Tag Archive for 'e-portfolios'
February 15th, 2008 by Jorge Goncalves
ePortfolio and Digital Identity Conference, Montreal, 5-7 May 2008. The 2nd Pan-American and Francophone ePortfolio conference is being organised by EIfEL in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University, the Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Montréal (CRIM) and HR-XML. It will take place at Concordia University [...]
January 17th, 2008 by Jorge Goncalves
Multiply. ‘Multiply gives you an easy way to share all kinds of digital media, including photos, blogs, videos, music and more, all in one convenient place: your own personal web site. With Multiply, you can share and discuss your stuff with everyone in your “social network,” and also be alerted whenever they have something new.’
July 6th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
Zinch. ‘Zinch empowers high school students to pro actively showcase themselves to colleges and universities across the nation. Students create a detailed online portfolio painting a vibrant picture of who they are. In turn, colleges and universities search through the comprehensive Zinch database recruiting students matching their criteria.
Zinch allows students to actively let any college [...]
June 8th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
ePortfolio 2007 Conference - Employability and Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 17-19 October 2007. ‘ePortfolio 2007 is the key international event for the growing community of professionals interested in, and working with, ePortfolios. It brings together policy-makers, researchers, teachers, trainers, human resource managers and technologists. As a thematic event devoted to [...]
June 7th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
EIfEL (European Institute for E-Learning) Position Paper on ePortfolio. EIfEL has released a postion paper on ePortfolio to trigger a discussion on future ePortfolio development and standards. In his final conclusion, Serge Ravet, the author, of this paper states that the ePortfolio community needs to revise its position regarding standards:
We have to face the uncomfortable [...]
April 28th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
Elgg. ‘Elgg is an open source software platform designed to allow people to easily connect and share resources. Established in March 2004 by Ben Werdmuller and David Tosh, Elgg allows you to create a social network and host it on your own infrastructure, modifying the features to fit your specific needs.
Users establish personal digital identities [...]
March 29th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
Insight - Observatory for New Technologies and Education. ‘Insight is a service focusing on e-learning in schools in Europe. It is provided by European Schoolnet (EUN) in collaboration with its consortium members. We publish news and analysis on e-learning policies, school innovation and information communication technology (ICT) in education.
Insight is for national, regional and local [...]
March 16th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
Digital-Age Assessment. ‘Effective 21st century assessment reaches beyond traditional testing to look at the broader accomplishments of learners. Assembling an e-portfolio, or electronic portfolio, is an excellent method for assessing students’ progress toward school, state, or national academic standards, as well as 21st century skills. An electronic portfolio is a purposefully limited collection of student [...]
December 15th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge by Stephen Downes, October, 2006. ‘The purpose of this paper is to outline some of the thinking behind new e-learning technology, including e-portfolios and personal learning environments. Part of this thinking is centered around the theory of connectivism, which asserts that knowledge - and therefore the learning of knowledge - [...]
July 20th, 2006 by Jorge Goncalves
E-Portfolios for Learning Blog by Helen Barret . ‘I have created this blog to discuss my ideas on electronic portfolios to support lifelong learning. I hope to share some of my concerns about the current direction of electronic portfolios in High Education and K-12 schools.’
My “Online Portfolio Adventure”. ‘I am exploring different online portfolio [...]
