Transcript Pilot Implementation of the Digital Portfolio in Greece

Pilot Implementation of the
Digital Portfolio in Greece
Zoe Albani
Vocational Counselor
European Projects Development
and Management
IEKEP
Profile of the operators
The experimentation of the Digital Portfolio method in
Greece took place in January and involved 7 operators
and 5 clients coming from different target groups.
The operators were psychologists, career counselors,
sociologists and social workers. However, they work in
different organizations dealing with various socially
vulnerable groups. More specifically:
Profile of operators cont.
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Two are working at a Working Youth Center belonging to a
public organizations where they deal with various types of
socially vulnerable groups
Two work at the education department of a Drug
Rehabilitation Center and are responsible for the social and
occupational integration of ex drug addicts
Two are working at a center providing both social and
psychological support to immigrants, expatriates and refugees
One works at the unemployment center of the Municipality of
Rentis
None of the operators had any previous experience with this type
of tool
Beneficiaries
The clients who were involved in the experimentation
and developed their digital portfolio were:
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Two drop outs
On ex drug addict at his rehabilitation phase
One immigrant
One young woman who have completed high school
but lacks the necessary credentials to enter the labor
market in the sector she is interested in
What helped
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The training provided to the operators
The methodological and technical guidelines
The support material
The constant support from IEKEP, mainly on
the technological, technical issues
The willingness of the beneficiaries to
participate
Feedback: Positive points
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All operators consider this method as a very helpful
tool for the successful vocational integration or
reintegration of their target groups
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It was an empowering process for all the clients
involved
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A kind of “remembering”, of retraining for some of
them
Feedback from the Operators
Weak points
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It is a time consuming process both for the operator
and the client
It requires a framework that allows and supports a
long-term relationship with the client
It requires some knowledge on new technologies as
well as access to it
In some cases, access to actual work places is needed
Our operators had to deal with some practical issues
such as the limited duration of the videos, difficulties
in the encoding of the material and the refusal of
some clients to show their face
Conclusion
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The experimentation of the digital portfolio in
Greece so far has shown that it could be a valuable
tool at least for the target groups that participated in
it so far.
Some modifications are needed in order to address
particularities of the Greek educational system and
the issue of certification
Operators expressed some reservations concerning
the degree of readiness of the Greek labor market to
accept it