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Stage 1 "findings revealed that there was a high level of interest in the use of ePortfolios in the context of higher education, particularly in terms of the potential to help students become reflective learners who are conscious of their personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, as well as to make their existing and developing skills more explicit."

Thanks to Meg for pointing this out on her Kwantlen Mahara Pilot page

2-week seminar at SCoPE "An ePortfolio is an online collection of your work that you choose to represent your skills and interests to diverse audiences." University of British Columbia During this 2-week seminar Catherine and Roselynn will introduce us to UBC's Portfolio Community of Practice. They have invited members of the CoP to share their teaching and course eportfolios and encourage all seminar participants to discuss their experiences with portfolio projects. This seminar will be of interest to those involved in or curious about portfolio projects, as well as to those interested in building and facilitating faculty communities of practice.

"Teaching our students to be strategic learners is therefore one of the most valuable skills we can give them." Resource shared by Roxanne Russell: http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=16188&parent=65968

This blog post recap's an online professional development session about preparing conference posters. It also provides links to the Blackboard Collaborate recording of, and Slideshare presentation slides for the session, as well as the presenter's resource laden website.