foundations
of
the
of
the
technology.
In
terms
of
you
know
the
the
basic
outlines
of
the
database
and
all
of
that,
what
we're?
Still
you
know,
working
on
is
going
to
be
the
gui
okay.
What
does
this
look
like
now?
You
you,
I'm
showing
this
picture
up
here,
it's
from
the
movie
prometheus,
okay
and
it's
the.
A
The
alien
architect,
where
they're,
showing
the
different
worlds,
that
these
different
sentient
bipeds
have
you
know
colonized,
and
it
was
an
amazing
you
know
kind
of
like
graphic
representation
of
both
the
technological
progress
that
these
civilizations
have
made
and
where
they're
located
and
where
they're
located
in
space
and
time
and
and
there
needs
to
be
a
better
way.
You
know,
just
as
we
have
this,
I
mean
there's
this
transcript
thing,
which
you
know
back
in
the
day,
did
a
great
job
of
of
communicating
the
classes
that
someone
had
for
their
degree.
A
Okay,
you
then
have
you
know,
saul
khan
and
his
genius
team
at
khan
academy.
Who've
done
a
really
interesting
job
of
creating.
You
know
these.
You
know
these
hierarchy,
hierarchical,
nested,
knowledge,
webs,
okay,
but
is
there
a
way
to
you
know
change
the
dynamic
of
the
of
the
portfolio,
that
of
the
of
the
way
in
which
we
take
a
look
at
someone's
skills
and
represent
it
graphically.
A
So
that's
a
that's
a
technological
piece
that
and
a
a
design
piece
that
you
know
we're
really
interested
in
working
on
and
getting
out
there
really
quickly
and
we're
going
to
go
through
a
couple
different
iterations,
but
it's
a
big
part
of
again
what
we
want
to
be
doing
at
a
plurno.
That
means
that
we're
going
to
have
to
have
data
storage
in
terms
of
video,
audio
and
text
documentation,
and
the
really
nice
thing
is
that
data
storage
costs
where
10
years
ago
this
would
have
been
cost
prohibitive.
A
We
might
just
be
able
to
do
a
certain
amount
of
text
right
now.
Video
and
audio
and
text
documentation
is
relatively
simple.
Well,
not
relatively
simple.
The
cost
has
gone
down
dramatically.
A
What,
though,
we
have
to
be
concerned
with
is
issues
of
data
privacy
and
planner
is
really
really
concerned
about
that,
and
we're
not
going
to
put
our
our
students
and
our
faculty
at
at
risk
in
terms
of
having
all
of
their
things
being
accessible
and
that's
something
that
daniel's
working
on
and
that
other
people
are
working
on
and
holding
their
feet
to
the
fire.
You
know
these
skills
databases
these.
A
This
information
student
information
has
to
be
private,
has
to
be
controlled
by
the
students
and
can't
be
accessible
to
anyone
who
isn't
who
isn't
authorized
by
that
student
to
access
that
information.
It's
incredibly
personal
and
we're
working
we're
I'm
not
going
to
release
something
that
is
not
going
to
be
controlled
by
the
user,
so
yeah
we're
not
going
to
be
selling
data
based
on
personal
skills
unless
they
opt
in.
A
So
how
do
you
the
other
question
that
the
other
big
challenge
that
we've
got
is
so
how
do
you
document
critical
thinking
and
problem
solving
and
other
soft
skills?
Okay,
this
is
a
really
important
issue.
We
we
at
a
plano,
don't
have
all
the
answers,
but
I
know
out
there:
there
are
a
bunch
of
people
who
do
for
their
disciplines.
A
Okay,
an
expert
in
the
field
of
teaching
can
show,
can
come
up
with
skills
and
create
documentation
that
a
person
can
teach
well
okay
in
my
class
that
I'm
teaching
that
you
all
should
sign
up
for,
because
it's
really
good
and
it's
it
only
cost
750
for
a
three
credit
class
12
weeks
is
subverting
higher
using
technology
to
subvert
hierarchy.
In
the
classroom,
okay
and
you
know,
I
can
document
all
kinds
of
different
ways
in
which
people
technology
to
empower
students
but
other
discipline,
ways.
A
Okay,
really
important
need
solving
in
this
in
this
area.
Okay,
another
question
that
we're
going
to
have
is
what
do
teachers
think
about
this
auditing
function?
Okay,
in
other
words,
the
teacher
signs
up
for
the
course
sorry,
the
teacher
says
that
a
particular
skill
is
a
student
has
a
particular
skill.
A
Then
an
employer
hires
that
person,
because
they
have
the
skill,
but
it
turns
out
that
the
that
the
that
the
student
doesn't
and
we
go
back
and
we
ding
that
student's
score,
because
we
can
also
sorry
ding
that
teacher's
score,
because
we
have
an
auditing
function:
okay,
so
no
more
social
passing
now,
I
think
we
all
have
to
be
honest
with
ourselves
that
in
large
classrooms,
where
we're
teaching
200
students-
okay,
you
know.
A
When
I've
been
in
that
situation,
I
I
really
can't
guarantee
you
know
that
the
students
have
learned
what
I've
wanted
them
to
learn
on
the
syllabus.
I
mean
there's
an
exam
that
they
may
take
or
a
paper
that
they
may
take.
But
you
know
I
I
can't
guarantee
that
they've
they've
learned
the
particular
skill.
So
you
know
I
do
you
know
you
give
a
grade
that
says:
they've
been
through
the
material
they've
performed.
A
You
know
this
well
on
particular
examples
showing
that
they're
you
know
papers
etc,
but
have
they
really
learned
skills
and
the
concepts
that
that
I've
that
I've
outlined
should
my
reputation
as
a
teacher
suffer
because
I've
passed
someone
who
doesn't
know
really
how
to
how
to
do
what
I
said
they
were
going
to
do
on
the
you
know
on
my
syllabus
I
I
think
so,
but
that's
a
really
really
different
way
of
looking
at
teaching
and
a
real
level
of
accountability
that
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
in
in
higher
ed,
high
school
or
even
elementary
school.
A
So
I
think
that
when
you
start
having
that
type
of
accountability-
and
you
really
and
as
a
student,
you
demand
that
type
of
accountability
class
sizes
have
to
get
smaller,
okay,
which
is
why
we
limit
class
sizes
to
you
know,
starting
out
these
students
of
the
planner,
okay
to
document
20
students
and
their
development
of
six
to
ten
skills
for
your
class
over
the
course
of
12
weeks.
A
Okay,
to
really
make
sure
they've
got
it.
You
know,
that's
a
that's
a
lot
of
work.
You
have
to
change
some
of
the
things
that
you're
doing
pedagogically
and
you
also
have
to
empower
the
students.
Hey
show
me
the
fact
that
you
can
do
a
phosphorus
test.
You
know
you
can
record
that
on
a
video
and
you
can
upload
it
and
you
can
walk
me
through
it.
A
You
know
you
could
have
a
faculty
member
working
in
you
know,
burlington,
vermont
or,
and
the
students
can
be
all
over
the
world,
and
you
can
upload
examples
of
where
they're
doing
the
phosphorus
test
or
where
they're
teaching
a
particular
skill
to
young
students
where
they're
working
on
a
reforestation
project-
and
you
can
dial
particular
skills
associated
with
that.
So
it
it
is
a.
I
wouldn't
call
it
a
transformation
of
education.
A
But
it's
kind
of
the
way
things
were
in
sort
of
the
small
one-room
schoolhouses
in
new
england,
where
teachers
really
got
to
know
their
students
and
really
got
to
understand
where
their
students,
what
their
students
were
doing
and
thinking
about.
Okay.
So
to
just
to
go
back
and
highlight
the
points.
The
first
is,
you
know
the
port,
the
degree
great,
but
we
also
need
to
have
a
better
way
to
document
the
fact
that
that
students
are
learning
new
skills.
A
Transcripts
do
a
very
poor
job
of
actually
showing
what
a
student
has
learned
and
we
need
a
new
system
for
a
new
age
and
that
new
system
is
a
skills
portfolio
which
shows
a
web
of
knowledge
again
records
examples
of
skills
that
the
student
has
learned,
uses
video
audio
and
text.
A
Learn
to
document
skills,
competency
and
earn
a
degree,
so
we're
going
to
apologize
going
to
do
both
and
we'll
always
probably
do
both
and
we've
got
some
really
cool
things
that
we'll
introduce
later
on,
as
people
are
developing
their
skills.
But
I
can't
I
don't
want
to
show
all
our
the
the
the
secret
recipe
that
we're
going
to
be
following
in
the
next
two
years,
and
the
challenge
is
that
moving
from
the
transcript
to
the
skills
to
being
centered
on
skills
is
a
real
pedagogical
transition.
A
Okay,
it's
pedagogical
transition
for
faculty
in
terms
of
the
documentation
and
thinking
of
of
creating
skills
for
particular
classes
and
mastery
of
certain
content
areas
for
classes
and
for
students
to
think
about
as
their
choosing
courses
as
they're
choosing
faculty
members.
Well,
how
is
this
person
really
really
good
at
teaching
and
giving
me
the
skill,
design,
skills
and
and
areas
of
knowledge
that
I
need
to
move
on
and
improve
my
life?
A
The
technology
is
mostly
solved.
The
great
thing
is
cheap
video,
audio
and
text.
Documentation
again
allows
us
to
have
a
much
richer,
send
much
richer
amounts
of
information
that
we
can
use
to
show
those
to
show
students
mastered
skills,
but
it
leaves
us
with
a
philosophical,
a
content,
a
methodological
issue
which
is
well.
How
do
you
document
critical
thinking
and
problem
solving
and
other
soft
skills,
which
has
always
been
a
problem
in
education?
A
But
you
know
that's
the
challenge,
that's
in
front
of
us,
so,
let's
just
be
honest
and
let's
deal
with
it
and
finally,
as
we
start
tracking
skills,
it
creates
a
very
different
system
of
accountability
for
teachers
and
also
an
accountability
for
students.
I
think,
interestingly
enough,
I
think
that
if
we
we
give
the
portfolio
to
the
students
and
we
allow
them
to
see
how
things
are
developing
in
terms
of
their
understanding
and
skills
that
they're
going
to
take
a
much
bigger
ownership
of
their
learning.
I
think
young
people
well.
A
I
think
anybody
knows
that
this
doesn't
mean
very
much
anymore,
okay
and
that
what
we
need
is
you
know
that
thing:
okay,
that
portfolio,
that
visual
representation
of
knowledge
that
an
individual
has
okay,
so
that's
kind
of
the
skills
and
the
the
skills
and
the
certificate
piece.
What
I
want
to
do
right
now
is
just
share
with
you
a
little
bit
about
how
talk
a
little
bit
with
you
all
about
how
we
work
as
a
team.
A
Okay,
just
so
that
my
team
members
are
not
nervous
that
I'm
going
to
go
into
our
padilla
folder,
I
will
exit
out
of
the
padilla,
actually
wait.
I
will
show
no
I'm
going
to
exit
out
of
it,
I'm
going
to
show
it
lest
daniel
and
dan
and
other
individuals
get
on
my
case
for
showing
all
of
the
various
chats
and
data
that
we're
using
with
the
organization.
Sometimes
I
take
transparency
too
far,.
A
Okay,
so
here's
the
wiki
and
organizing
teams
remotely
is
a
tricky
thing,
especially
when
you're
doing
degree,
degree,
programs
or
project
development.
It's
important
to
remember
that
a
player
know
daniel
crompton
is
located
in
europe.
Kirk
lives
in
shalat,
well,
he's
not
sherlock
dankirk
is
in
vermont
and
I'm
in
vermont
and
we've
got
other.
We've
got
faculty
members
who
are
all
over
the
world,
and
so
one
second.
A
We've
got
faculty
members
all
over
the
world,
so
you
can't
create
it's
very
rare
that
you're
going
to
have
face-to-face
meetings,
especially
if
you're
working
with
people
from
all
over
the
planet
and
a
couple
of
things
that
we
use
are
podio
p-o-d-I-o
dot-com
and
it's
actually
a
free
service
where
it's
a
project
management
software.
It's
free
for
with
you,
know,
limited
functions
and
they
do
try
to
get
you
in
to
a
subscription
piece
which
we
do
at
a
plano
and
roughly
for
nine
nine
dollars
per
sir.
A
You
have
access
to
an
incredible
range
of
tools,
including
video
audio
conferencing
text
and
document
sharing,
common
tasks,
task
bar
and
it's
and
the
ability
to
create
projects
create
deliverables
track
tasks.
A
Dan
kirk
has
created
an
amazing
faculty
contact
system
system
that
and
we're
going
to
we're
working
on
creating
our
you
know
our
student
database
using
podio,
and
if
you
were,
if
I
was
going
to
be,
you
know,
if
I
were
you
all,
and
I
was
working
on
a
degree
program
or
a
certificate
program
and
take
a
hard
look
at
at
podio
and
see
whether
you
can
get
your
team
on
it
and
start.
A
You
know,
assigning
development
tasks
etc.
That's
a
phenomenal
resource
and
again
you
can
start
off
with
a
free
trial
and
see
if
you
like
it
and
then
move
on,
and
you
know
full
disclosure.
They
are
not
paying
us
money
to
say
this.
Okay,
we
really
like
the
product.
A
It
allows
us
again
to
work
with
remote
teams,
the
board
of
directors
at
a
player
know
they
all
have
access
to
our
workspaces
at
podio
they're,
located
in
on
the
west
coast
on
the
east
coast,
all
over
the
place,
along
with
you
know,
other
individuals
we've
got
a
person
who
is,
is
working
with
us
on
some
issues
in
china
and
she's
able
to
log
on
and
check
in
and
communicate
with
us.
So
it's
a
phenomenal
content,
a
project
system
that
you
can
use.
A
The
second
piece
is
the
second
tool
is,
of
course,
something
that
you're,
probably
all
familiar
with,
which
is
dropbox.
Now
we
use
dropbox,
I'm
just
I'm
not
guys.
I'm.
A
So
box.
A
Tool
that
you
can
act
that
can
get
downloaded
onto
your
mac
or
your
windows
or
your
unix
system,
you
can
use
it
via
the
web
on
your
smartphone
and
it
allows
you
to
share
documents
in
smaller
groups
and
and
make
sure
that
those
documents
are
also
continuously
updated.
I
like
it
better
than
google
docs.
A
A
I'll
be
honest,
I
do
think
the
wiki.
You
know
our
wiki
spaces
is
a
really
great
place
to
start,
because
it
can
provide
an
incredible
amount
of
functionality
before
and
we'll
be
talking
about
that
we'll
be
showing
how
to
use
it
again.
Another
example
in
our
in
our
working
group,
for
example,
you
know
the
sustainability
degree
program
that
we
workshopped
yesterday
for
about
an
hour
and
a
half.
You
know
you're
the.
A
You
know
deal
with
the
discussions,
but
also
to
when
you
edit,
something
you
can
download
files
as
in
you
know,
video
audio,
all
kinds
of
great
things
and
links
and
and
widgets,
and
you
can,
you
know,
create
a
very
dynamic
landscape.
I
can
show
you
one
wick
see
this
saves
for
a
second
to
show
you
kind
of
the
functionality.
A
This
is
a
wiki
developer
about
five
six
years
ago
for
one
of
my
classes
at
at
uvm,
and
I'm
showing
you
this
to
just
show
you
kind
of
all
the
different
things
that
you
can.
You
can
do.
You
know
share
video
audio
pieces
since
it's
accessible
by
the
entire
web.
You
can
have
people
commenting
on
your
work.
You
can
share.
A
You
know
different:
these
are
different
documents
that
were
written
by
the
students
about
the
about
using
technology
in
the
classroom
and
different
things
that
they
thought
were
really
really
important.
Again:
video
audio
discussions
and
for
a
for
users.
A
Sorry
for
sort
of
like
you
know,
organizers,
you
can't
assign
tasks,
but
what
you
can
do
is
you
can
take
a
look
at
when
people
were
interacting
and
what
people
were
doing.
Okay,
so
it's
you
know,
use
the
start
off
by
using,
in
my
opinion,
start
off
with
the
wiki.
If
you've
never
done
this
kind
of
work
before.
A
Oh
dot
start
off
with
a
wiki
if
you've
never
done
this
before
experiment
with
it.
Remember
that
there
are
other
people
who
are
going
to
go
on
and
edit
edit
also
and
try
to
just
you
know,
generate
networks
where
people
are
talking
back
and
forth
and
producing
content.
The
final
way,
which
you
can
also
start
to
organize
your
projects.
A
In
your
degree,
your
degree
or
your
skills
list,
or
what
have
you
is
if
you're
a
faculty
member
you
can
go
on
to
canvas
and
some
faculty
members
have
started
discussion
posts
on
all
kinds
of
of
different
issues
and
that's
a
great
place
to
meet
now.
A
One
thing
to
remember
is
that
in
the
development,
even
of
the
skills
that
you're
going
to
be
teaching
in
the
class
or
even
the
skills
portfolio,
I
think
it's
a
really
good
idea
to
have
students
involved
in
that
process,
how
to
teach
and
not
necessarily
telling
you
what
to
teach
but
telling
you
if
what
you're
teaching
is
relevant
to
you
know
to
their
to
their
lives.
Getting
that
kind
of
feedback
from
the
people
who
you're
working
with
is
critical,
and
so
we
can't
make
our
canvas
discussion
boards
open
to
everyone
on
the
net.
A
Okay,
we
can
make
the
the
wiki
that
we've
got
is
open
to
everyone
on
the
net,
so
we're
we're
hoping
that
as
we
start
driving
traffic,
as
we
start
increasing
traffic
that
we're
gonna
on
to
the
website
and
as
that
traffic
increasingly
has
students
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
get
students
involved
in
a
big
discussion
again,
you
know
when
you're
talking
about
you
know
when
you're
talking
about
the
sustainability
program.
A
Okay,
go
back
to
that.
You
know
a
student
can
take
a
look
and
and
say
you
know,
wow
the
those
courses
are
really
really
important,
but
sustainability
also,
you
know,
doesn't
involve
you
know,
building
or
the
economics
of
poverty.
Well,
you
know
a
student
who
is
from
a
different
part
of
the
world
may
have
a
very,
very
different,
take
on
on
what
the
concept
of
you
know.
Poverty
means
and
then
being
able
to
input
into
either
that
class
that
you're
developing
or
that
degree
program
is
going
to
be
critical.
A
For
example,
a
big
huge
issue
in
china
right
now
is
water
quality
issues
and
also
desertification,
and
so
a
student
who
you
know.
Let's
say,
students
are
from
china-
are
logging
on
to
a
player
now
in
there
and
they
take
a
look
at
the
sustainability
degree
program.
A
They
might
say:
okay,
we
really
need,
as
part
of
this
certificate
or
degree
program,
is
there
a
way
that
you
can
talk
about
ecological
restoration
of
water
systems
or
ecological
restoration
of
for
reforestation,
and
then
you
have
feedback
on
a
subject
on
an
area
of
study
that
is
very
important
to
the
people
who
you're
supposed
to
be
serving
and
teaching,
and
all
of
that
all
of
that
team
building
piece
can
happen
before
you
even
enter
the
class.
A
If
you
use
tools
like
the
wiki,
if
you
use
tools
like
canvas,
if
you
also
use
you
know
podio
to
help,
you
get
your
team
together
and
start
managing
on
the
process
of
creating
things.
I
also
last
piece
before
we
stop.
A
I
think
everybody
has
different
management
styles
and
I'm
really
lucky
in
the
team
that
we
have,
that
they
tolerate
mine
and
that's
managing
by
tasks.
Okay
and
that
we
have
particular
tasks
on
that
need
to
be
accomplished,
they
get
assigned.
I
get
assigned
tasks
I
can,
you
know,
do
some
assignments
of
some
tasks
or
we
share
them,
and
it
allows,
for
example,
us
each
to
kind
of
organize
our
lives
in
the
most
efficient
way.
Paul.
A
We
have
several
of
us
have
kids
and
families,
and
and
young
kids
and
spouses
that
work
or
different
things
that
we
like
to
do
and
the
nine-to-five
job
doesn't
work
for,
for
everybody
all
the
time
and
so
by
managing
by
task,
rather
than
by
time,
people
can
organize
their
lives
the
way
they
want
in
the
most
efficient
way
possible,
which
makes
actually
the
work
that
gets
accomplished.
It
increases
the
pace
of
that
work
and
it
increases
the
quality,
because
everybody
is
a
whole
lot
happier.
A
So
I
would
encourage
you
as
you're
developing
the
degree
programs
you're
developing
your
certificates
or
you're
working
with
the
planner
now
and
you're,
maybe
you're
using
podio
or
using
some
other
system.
Is
that
again
managed
by
task?
Don't
manage
potentially
by
you
know,
task
slash
deadline
but
give
people
the
flexibility
that
they
need
to
and
the
tools
they
need
to
accomplish.
What
they're
you
know,
what
they're
up
to
and
again
to
bring
it
back.
A
If
we
go
to
the
back
to
these,
this
notion
of
skills,
okay
skills,
expertise,
there's
more
than
one
way
to
to
get
the
skills
or
get
the
the
range
of
skills
needed
to
be
successful
in
a
particular
field.
The
way
that
we're
designing
the
skills
portfolio
fits
in
with
the
classes,
because,
while
we,
we
have
a
assigned
series
of
signposts
and
guidelines
and
skills
that
people
learn
for
a
particular
degree
how
they
get
to
that
degree
is
flexible
and
that
flexibility
we
also
feel
is
going
to
lead
to
a
whole
lot.
A
Lower
non-completion
rates
and
a
whole
lot
more
happiness
on
the
part
of
the
students
and
a
whole
lot
happiness
on
the
part
of
the
teachers
too.
So,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
for
listening
to
this
talk,
we're
going
to
be
workshopping
an
event
coming
up
in
15
minutes
and
feel
free
to
shoot
us
any
questions
that
you
have.
Let
me
I'm
going
to
unshare
my
screen
and
I'm
going
to
check
on
my
messages
for
just
a
second
in
case
there
were
a
few
questions.
A
A
Woodblock
class
deliverables
graded
items
should
always
be
relevant
outside
of
class.
Traditional
units
are
not
agile
enough.
A
Traditional
universities
aren't
agile
enough
to
implement
that
very
true,
I'm
finishing
a
doctorate
where
the
competency
portfolio,
including
competency,
critical
reflections
with
examples.
That's
great
yeah,
it's
you
know,
there's
a
whole
lot
of
you
know.
I
don't
want
to
leave
the
impression
that
the
plano
is
the
only
people
that
are
thinking
about
this
or
doing
it
right.
There's
a
lot
of
groups
that
are,
but
we
really
want
to
place
this
at
the
core
of
of
what
we're
up
to
and
really
have
it,
be
scalable
and
accessible
to
everybody.
A
Okay,
so
thank
you
very
much
for
the
comments.
We'll
see
you
guys
in
up
remind
folks
that
the
workshop
on
a
business
degree
is
in
45
minutes,
so
it
at
10
30.
thanks
dan
kirk
for
telling
me
so
we're
going
to
start
the
workshop
on
the
business
degree
in
45
minutes.