AeP Symposium 2 : Graduate Attributes

ePortfolios as a tool to articulate graduate attributes – we’re now listening to Simon Barrie, Associate Professor University of Sydney, who is giving us the ’systems’ perspective:
At ALTC the critical focus their EP project is on being student centred – The National GAP – need to check the website about their project work:
Claire Hughes, University [...]

AeP Symposium 2 : views from the AFLF

Allison Miller, the Eportfolios Business Manager for Eportfolios for the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF) from TAFE SA, is now giving an overview of E-portfolio: Managing Learner Information Business Activity.
Business activity objectives include: national portability of EPs. E-portfolios Reference Group was established in 2008; cross-sectoral and includes a wide range of expertise.
VET ePF CoP – [...]

AeP Symposium 2 : report from Darwin University

Ruth Wallace is telling us about the disenfranchised learners in the Northern Territory: they are different to the mainstream, they are strong survival tactics, they reject improsed values and truths. Engagement is a huge risk – to the individual’s identity, to learner’s membership in communities, to an individuals’ sense of self.
One project focussed on working [...]

AeP Symposium 2 : reflections from UK

During a video provided by leading lights in UK on EPs we are introduced to the concept of ‘national EP identity and practices’ …. my phrase …. clearly moving forward in a holistic manner in the use of EPs in education. The Centre for Recording Achievements (CRA) is currently providing structure and momentum for [...]

AeP Symposium 2 : reflections from Australia

Reflections from 2008
Gillian Hallam from QUT is now providing a review of Austalian higher education of eportfolios since 2008. Good to see that a focus has been to capture the stories of eps across educational disciplines. The report from August 2008 is a key document to access: the Final Project Report is available to download, [...]

AeP Symposium 2: reflections from the Netherlands

It seems a little ethereal to be attending this symposium so far from home, at QUT, whilst fires are raging in my home state. So to keep my focus I am reflecting on events here today.
There are international and interstate delegates here today and we are looking forward to hearing about ep practices in their [...]

Another EP artefact

My recent creation of an EP artefact is a PowerPoint presentation! I was looking for a way of demonstrating and showcasing my varied experiences in a number of organisations in a simple to create and easy to follow medium. I chose PowerPoint: see below for the link to this file stored at SlideShare.

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EP artefacts

This week I was prompted to revisit my previous certificates in online learning and leadership and to consider how I could digitise them for inclusion in an eportfolio (EP). Mostly my certificates are housed in a folder inside plastic sleeves and I have, in the past, photocopied these for submitting to prospective employer. My process was [...]

Stage 2: dreaming

A great deal of dreaming has been happening in the last month or so. So many projects seem to be focussing on the change management strategies and personal engagement strategies for moving elearning to the top of their list of activities. The project managers are each looking for guidance, networking, and designing elearning, in different [...]

Personal branding!

Stage 1: discovery
What is my personal brand? How do I appear to those who are viewing my blogs, my comments or visiting any of the sites I create.
What do I want my personal brand to be? How would I prefer that others view my digital identity?
These words feature as essential ingredients for my personal branding [...]