Eportfolio piloteers, 16th July 2009

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Presenters details for the online webinar:


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  • Rowena Yeats: Occupational E-learning Advisor . Aston University. Discussing a recent PebblePad pilot for work based learning.


Rowena presented at the recent Telling stories 2009 eportfolio event where she described how one tool (PebblePad) has been piloted with work-based learners at Aston University over the past academic year (2008-09). Work Based Learning e-portfolio pilots were carried out on a range of courses. The e-portfolio practitioners on these courses used PebblePad in different ways to support their work-based learners. The two presentations from the telling stories conference can be accessed from (Thursday afternoon parallel sessions):

http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=19855

Rowenas presnetation Media:Rowena_Yeats-webinar-16th-july.ppt



  • Terry Widdowson: IT Lecturer, Chesterfield College. Discussing a pilot comparing two different e-portfolios for HE cohorts

http://www.leapahead.ac.uk/Documents/ePortfolio%20Flyer%20-%20June%2009.pdf


  • Karen Pinney: Lecturer at University College Birmingham. Discussing a pilot using Blackboard VLE.

Karen has presented at a number of JISC events in the past two years charting her experience of piloting an eportfolio (Blackboard & PebblePad) system to assist the personal development planning requirement for undergraduate students.


Biography

After graduating with a degree in human psychology, Karen Pinney became involved in a pioneering project linking inner city youth clubs over the Internet to create a social network. She now works as a lecturer at University College Birmingham where she lectures in Research, IT and Tourism and is the ILT & Distance Learning Champion for the School of Recreation, Sport and Tourism. Karen has a Masters degree in IT, Multimedia and Education and has been involved in developing a variety of online learning resources and blended learning modules over the last 8 years. Karen’s current research interests involve the use of online learning environments and e-portfolios to support the personal tutorial process in Higher Education and the use and application of online assessment in the Higher Education context.

Project Précis

This research considers the use of ePortfolios to support lifelong learning in the context of a three-year pilot programme to support full-time, year undergraduate degree students who were actively involved in online personal tutorials at University College Birmingham.

Recognising the importance for all students of recording and reflecting upon their progress and achievements, and coupled with the increased pressure faced by educational institutions to facilitate individual pastoral tutorials, this study investigates the possibility of online tutorials supporting or replacing face-to-face sessions. This mode of interaction will also enable more flexible access to tutorial support for the non-traditional learners and part-time students by providing an asynchronous communication medium that is available at times to suit individuals rather than requiring attendance at restricted points in time or locations.

Originally, the (VLE) ePortfolio package was chosen as the means by which students could take ownership of their own learning and personal development planning (PDP) and also to communicate with their tutor and others within their learning community. However, after the first year of the pilot study, PebblePad was replaced by the Blackboard VLE because it was the institutional choice of online environment. At the time of this change, the eportfolio function on Blackboard was unavailable at the institution so for one year the focus on eportfolios was changed to consider the provision of additional online resources for students. During the third year of the project the Blackboard eportfolio function was used as a tool to support students’ personal development planning.

Key findings from the study were that students perceived online tutorials as providing more opportunity for interaction with tutors, to be more convenient and more interesting than traditional face-to-face tutorials. Additional resources that were made available provided useful support for students and the eportfolio function provided a means by which students could reflect on their experiences and personal development. However, the requirements for the eportfolio completion must be precisely specified providing students with a clear focus.

Future research will seek to develop appropriate templates that can be used within the Blackboard eportfolio function to assist students to focus on their development needs and to encourage reflection.


A full paper describing the study can be accessed from: http://www.online-conference.net/jisc/content2007/Pinney%20-%20using%20eportfolios%20to%20support%20development.doc

Karens presentation : Media:Karen-pinney-PDP_Webinar_July_16th_2009_FINAL.ppt


  • Peter Dickson: Team Leader e-Resources and Design, Loughborough College. Discussing a model for e-portfolios in work based environments

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningcapital/xinstit2/ewe.aspx

Peters presentation Media:Peter-Dickson-webinar-16th-july.pdf

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