Exploring ePortfolio Technologies: Reviewing Platforms and Approaches for Teaching, Learning and Beyond -- a Webinar Series

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Winter-Spring Series 2012

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Fall Series Calendar 2011

A Chart of ePortfolio Platforms -- compiled from Fall 2011 Sessions (Excel file)

Background

Three leading organizations in the eportfolio community have teamed up to develop and produce a webinar series for eportfolio practitioners and consumers.  EPAC, ePortfolio California and AAEEBL will present Exploring ePortfolio Technologies: Reviewing Platforms and Approaches for Teaching, Learning and Beyond.   The series offers an opportunity for eportfolio providers and academics to discuss how various eportfolio platforms serve the needs of educators and learners in the knowledge economy. Sessions will be based on a set of questions asked and issues raised by the eportfolio community during the spring of 2011. The focus of this webinar will  primarily be on how a given platform supports the teaching and learning process.

A primary goal of this webinar series is to generate a number of useful resources for the eportfolio community.  Resources for the series are extensive and assume several forms.

• Vendors will offer an interactive webinar session with a demonstration of their software. These sessions will be archived and available on this site and the ePortfolio California site.  To access the recorded sessions, use the links in the calendar below.
  
• Vendors have provided answers to a survey addressing the issues and interests raised by the community that will be available as a resource. To go to the resources use the links in the calendars below. 
  
• An extensive list of vendors/developers have been interviewed by Trent Batson, executive director of AAEEBL and appeared in a Campus Technology article that provides additional information about eportfolio technologies.
  
• A chart of eportfolio platforms is being compiled by Patricia Donohue of ePortfolio California in response to demand for a simple way to compare various eportfolio platforms. (Excel file.)
  

“This webinar series came about,” explains Stanford’s Helen Chen of EPAC, “because no matter how much we emphasize that the teaching and learning with eportfolios is a priority over the technology, questions always arise about eportfolio platforms.  Therefore, we thought it would be a good service to the eportfolio community to offer this webinar series and to address specific issues that arise in relation to the technologies of eportfolios.”

One eportfolio vendor or developer will be represented during each webinar session.  These sessions are free, but registration is required.  Sessions will be held in Elluminate where voice and text interaction will occur between participants and presenters.  Facilitators for the sessions will rotate among: Helen Chen. Stanford University; Gary Brown,  Portland State Uninversity; Patricia Donohue, ePortfolio California; Trent Batson, AAEEBL; John Ittleson, PESC Academic ePortfolio Workgroup; and Judy Williamson Batson, AAEEBL. 

REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE.  Your registration will be confirmed by email.  You will receive an important email with information about your access code and URL for the webinar -- please watch for this! 

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2011 Fall Calendar and Links to Resources

Date	Vendor/Developer
September 14	Digication
September 28	eFolioWorld
October 12	Desire2Learn
October 26	LiveText
November 9	FolioTek
November 30	Epsilen
December 7	Mahara

Date	Vendor/Developer
January 18	PebblePad
February 8	TaskStream
February 22	iCampus21
March 14	Symplicity
March 28	3 Canoes and Longsight
April 11	Chalk and Wire
April 25	RCampus