E-Portfolio Community of Practice

Update:

Face-to-face workshop to explore and evaluate eportfolio based pedagogies for work-based learners

Place: University of Wolverhampton

Date: Wednesday 11th May 10am -4pm. No cost to attendees but places are limited. 

The purpose of this workshop is to share experiences and opportunities for using eportfolio based pedagogies with work-based learners. Outputs from recent JISC funded projects will be showcased. More details here

To book a place please contact  T. Clancy e-mail:  t.clancy@wlv.ac.uk

Please remember that you are most welcome to join in the discussions - although funded by the JISC, and with activities planned around JISC funded projects, all with an interest in e-portfolio pedagogy are welcome to join in,contribute and share good practice.

Hello and welcome.

This Cloudscape has been created for the JISC funded E-portfolio Community of Practice (ePCoP)Project led by the University of Wolverhampton and funded by the Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Benefits Realisation Programme.  One of the project aims is to develop and foster a community of practice for e-portfolio pedagogies for work-based  and life-long learning through a synthesis of existing practice focusing on identifying the key principles from that practice that can be applied elsewhere.  It is envisaged that the community will include stakeholders from UK HEIs, UK FE and  software providers.

The purpose of this Cloudscape is to nurture this community of practice for e-portfolio pedagogies through a series of asynchronous discussions around a specific theme led by project partners.  All with an interest in e-portfolios and the pedagogy underpinning use, are welcome to participate in the discussions.

Timetable:

10th Jan - 14th Jan 2011 - Kevin Brace from University of Aston will lead a discussion about the challenges of creating a community of practice At the end of this week, we had an Elluminate session - here is the recording Elluminate session . A summary of the week is available here Jan 14th summary.

17th Jan - 21st Jan 2011 - Alison Felce and Emma Purnell from University of Wolverhampton will lead a discussion 'Principles for an e-portfolio based pedagogy for SMEs' based on their work in the JISC funded ePPSME Project.

31st Jan - - 4th Feb 2011 Phil Gravestock from University of Gloucestershire will lead a discussion around e-portfolios and constructive alignment that underpins their JISC funded Co-gent Project.

21st Feb - 25th Feb Garry Watkins  from UCLAN: Discussion summary now available.

7th March- 11th March Rob Ward from the CRA led an Elluminate session and talked about resonances with the HE5P project and the Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Programme. A summary and a recording of the session are available in this cloud.

5th April-6th April Gordon Joyes and Angela Smallwood from University of Nottingham will be leading a discussion on the JISC funded e-portfolio implementation (ePI) Project. 

In addition to the discussions, there will be resources, links to relevant documents, references to journal articles and other vibrant communities.  We have invited a range of experienced practitioners to join in the discussions, so the series promises to be a lively, informative and valuable resource for the educational community.  Please make a date in your diaries to log on (you will need to create a Cloudworks account) and join in.

For more details about the project please go to http://epcop.wordpress.com