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Vancouver Community College Forms Strategic Partnership with PebblePad

Wednesday 20th August 2025

August 20, 2025 — Delaware, US — PebblePad, the award-winning ePortfolio platform, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Vancouver Community College (VCC) as a preferred learning provider for BCNET. This collaboration is designed to support VCC’s commitment to student success, learning innovation, and equitable access to education.

VCC has chosen PebblePad to enhance its ability to deliver flexible, personalized, and competency-based learning experiences. The platform will be used across a range of initiatives, with early adoption focused on the School of Trades and Health Sciences.

Initial use cases include:

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
Micro-credentialing
Development of personal learning plans in culturally responsive programming, including decolonization and indigenization modules.

Supporting future strategies

In addition to these targeted applications, VCC is also exploring broader uses of PebblePad to support long-term mapping of program competencies, ePortfolio portability post-graduation, and future adoption in areas such as advising, internships, and continuing education.

VCC will be leveraging the full suite of PebblePad tools and services, including ePortfolios, workbooks, and PebblePad’s companion mobile app, PebblePocket. These tools align with VCC’s strategic priorities in several key areas:

Student success & learning innovation: PebblePad will support innovative teaching and learning practices that help students document and reflect on their learning journeys.
Sustainability & internal capacity: VCC is focused on building a self-sustaining model for ongoing support and implementation of the platform.
Privacy & security: PebblePad’s platform will be integrated in accordance with VCC’s IT protocols.
Equity of access: Companion mobile app PebblePocket will provide offline access for students, which is especially important for those in rural and remote areas.

Views from VCC and PebblePad

“VCC is pleased to be adopting PebblePad, as we know our students will benefit from this highly useful tool. PebblePad helps unify a student’s entire learning journey from their first day in class to launching their career. This platform will equip them with a digital portfolio that will give them a place to document learnings, preserve projects, and serve as a canvas for them to map out action plans and build their future. We’re excited to see how students leverage their potential through PebblePad.”

• Andrew Dunn, Manager of Online Learning Strategy and Design at Vancouver Community College.

“We’re thrilled to partner with VCC in its mission to deliver inclusive, future-ready education. PebblePad’s platform is designed to empower learners to take ownership of their development, and we’re excited to support VCC’s innovative approach to personalized, competency-based learning.”

• Vanessa Knox, Director of Business Development, PebblePad.

The new partnership reflects VCC’s ongoing efforts to enhance educational experiences through technology while maintaining a strong focus on accessibility, cultural responsiveness, and long-term student success.

About Vancouver Community College

VCC is proud to inspire a new generation of students to discover their passions, gain essential skills, and learn what it takes to succeed in a competitive workforce. With over 15,000 students, including a growing number of Aboriginal and International learners, 1,200 employees and an annual budget of $175 million, VCC is a key player in the post-secondary landscape in B.C.

VCC’s connections to industry ensure students have direct access to employers while its model of access and partnerships across the post-secondary sector assist students to reach their goals at any stage of their educational journey.

For more information, visit https://www.vcc.ca

About PebblePad

PebblePad is the ePortfolio platform for higher education trusted by leading universities and colleges worldwide to support learning, teaching, and assessment. Designed to help learners plan, record, reflect on, and showcase their learning, PebblePad empowers institutions to deliver rich, personalized, and lifelong learning experiences.

For more information, visit www.pebblepad.com

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