Work based folios, 13th Jan 2010

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Work based eportfolios

Watch the webinar again at URL : http://shw.me/1_13_10

Short url for this page http://bit.ly/work-based-folios

Wednesday, January 13th at 8-9:30 a.m. PT/11-12:30 p.m. ET/4-5:30 p.m. GMT

This online webinar will cover effective practice on the use of eportfolios in the UK and USA. This unique transatlantic webinar will feature presenters from both the UK and USA who will deliver 4 short presentations on the growing use of web based eportfolios for use in "work based learning”. JISC RSC East and West Midlands have teamed up with Heln Chen & John Ittleson of the Community of Practice Electronic Portfolio Action and Communication (EPAC): http://epac.pbworks.com/ .

Delegates will be given the opportunity to interact with presenters via the use of voting and chat features in this live session.

All you need to take part in the session is access to the Internet and a headset, preferably with a microphone attached - but a microphone not neccessary to enjoy the event. Full delegate instructions can be accessed as a link at the bottom of this page, and will be sent via email.


Contents

Presenters details

  • Dr. Jacqueline Goodwin, coordinator of the USA based eFolio Pennyslvania initiative. We are particularly excited about this speaker since this is a statewide initiative sponsored by the Pennyslvania Department of Labor.

Jill Lumsden is currently Associate Director of the Career Center at Florida State University, and has worked in career services for over 10 years. She manages FSU’s ePortfolio program (Career Portfolio) and supervises technology and promotions at the Career Center. Jill received her master’s and specialist in education degrees in Counseling and Human Systems, with a specialization in Career Counseling from FSU. Before earning her degrees, she worked as a Job Placement Counselor assisting veterans transitioning out of the military. Jill also provides distance career counseling as an independent contractor with ReadyMinds. She is a National Certified Counselor and Distance Credentialed Counselor.

Mick Gilroy is e-learning manager at Lincoln Academy (trading as Isis training), a work-based training provider that delivers learning and assessment programmes for over 400 apprentices across rural Lincolnshire in the east of England. Mick has had a pivotal role in developing and introducing organisation-wide use of technology including the embedded use of e-portfolio, for which the company won Becta Technology Exemplar status.


  • Simon Grant of UK based JISC CETIS will be discussing his new book in with a focus on work based learning using eportfolios.

Presenters resources

Simon Grant's home page : http://www.simongrant.org/home.html. Simons new eportfolio book:"Electronic Portfolios: Personal information, personal development and personal values" was published by Woodhead Publishing (Chandos imprint) earlier this year. It is available through Amazon or through his website.

Kevin Brace recently wrote a short preview of this book on his blog here: http://kev-brace.blogspot.com/2009/11/eportfolio-book-review.html

Facilitators' details

Kevin Brace

k.brace@RSC-WM.AC.UK tel: 01902 518931 mobile: 07966 282370

JISC RSC West Midlands Technology Centre Wolverhampton Science Park Glaisher Drive Wolverhampton WV10 9RU United Kingdom

Ben Williams

ben.williams@rsc-em.ac.uk tel:01509 618110 mobile: 07799470288

JISC RSC East Midlands Loughborough College Radmoor Rd Loughborough LE11 3BT United Kingdom

Our stateside facilitators and EPAC originators are;

  • Helen L. Chen (Stanford University): Helen L. Chen, Ph.D. hlchen@stanford.edu

Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (H-STAR) Wallenberg Hall 450 Serra Mall, Building 160 Stanford, California, 94305-2055 650.924.0228

  • John Ittelson emertius professor (California State University Monterey Bay) : john@csumb.edu tel: 831 915-1333

Relevant Discussion lists

JISC mail list : PDP-AND-E-PORTFOLIOUK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Additional Training and Support

Additional links and resources


  • Please note we will be using http://www.cccconfer.org/ as the webinar platform, which is a rebranded version of the Elluminate webinar platform. The linked instructions/protocols (below) we have provided are still valid. Follow the same testing & operating procedure as contained in the instructions below.

Please check your computer readiness by visiting web address : http://www.cccconfer.org/support/supportReadiness.aspx and follow the onscreen instructions, or follow the instructions contained in the linked documents below. Please do this well before the meeting start time.

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