Completed project · 2025–2026
Development and testing of an e-portfolio concept for careers guidance in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania based on ‘Mission ICH’
The project is developing and testing a digital e-portfolio concept for career guidance based on the Future-Box, which is being adapted to the framework conditions in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the state programme ‘Mission ICH’. The aim is to promote self-directed learning processes, provide training for teachers and prepare for a state-wide roll-out from the 2026/2027 school year onwards.
Background and Problem
Careers orientation is an individual, self-organised learning process into which digital support can be integrated to enable systematic documentation and reflection. For this purpose, the e-portfolio system ‘Future-Box’ was developed at the ITB of the University of Bremen and successfully integrated into Bremen's careers orientation concept. What remains open is how such an instrument, established in an urban context, can be transferred to a large territorial state such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – a federal state that, with its ‘Mission ICH’ concept and its digital infrastructure (ISY-MV, itslearning), already offers favourable conditions for connection.
Research questions
How can the FutureBox be adapted didactically and technically to the ‘Mission ICH’ careers orientation concept and to the state-specific IT infrastructure of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? Which conditions, opportunities and challenges determine the successful transfer of a digital e-portfolio concept from a city-state to a large territorial state? How can accompanying teacher training ensure practicable and sustainable use, and which success criteria are decisive for a state-wide roll-out?
Approach
The project follows a participatory design-based research approach and is structured into five work packages: needs analysis and coordination with pilot schools, pedagogical and technical adaptation of the FutureBox, practical piloting with formative evaluation, summative transfer assessment, and preparation of the results. Teachers, pupils and careers orientation coordinators are involved iteratively, and their feedback is fed directly into further development. The project is supported by a cooperation consortium comprising the MV Ministry of Education, ITB Bremen, Universität Rostock (IBP), Arbeit und Leben MV and selected pilot schools.
Results
The expected results are a context-specifically adapted e-portfolio concept for careers orientation in MV based on ‘Mission ICH’ and the successful technical integration of the FutureBox into the state's own IT infrastructure. In addition, transfer conditions for transferring digital portfolio systems between different educational contexts will be identified and documented. Finally, a scalable roll-out concept for state-wide use from the 2026/27 school year will be available.
Dissemination and Transfer Activities
The project results will be compiled in a compact final report and presented in specialist workshops. Systematic integration into the state-wide careers orientation portal ‘Boje-MV’ ensures long-term continuation and visibility beyond the pilot phase. In addition, concrete recommendations for action for comparable transfer contexts will be published, and the establishment of a community of practice between schools, regional stakeholders and educational institutions will be initiated.
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