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5 video case students of e-portfolio implementation and an implementation toolkit - JISC created

Queen's University Belfast have a website which is provided for students to show evidence of learning and skills learnt from extra-curricular activities and achievements. "Many activities you participate in - whether you serve as a Course Rep or have a part-time job or are engaged in voluntary work - may be allowing you to acquire important employability skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication and commercial awareness.  The Degree Plus Award allows these skills and this experience to be formally recognised" The Award is awarded by the University and is a 'value added' item which students can get in addition to their formal qualification. 

"Key Takeaways Education built around digital portfolios not only ties together various student-generated artifacts into a coherent whole but also creates an environment in which technology use has a clearly identified purpose. Hundreds of services provide free hosting and website creation tools and are ideal platforms for digital portfolios because they can support just about any type of digital content. Turning consumers of knowledge into producers of knowledge transforms learning into an active experience."

Aimed at schools but points could be reworded for HE.

Some vids on using Mahara from a TAFE.

Where Flexible Learning have gone - running Mahara for tertiary.

Mahara conference in the UK. Includes presentation slides with audio feed.

Diagram of PLE and Portfolio model

Diagram describing using blogs to create portfolios of work.

Research report on using a micro-blogging platform for course enhancement, as an LMS and as an ePortfolio by Holotescu, C. & Grosseck, G. (2008)

This paper summarises the results of the Reflective Learning, Future Thinking research seminar jointly held by ALT, SURF and ILTA at Trinity College Dublin. At this seminar 50 leading researchers from three nations came together to share thoughts about the direction of learning technology development. Summary At the heart of all three discussions we still see concerns about status and valorisation of knowledge, disciplines and roles. Repository discussions touch on quality and gate keeping, portfolio discussions touch on the ownership of identity as a learner, while ubiquitous computing and informal learning touches on fundamental questions of access and learner control.

Short review of Stefani, Mason & Pegler book.

While the examples used are from school level, the principles will be generally applicable in tertiary.