Narrating Our Work by Jane Bozarth. “Within the family, learning becomes a shared experience and the group grows.
Gloria’s daughter Marlo, 125 miles away, joins in, as does Gloria’s friend Whitney. Gloria describes the need to ‘stop and stand back’ when learning to decorate.” There’s a lot of talk among the social/informal/curation-interested learning set, of which I hope I’m considered an active member, about the idea of narrating our work. This has become decidedly easier over the last decade given the many new tools available for it.
By sharing what we are doing and how we are learning, we distribute the tacit knowledge otherwise so hard to capture; invite feedback and encouragement from others; invite others to learn with us; document our work and learning for future use; and tie our learning to the efforts of others. Self-directed informal and social learning I have an acquaintance from my hometown, Gloria Melton Mercer, who became a Facebook friend some time back. A community of practice (CoP) Now? Here’s how it looked. E-Portfolios. (see also Deliver, Support ) An e-portfolio is a learner-created collection of digital items: ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback, which presents a selected audience with evidence of a person's learning and/or ability.
JISC has been investigating a number of issues relating to the use of e-portfolio tools and systems, and technology-supported personal development planning (PDP) in a range of contexts for a range of purposes. See an overview of JISC activities around e-portfolios. Use of e-portfolios in the Curriculum Design and Delivery programmes Although not a primary focus for these projects a number employed e-portfolios for use by learners in different contexts.
Mahara was used by Making the New Diploma a success and KUBE as it integrates well with Moodle and both projects see PDP as an important aspect of recording student progression and supporting transition. The links between e-portfolio for reflection and assessment was noted by MAC ESCAPE also linked assessment and e-portfolios. E-Portfolios - An overview. Why are e-portfolios important?
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? There has been increasing recent interest in the potential of e-learning tools and technologies to support more learner centred and personalised forms of learning, prompted in part by national strategies1 for e-learning and initiatives in favour of lifelong learning and personalised learning. Drivers within educational institutions contribute to this increasing interest, around the need to retain students, the increasing recognition of the importance of reflective practice in professional disciplines such as healthcare, and the requirement for UK Higher Education institutions to have in place a PDP process by 2005/2006.
Related. 2011 ePortfolio Showcase. We're collecting and sharing eportfolios as a resource so you can see what other people are doing about not just talking the talk but also walking and walk and working on their own eportoflios.
You'll see a variety of eportfolios below from single-purpose to in-process, to showcase, to course eportfolios. Some people have more than one eportfolio.Thank-you to those who sent links to their eportfolios for sharing. If you are willing to share your eportfolio, please send email to Judy Batson with a brief note about what kind of eportfolio you're sharing and why you developed one.
We will keep adding to this showcase as new examples arrive. For those of you who have not yet started your eportfolio, we recommend that you visit Out of Practice on Facebook where you will find a group of practitioners who are sharing support and feedback as they compile their own eportfolios. Faculty and Practitioners Sarah Morgano -- City University of New York -- ePortfolio Showcase -- Students.