Hi All

JISC has funded quite a bit of activity around eporfolios. An overview is available @ http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/eportfolios.aspx - also includes links to  to reports and various projects.

Sheila


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On 14 Jun 2010, at 10:35, Charlotte Stock wrote:

> Thanks for this insight, Tyrone - there are some useful pointers here. Most of our students are off-campus, hence T&L is mostly carried out online through our VLE - unfortunately, for our students and staff, this system lacks the high profile and ease-of-access available with external web services. The challenge for us is to enhance the VLE and restore confidence in its abilities.
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> Onwards and upwards!
> Charlotte
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tyrone Knight
> Sent: 14 June 2010 10:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
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> Hi Charlotte
> Thankyou for your reply.
> You have just highlighted a few concerns that I am having here.
> In my mind students would certainly have to be encouraged to keep their own detailed records, original files and so forth. Maybe sites that use more universal support in printing and saving techniques would be helpful eg - printable page, save as txt file / pdf / csv. Thus supporting the download to backup, and upload to save time.
> A lot of the staff that I have contact with don't really contact students outside of College time, (Sometimes via the VLE email system). The key to security, they I think we tend to stick to, is making sure that all contact goes through the college email at some point, even if you have to set up an outlook rule to receive feedback from home. At least this way there is a college record.
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> Other than that it is a hairy area, with too much scope to safely monitor.
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> Regards
> Ty
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charlotte Stock
> Sent: 14 June 2010 09:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
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> For us the issue with external web services is about being able to protect copyright of the university's and students' materials held on these sites; restricting access for students who have not paid their fees; and the life expectancy of external web services - what happens if they disappear overnight and take students' work with them?
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> While our lecturers are very keen to use social networking sites/blogs as workspaces, the University is concerned about allowing T&L to take place outside of the firewall. Is this a common concern for others, and have you been able to resolve it?
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> All commentary welcomed.
> Charlotte
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matt Wingfield
> Sent: 14 June 2010 09:35
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
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> Apologies for not replying to this post sooner, but I was tied up in meetings on Friday.
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> Speaking from our own experience as a provider of e-portfolios, it is absolutely possible to achieve both these days...i.e. an e-portfolio system that both provides the institution with the aggregated views that they need to track and assess student work, whilst still giving the student access to their own e-portfolio that is theirs for life and simply 'plug-ins' to the institution's view.
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> This is all achieved through the use of web-services...the portfolio is simply a service that can be linked to any other web-service, including other services that the student wants to link/access through their e-portfolio, such as Facebook for example.
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> This approach also means that the e-portfolio can be integrated with other institution web-services based systems, such as the VLE, where you can simply take modules from the e-portfolio and integrate these into the VLE. We've already done quite a bit of work in this area combining elements of our e-portfolio system such as our on-screen marking tool - Red Pen Tool (allows you to mark and annotate any digital file through a browser - PowerPoint's, Word files, videos, audios) and integrate this within Moodle for example.
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> This is all possible now, and it all comes down to the approach taken...and web-services is the key!
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> I hope that this is helpful.
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> Matt Wingfield
> TAG Developments
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tyrone Knight
> Sent: 14 June 2010 09:02
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
>
> Cheers Mike and Ray for your replys
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> There I was thinking I was just behind in the e-learning world!
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> When I spoke to the tutor, it is clear the e-portfolios are for academic assessment, as well as future showcasing. I don't know who is setting this standard as such, but I think I may need to talk to the External Verifiers (who are uncouraging that more course use this layout & E-portfolios). I would think that they should be able to offer some guidance, guide lines or good practice seen elsewhere.
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> Regards
>
> Ty
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ray Tolley
> Sent: 11 June 2010 18:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
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> Tyrone, and Mike,
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> These are some of the issues I intend addressing at the EIfEL conference and
> again in Boston, Ma, next month.  See:
> http://www.epforum.eu/
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> http://www.aaeebl.org/page/AAEEBL+Annual+Conference
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> My short answer if not very helpful is the anecdote about the farmhand's
> response to the tourist asking for directions, "If you are going there, I
> wouldn't start from here!"
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> But seriously, the first issue is that of whether the e-Portfolio is deemed
> to be primarily an institution-owned assessment tool or is it something
> owned by the learner?
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> If the e-Portfolio is embedded within a VLE then, as you identify, there are
> serious problems not only about 'longevity', 'ownership' and 'portability'
> but also about showcasing and continued PDP.
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> If the e-Portfolio is learner-owned then there needs to be some agreement on
> uniformity otherwise you create an impossible job for peers, tutors, mentors
> and assessors.  I do not feel that cloud solutions or Wordpress meet the
> wider variety of e-Portfolio functionalities including such things as audit
> trails, feedback tools etc.
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> I'm not trying to sell a product, but see my links below, particularly my
> blog.
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> Best Wishes,
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> Ray Tolley  FEIDCT, NAACE Fellow, ACQI, MBILD
> ICT Education Consultant
> Maximise ICT Ltd
> P:  http://raytolley.v2efolioworld.mnscu.edu/
> B:  http://www.efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/
> W:  http://www.maximise-ict.co.uk/eFolio-01.htm
> T:    http://twitter.com/efolio
> Winner of the IMS 'Leadership Regional Award 2009'
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Mike Johnson
> Sent: 11 June 2010 16:54
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> Subject: Re: [VLES] e-portfolios
>
> Hiya,
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> This is not going to help much, but we've managed to avoid the issue
> somewhat because undergrad students have enough to do completing a clinical
> portfolio. Now we're trying to move forward with some kind of e-portfolio I
> am leaning towards offering them to use the (fairly nasty) VLE-based
> platform or some support for them to 'do it themselves' via tumblr or
> wordpress... or even a shared dropbox folder with word docs inside. In this
> way we could ensure students take responsibility for their own portfolio....
> may even promote ownership/engagement with the reflective process (which is
> what we ought to really be concerned about, right?). It's also portable and
> durable in a way that I have yet to trust classic e-portfolio systems to be.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Mike
>
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> Date: 11/06/2010 16:42
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> A colleague has insisted that he wants this academic years
> course code left &#8216;live&#8217; for another 1 / 2 years, so that the
> students can show potential employers and for the purpose of external
> verifiers. Some of my concerns are the continued access of the college
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