1. Careers 2.0: Scenarios and personas for technology enhanced educational transitions T. Fischer, T. Schlimbach, G. Attwell, M. Balica, R. Preisinger-Kleine

4. Basic Assumptions 1. Young people are facing today a growing differentiation of educational, vocational and occupational opportunities, pathways and biographies. 2. There is a wider recognition of the importance of providing support to young people on their way into employment. 3. There is an interest in the potential of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) to provide support for the challenges of transition.

5. 1. High demands and increasing pressures on young people on their way to employment; 2. Educational transitions are specific learning settings; 3. Educational transitions are intensive learning periods: to orientate themselves; to identify realistic job scenarios; to further develop their abilities and competencies; to meet the labour market requirements; to place themselves on the labour market; Project Background

6. Supporting young people Utilising and exploiting the potentials of Web 2.0, Social Software and Learning 2.0 (or probably 3.0); Developing ‘proto-typical ‘ transitional scenarios and ‘personas’ in transition (through story telling and analysis of ‘real’ life cases); Setting up an online portal combining different methods and tools under a common pedagogy framework; Allowing users to follow their preferred learning pathway Project Objectives

7. 45 cases from 6 countries L earning in transitions as a process that largely depends on individual experiences and the construction of meaning of the young person; Contextualising interactions in transitions (e.g. tools, objects, roles, community); Looking at social as well as societal learning and the role of ‘more knowledgeable others’ in transitions; Reading difficulties or negative transition experiences as challenging obstacles to improve learning skills and competences. Methods - Scenarios & ‘Personas’

14. The G8WAY e-Portal Germany Greece Italy Portugal Competence Management Educational games CV training Job market management Skills assessment CV training e-Portfolio Knowledge Sharing Digital storytelling Links to existing services Case studies Digital storytelling Collective space Communities of Practice Collective space Digital storytelling Case studies Digital storytelling Collective space Communities of Practice Job/Training Information Links to existing services Links to existing services News List of job and E&T opportunities List of job and E&T opportunities Guidance Mentoring incl. training of mentors Mentoring Links to existing services e.g. at university Page on Facebook with multimedia content

15. The G8WAY e-Portal Romania Sweden UK Competence Management Explorative tools Self-assessment tools CV & contract negotiation training Self-assessment tools Recommendation system Individual space for communication, reflection and presentation Knowledge Sharing Digital storytelling Collective space Communities of Practice Ex-post evaluations Digital storytelling Collective space Communities of Practice Job/Training Information Access to labour market information Guidance (Peer) support groups

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