New book on Web 2.0 and Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning

Lee, M. and McCoughlin, C. (2010) Web 2.0 Based e-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning Hershey PA: IGI Global, 415 pp, US$180 hardback

Description (from publisher)

Educational communities today are rapidly increasing their interest in Web 2.0 and e-learning advancements for the enhancement of teaching practices.

Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: [...]

Implementing e-portfolios in a two year college

Schaffhauser, D. (2010) Cultural Shift at a Community College: E-Portfolios Go Campuswide Campus Technology, August 12

This article on an excellent e-portfolio implementation strategy at a two year college in Farmington, Connecticut, is more about change management than e-portfolios. If you are trying to get faculty buy-in to e-portfolios, this article is a good [...]

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 Light, T. (2010) Electronic Portfolios and Student Success: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Learning Washington DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities

Trent Batson provides a critique of existing testing [...]

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 underpinning all of its core elements.’

I don’t usually ‘push’ particular products, but PeddlePad has an excellent five minute presentation that provides a clear description of the many elements of [...]

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

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Focusing on crucial aspects like implementation models and case studies, international experiences, information ethics, didactical implications and interoperability of software systems, this book provides a critical overview of [...]