e-Portfolios

2nd Pan-American and Francophone ePortfolio Conference: ePortfolio and Digital Identity

February 15, 2008

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 [...]

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Multiply Your e-Portfolio

January 17, 2008

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.’

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Zinch: The Place Where Students Can Showcase Their Skills

July 6, 2007

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 [...]

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ePortfolio 2007 Conference

June 8, 2007

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 [...]

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EIfEL Position Paper on ePortfolio

June 7, 2007

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 [...]

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Elgg – An Open Source Social Networking Platform

April 28, 2007

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 [...]

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Insight – Observatory for New Technologies and Education

March 29, 2007

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 [...]

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e-Portfolios: 21st Century Assessment

March 16, 2007

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 [...]

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