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...
Do you know your online student really exists?
Parry, M. (2010) Online Scheme Highlights Fears About Distance-Education Fraud The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 14
Every once in a while comes along a...