How Can e-Portfolios Support 21st Century Learning?
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. So what is new about e-portfolios?
This workshop will explore what we mean by e-portfolios and how e-portfolios can support 21st century learning. Drawing on the work of JISC-funded projects and other significant e-portfolio developments, it will provide a snapshot of learning enhanced by e-portfolios in higher, further and continuing education.
Topics:
- Introducing, understanding and investigating e-portfolios
- Putting e-Portfolios in context
- How e-portfolios work, developing a model
- The next steps in developing and embedding e-portfolios
- e-Portfolio processes including collaboration, reflection and responding to feedback
- Introduction to Effective Practice with e-Portfolios and e-Portfolios infoKit
- Examples of current systems and completed projects
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
- The opportunity to discuss and increase their understanding of e-portfolios
- Shared experiences at an individual and institutional level
- Investigated examples of effective practice with e-portfolios
- Explored JISC resources available to support their use of e-portfolio systems
- Tried out examples of e-portfolio systems
Who is it for?
This workshop is for those who use, or support others use of, e-portfolios: practitioners and managers in higher and further education; staff developers; those involved in initial teacher training; and in the management and implementation of PDP, CPD and lifelong learning.
Participants should have previously used the World Wide Web and must have experience of using Microsoft Windows to open and save files and for opening and closing applications.