e-Portfolios: Not just another buzzword : JISC

e-Portfolios: Not just another buzzword

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Session presentation e-Portfolios: Not just another buzzword Lisa Gray (Programme Manager e-Learning) JISC

Effective practice with e-portfolios: How can the UK experience inform practice? This paper introduces the background to the JISC work within the e-portfolio domain in the UK and presents an overview of past and current activities and the drivers for these developments. This is followed by a review of JISC’s approach at drawing out the learning and implications for e-portfolio practice from this extensive collection of work and its dissemination. Joyes, G., Gray, L and Hartnell-Young, E. (2009)
JISC e-portfolio web area Includes details of projects, case studies, and resources	Web area
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Effective Practice with e-Portfolios e-Portfolios are not a new concept. In various guises, digital presentations of skills and competences, online records of achievement and action plans with opportunities for reflection have been in use in education for nearly a decade. Tools and systems built for these purposes are now numerous. So what is new about e-portfolios?
e-Portfolio infoKit This infoKit covers the main drivers, purposes, processes, perspectives and issues around e-portfolios, as well as showcasing the wide range of project activity undertaken by JISC and others over the last few years, and signposting projects and research currently underway.	InfoKit
General resources Centre for Recording Achievement Australian ePortfolio project International Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Resources relating to the speakers and their work Flourish project with links to animations and Blossom video case studies Centre for International ePortfolio development CETL IT projects LLN Leap Ahead e-portfolio Staff at Thanet College discussing their use of e-portfolios (YouTube) Dumfries and Galloway College experience following an award by the RSC North and East Scotland ISLE project (Individualised Support for Learning through ePortfolios) Student video evaluation from Dumfries and Galloway College
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Session abstract
Using e-portfolios effectively, universities and colleges are able to prepare students for study prior to enrolment, provide enhanced and personalised learning opportunities, enhance reflective practice, support employability, and support staff in their professional development and appraisal processes. As a consequence e-portfolios can improve student retention, widen participation and support the development of reflective, independent lifelong learners who are able to better plan for their professional and personal development. This session will explore the benefits, challenges and solutions to adopting e-portfolios. Guest presenters will start by sharing their experiences of how they implemented e-portfolio-based learning across their institution, for either learners or staff. Next, delegates will take the lead using an interactive ‘spin the wheel’ to quiz the presenters on a range of topics and, in doing so, gain useful advice for using e-portfolios for their own purposes. The session will close with a summary, exploration of the next steps and pointers to useful JISC resources.
Session Chair Lisa Gray, Programme Manager e-Learning, JISC Speakers Sarah Chesney, Senior Lecturer in e-learning and Project Manager for the Flourish project, University of Cumbria Duncan Gillespie, e-Learning Co-ordinator / Lecturer, Dumfries and Galloway College Angela Smallwood, Director of the Centre for International ePortfolio Development, University of Nottingham Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Co-ordinator, Thanet College
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? An appreciation of the potential benefits of e-portfolio technology for a range of purposes and learning processes. Practical guidance on tips for successful implementation from those who have a range of experiences of implementing e-portfolio technologies across institutions An awareness of the benefits and challenges from learner, practitioner and institutional perspectives. Published JISC resources to support e-Portfolio implementation
Who should attend? The session caters for delegates with any level of knowledge or experience of e-portfolios. Relevant staff groups may include teaching practitioners, staff developers, e-learning practitioners, those involved in initial teacher training, and those who manage and implement personal development planning, continuing professional development, and lifelong learning.
Room Elizabeth Windsor, 5th floor

Session abstract

Using e-portfolios effectively, universities and colleges are able to prepare students for study prior to enrolment, provide enhanced and personalised learning opportunities, enhance reflective practice, support employability, and support staff in their professional development and appraisal processes. As a consequence e-portfolios can improve student retention, widen participation and support the development of reflective, independent lifelong learners who are able to better plan for their professional and personal development.

This session will explore the benefits, challenges and solutions to adopting e-portfolios. Guest presenters will start by sharing their experiences of how they implemented e-portfolio-based learning across their institution, for either learners or staff. Next, delegates will take the lead using an interactive ‘spin the wheel’ to quiz the presenters on a range of topics and, in doing so, gain useful advice for using e-portfolios for their own purposes. The session will close with a summary, exploration of the next steps and pointers to useful JISC resources.

Session Chair

Lisa Gray, Programme Manager e-Learning, JISC

Speakers

Sarah Chesney, Senior Lecturer in e-learning and Project Manager for the Flourish project, University of Cumbria
Duncan Gillespie, e-Learning Co-ordinator / Lecturer, Dumfries and Galloway College
Angela Smallwood, Director of the Centre for International ePortfolio Development, University of Nottingham
Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Co-ordinator, Thanet College

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

An appreciation of the potential benefits of e-portfolio technology for a range of purposes and learning processes.
Practical guidance on tips for successful implementation from those who have a range of experiences of implementing e-portfolio technologies across institutions
An awareness of the benefits and challenges from learner, practitioner and institutional perspectives.
Published JISC resources to support e-Portfolio implementation

Who should attend?

The session caters for delegates with any level of knowledge or experience of e-portfolios. Relevant staff groups may include teaching practitioners, staff developers, e-learning practitioners, those involved in initial teacher training, and those who manage and implement personal development planning, continuing professional development, and lifelong learning.

Room

Elizabeth Windsor, 5th floor

JISC