e-portfolios and ‘legacy’ assessment
Batson, T. (2010) The testing straightjacket Campus Technology, July 7
Fusch, D. (2010) Integrating e-portfolios in your assessment strategy Academic Impressions, July 16
Chen, H. and...
A short introduction to PebblePad, an e-portfolio system
PebblePad is a British e-portfolio system that 'provides scaffolding to help users create records of learning, achievement and aspiration and has a reflective structure...
New book on research on e-portfolios
Baumgartner, P., Zauchner, s. and Bauer, R. (Eds.) (2010) The Potential of E-Portfolios in Higher Education Innsbruck Austria: Studien Verlag
From the web...
E-portfolios: an update from Helen Barrett
Barrett, H. (2010). Balancing the Two Faces of ePortfolios. Educação, Formação & Tecnologias, Vol. 3,No. 1, pp. 6-14.
If you go to Helen Barrett's...
How best to use e-portfolios
Batson, T. (2010) Is portfolio evidence useful? Campus Technology May 19
I found this a thoughtful if somewhat predictable reflection (how appropriate) on e-portfolios. Batson...
OECD book on the relationship between digital literacy and performance in science
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (2010) Are the New Millenium Learners Making the Grade? Paris: OECD
From the book's web site
Using data from PISA...
Educational affordances of the iPad
For a very quick and preliminary review of possible educational uses or affordances of the Apple iPad, see Elliott Masie's 10 minute video at:...
What do instructors need to know about teaching with technology?
I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic...
Mini-series on e-portfolios and personal learning environments
Graham Attwell is running a thoughtful min-series of blogs on this topic. See:
Attwell, G. (2009) e-portfolios-WTF Pontydysgu: Bridge to Learning, September 4
Attwell, G. (2010)...
Is prior learning assessment better than GPAs for admission to post-secondary education?
Klein-Collins, R. (2010) Fueling the Race to Post-Secondary Success Chicago IL: The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
One of the features of old age...