SCoPE

Wiki for the ePortfolios SCoPE seminar

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).

PDF - recommended reading for the SCoPE seminar on Culturally Diverse Learners http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=13711

This Flexible Learning Guidebook was posted by Bronwyn Hegarty to the seminar on Culturally Diverse Learners http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=13541#p55751

"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)

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.

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.

extensive review by Adam C. Engst

"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

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

"Shared Thinking is a 'group-oriented generative learning environment.' It uses technology to create a space in which the diversity of views can be generated and then shared as a re-usable resource for learning and research."

"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."

"Roles in Groups"

"Facilitator:Emma Duke-WilliamsEmma Duke-Williams Collaboration is a term that is used quite loosely. What do we mean when we say we are collaborating? Why do we collaborate? What are the key characteristics that differentiate collaboration from cooperation and working independently? What tools support the collaborative process online? During this 3-week seminar we will use Google Wave and other emerging technologies to explore their potential for supporting online collaboration while addressing these and other questions. "

"Will You TypeWith.me?"

Evaluation of Type With Me "This is an online rich text editor that allows people to share their writing and upload files. It differs from Google docs in that realtime collaborative editing can occur between teams. Authors can choose to have their writing in different colours."

Scheduled seminar facilitated by Emma Duke-Williams

A distributed discussion facilitated by Clint LaLonde and others. This is a good example of SCoPE discussions extending beyond the forums.