∞Blogfolios: Using Social Software to Extend e-Portfolios
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/ePortfoliosSocialSoftware/∞
Educause Session
October 18th 2005
Your hosts - Michelle Chua, Kele Fleming, Brian Lamb
Existential questions:
Why are we here?
Why are you here?
Why are you here?
It's movie time!∞ Starring Lynda Eccott, Cathleen Nichols
In groups of four (give or take three), choose two (give or take a couple) of the following questions to discuss.
1. How do you currently use ePortfolios at your institution? What works? What needs improvement?
2. What do you see as the key promise of ePortfolios? Are there tools out there currently that allow for successful implementation?
3. What do you see as the key barriers or challenges to the successful use of ePortfolios?
4. Do you see ePortfolios as social software? Why? Why not?
2. What do you see as the key promise of ePortfolios? Are there tools out there currently that allow for successful implementation?
3. What do you see as the key barriers or challenges to the successful use of ePortfolios?
4. Do you see ePortfolios as social software? Why? Why not?
Links and Notes resulting from conversations
Presentation - Kele Fleming on ePortfolios@UBC
The campus-wide pilot project
2 project summaries
Example of ePortfolios using different software systems
Grad student∞ (web folio, Dreamweaver)
Undergrad∞ (WebCT)
Undergrad∞ (WebCT)
Teaching Portfolio∞ (iWebfolio)
Assessment - Accreditation
data collection and assessment data, devoid of individual reflective activity
BC High School Graduation Portfolio Requirements∞
Software
ELGG: http://www.elgg.net∞
iWebfolio: http://www.iwebfolio.com∞
OSPI: http://www.ospi.org∞
KEEP Toolkit: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/kml/keep/∞
iWebfolio: http://www.iwebfolio.com∞
OSPI: http://www.ospi.org∞
KEEP Toolkit: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/kml/keep/∞
Break
Presentation - Brian Lamb on Social Software
Brian just loves his blog∞.
to narrate his work
as a personal portfolio∞
to join the distributed conversation∞ -- requires some grasp of the BasicsOfRSS
for the occasional cry for help∞
as a personal portfolio∞
to join the distributed conversation∞ -- requires some grasp of the BasicsOfRSS
for the occasional cry for help∞
Other examples:
Denise's Blog∞ -- Personal bulletin board
Language, Culture, & Modern Media∞ -- Multimedia showcase
Peru Election 2006∞ -- Ongoing applied scholarship
Google Scholar∞ -- Librarian tracking trends
Privacy controls are available∞
Language, Culture, & Modern Media∞ -- Multimedia showcase
Peru Election 2006∞ -- Ongoing applied scholarship
Google Scholar∞ -- Librarian tracking trends
Privacy controls are available∞
See also screencast BeyondTheBlog, and hot off the wire Dave Sifry's State of the Blogosphere, October 2005 Part 1: On Blogosphere Growth∞
Hosting Weblogs@UBC∞ for three years...
See also, Jeremy Smith Checking Out Other University's Blog Hosting Services∞, and Edublogs.org∞ ("free WordPress blogs and hosting for teachers, students, researchers, librarians, writers and anyone who is interested in or working in education"). You can also review some term papers∞.
Wikis
http://photos16.flickr.com/19490596_c5fecd2779.jpg∞
The fastest way to get text online. An online sketch pad∞.
Plan a camping trip∞
Plan a conference∞ (or document one)
Take collaborative notes∞
Mock up a website∞
Plan a conference∞ (or document one)
Take collaborative notes∞
Mock up a website∞
Build an ongoing collection of teaching resources∞...
WikiAuthority - is a Wikipedia citation sufficient?
LiquidMedia, NewLiteracy and TheRemix∞
TextualRemix - a new model, or a shameless plug?
"An e-Portfolio is, by definition, an aggregate or composite of many facets. We can look at this quite literally as an e-portfolio being aggregated from multiple feeds, each of which supplies items about a particular aspect of the subject. By combining this set of feeds, we end up with a composite view, that can be used as the basis for a personal profile using FOAF, or to create weblog entries with a reflective purpose." -- Creating e-Portfolios using Atom and FOAF∞
So what is social software?
Provisionally:
# They are free, or cheap.
# They are relatively easy to use -- indicative of a trend toward mass amateurisation∞, in which ordinary people can perform tasks once reserved for professionals.
# They are designed to work on a small, individual level, but they also allow for new forms of interaction that can be remarkably rich. Think SmallPiecesLooselyJoined∞.
# To varying degrees, they are being introduced into educational practice and are rapidly gaining popularity.
Discussion break; hands-on with wikis - add links, thoughts on session themes
Presentation, Michelle Chua -- A student's perspective, and blogfolios...
How students see portfolios and education technology
Blogfolio - lessons learned
http://connect.educause.edu/blog/nils_peterson/blog_as_eportfolio_a_request_to_change_my_personal_history/1388∞
Demo and possible hands-on portion
Tool Time (optional) -- we've shown you a lot of stuff, you wanna play a bit?
Small Group Discussion:
Based on what we’ve talked about, what would be the key factors of promoting an eport approach that is sensitive to the concerns we’ve been discussing? Assign portions of $20 to each factor/issue/concern.
Background Questions
Do you want someone to have access to something you wrote 5 years ago? Is this a good representation of where you are now in your career and skills development?
Who should introduce e-portfolios and folio thinking to students? And, what is the best way to introduce these tools and concepts?
Should e-portfolios be private?
Who owns the e-portfolio? The student? The school?
Should e-portfolios be used for supplemental application to programs?
Should reflections in e-portfolios be graded?
Who should introduce e-portfolios and folio thinking to students? And, what is the best way to introduce these tools and concepts?
Should e-portfolios be private?
Who owns the e-portfolio? The student? The school?
Should e-portfolios be used for supplemental application to programs?
Should reflections in e-portfolios be graded?
TheGrandFinale
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