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Learning Forum London, 22-24 June 2009
This year’s event main theme is “Innovation, Creativity and Accountability.” It will be addressed over three days and three conferences:
* ePortfolio 2009 (7th international conference)
* Key Competencies—Skills for Life 2009 (3rd international conference)
* Learning Networks and Communities (4th international conference—previously Learning Regions & Cities)
Conference Themes & Issues
How do we promote [...]

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eReturn – using ePortfolios to support women returners to employment
24 – 25 February 2009, 10.30 – 16.00, Aston Business School, Birmingham
Two one-day events to disseminate the work of the JISC-funded eReturn project
The eReturn project is led by the Open University, in partnership with the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (UKRC), Cardiff Women’s Workshop (CWW), the University [...]

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e-Portfolios are not a new concept. In various guises, digital presentations of skills and competences, online records of achievement, and action plans with opportunities for reflection have been in use in education for nearly a decade. So what is new about e-portfolios?
Running at Newcastle University on 2nd February and Aston University on 19th February, this workshop will explore what [...]

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Congratulations to the prize winners who attended our recent “Exploring e-Portfolios” event!
Last week, delegates gathered in York to witness “The Big Debate” where several propositions surrounding e-portfolios were put forward – from using free, open source solutions to tailormade organisational solutions – and the audience voted on their thoughts.  Interestingly, opinion changed throughout the day [...]

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E-Portfolios are something most people involved in learning have an opinion about. Some are very much in favour, some against and some don’t think it fits with their style of teaching and learning.
To this end, the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber is organising a FREE “Exploring E-Portfolios Day” on Friday 12th [...]

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Exploring e-Portfolios
12 Dec 2008 (Full day event)

10:00 – 16:00
National Science Learning Centre, York
This interactive hands-on event will give an opportunity to try out a number of e-portfolios.
An e-portfolio is an extremely useful teaching and learning tool. It is an online collection of evidence that can provide a record of learner progression and achievement, easily accessible [...]

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The recently launched e-portfolio JISC infoKit covers the main drivers, purposes, processes, perspectives and issues around e-portfolios, as well as showcasing the wide range of project activity undertaken by JISC and others over the last few years and signposting projects and research currently underway.
Included in the infokit is a short guide on effective practice with [...]

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Two new JISC resources on e-portfolios have been launched at ALT-C in Leeds.
The first is a new guide in the JISC Effective Practice series, Effective Practice with e-Portfolios, which explores good practice in the use of e-portfolios throughout a lifetime of learning.
The guide complements a new infoKit on e-portfolios from JISC infoNet which [...]

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