PortfoliOH is a comprehensive solution that enables students to own their work-based learning journey. Intuitive interfaces allow students to see WBL opportunities in terms of the skills they will acquire when they participate. During any WBL activity, no matter where or when it occurs in or out of schools, the student captures rich evidence of their experience and self-reported reflections. By seeing experiences as skills acquisition, PortfoliOH reveals to students how the skills they have acquired relate to career pathways they may be interested in. The solution also

PortfoliOH was designed to meet educators where they are at through a detailed understanding of the workflow constraints of the educator’s busy schedule. It reduces the load on educators while fulfilling reporting requirements. Our solutions balance reporting requirements AND accessibility (dashboards vs. reports when appropriate). Our solution not only fulfills this goal, but does so in a way that incentivizes even more engagement, helps the school and the work based provider celebrate and strengthen the partnership to advance students. The solution also eliminates the busy work we have seen in our field interviews. The educators and counselors have more time for quality interactions with students.

This solution provides comprehensive collection of student evidence and confirmation/evaluation by educators or supervisors at the work-based learning location. Features of this tool have been developed based on extensive interviews with students, educators, and employers about what they need for the tool to be useful in their context. Of most importance, use of PortfoliOH matches the workflow of educators and employers so that it seamlessly integrates with their daily lives and does not add additional tasks into their busy day. Our user testing shows that the student-centered PortoliOH tool actually reduces the burden for documenting work-based learning.