The MANSLE Project

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The MANSLE Project Manchester Self-Directed
Learning and E-Portfolios Dr Neil Ringan
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• Project Aims
• Implementing, demonstrating and evaluating
  educational uses of technical e-portfolio,
  personal development planning and e-mentoring
  tools within a range of foundation degrees across
  the Greater Manchester Region.
• Evaluating a range of open source tools to
  support work-based learning and student
  progression within the context of foundation
  degree programmes.
• Aggregating elements of these tools using a web
  services approach within a front-end interface
  targeted at the needs of the target audience.

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• Project Partners
• GMSA
• University of Bolton (lead partner)
• University of Salford
• Open University in the North West
• Hopwood Hall College
• Bury College
• Wigan Leigh College
• Stockport College

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• Foundation Degree Pilots
• Bolton Health Social Care
• South Manchester Hospitals Trust
• Pennine Acute Trust
• Bolton PCT
• Salford Complementary Therapies
• Wigan Leigh College
• Stockport College
• Open University Health Social Care for
  Assistant Practitioners

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• MANSLE Tool Overview
• Utilises previously funded JISC projects
• Extracting specific web services to provide
  functionality
• Web services used matched to needs of the
  specific FDs
• User interface developed to aggregate web
  services
• Four main areas of functionality
• Claims against outcomes or competences
• Tutor meeting and mentoring logging tools
• Student PDP area
• Reflection and note tools
• Inter-linking between various elements
• Proof of concept for JISC e-learning framework
  approach

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• Current Status and Next Steps
• Needs analysis for each Foundation Degree
• Module definitions and customisation of tool for
  each FD
• Varying focus on role of PDP / portfolio /
  mentoring
• Some FDs very skills focussed assessment
  portfolio
• Others focussed on (structured) reflection on
  practice
• Phased roll-out to project partners
• Staff awareness-raising and training
• Student induction and support materials
• Ongoing evaluation
• Technical implementation of aggregated web
  services
• Adaptation of practice (staff and student)
  resulting from tool

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Dr Neil Ringan n.s.ringan_at_bolton.ac.uk 01204 90
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