SCoPE

"This e-Portfolio has been completed in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education at Australian Catholic University during 2009."

Dr. Helen Barrett's hub for electronic portfolio research

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

This page introduces findings from Meg Goodine's examination of numerous case studies in comparison with broader post-secondary electronic portfolio research. "While not a silver bullet, with careful planning and attention to key questions, there is strong evidence that eportfolios can help students more authentically demonstrate what they have learned and connect this learning to their lives beyond our institutions." (Abstract, ¶4, retrieved 2010.06.07)

from blog page corresponding to "a similar site... [created with] a dedicated, open source eportfolio application" (Eportfolios: Introduction, ¶1, 2010.01.05; retrieved 2010.06.07).

Concise introduction to portfolio system designed and developed for use with elementary and secondary school students.

"ePEARL was designed with the help of sound pedagogical research, input from LEARN and English language arts consultants, and practical advice from teachers in the field. ePEARL is designed to scaffold the self-regulation process for students as well as to support the teachers guiding them." (The Software, ¶1, 2010.06.09)

Offers "the Free PDF of the Web-Based Portfolio series I've been working on for the past couple of months" (Jeff Utrecht, 2010.06.04).

"National Educational Technology Standards Electronic Portfolio Templates"

"This comprehensive collaborative learning workshop guide, developed from the ELI 2009 Fall Focus Session, contains a resource list and five workshop modules intended to reduce some of the extensive work involved in assembling the components and curriculum for such a program. Each of the modules contains topical guidelines, content, resources, and best practices, and each can be easily customized to fit the needs of your institution, department, or unit."

Wiki for the ePortfolios SCoPE seminar

"Roles in Groups"

"Here's a collection of terrific social media infographics that might come in handy. As you probably know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. They illustrate information that would be unwieldy in text form and they act as a kind of visual shorthand, making information easy to understand and consume." http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=12021#p51371

"Mind maps or graphic organizers can be invaluable tools for visual thinkers and visual learners. The process of creating a mind map can help students gain an overview perspective on complex, multifaceted concepts. Mind maps can also help students outline an essay or story they're planning to write. The following list contains nine tools that can be used by students to create mind maps independently or collaboratively."

Bookmark, evaluate quality of resources http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=11951#p51061

extensive review by Adam C. Engst

SNAPP is a software tool that allows users to visualize the network of interactions resulting from discussion forum posts and replies. The network visualisations of forum interactions provide an opportunity for teachers to rapidly identify patterns of user behaviour - at any stage of course progression. SNAPP has been developed to extract all user interactions from various commercial and open source learning management systems (LMS) such as BlackBoard (including the former WebCT), and Moodle. SNAPP is compatible for both Mac and PC users and operates in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.

During this seminar we will be sharing and discussing a video series developed at Thompson Rivers University. These filmed scenarios aim to address the needs of educators and students to enhance intercultural competencies by providing a spring board for dialogue and reflection on best practices for intercultural learning environments.

"You should bear in mind that these are all 'beta' gadgets. A lot of them work just fine but you might hit some bugs along the way. The 'direct import links' might also change at any time, so feel free to report any broken links!" (Sebastian Anthony, 2009.11.06, ¶4)

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.

"One gamer told an opponent he presumed to be Jewish that he wished Hitler had succeeded in his mission. Many exchanges involve talk of rape or exult over the atomic bombing of Japan. There are frequent slurs on homosexuals, Asians, Hispanics and women.\n\nSuch comments can be heard on all online video gaming systems, including PlayStation Network, Blizzard Entertainment (World of Warcraft) and others." (para. 3-4).