This week’s topic is on Exploring e-assessment:

TAFE NSW teachers are using a wide range of digital tools to support the assessment process. In this session our guests will show you two examples – one for recognition, the other demonstrating practical skills in the workplace. We’ll also update you on a project focusing on supporting eAssessment in TAFE NSW.

How do I attend?

On Thursday at 12 Noon, point your web browser at this online meeting room address:

http://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/tafeconnects

Log in with your DEC username and password – or just enter as a Guest.

How to catch up on previous sessions?

Recordings are on the TAFE Connects website.

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The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has been exploring the use of ePortfolios in the educational context since 2008.

In 2009 they began funding national trials of ePortfolios.

On 2010 three registered training organisations (RTOs) were awarded funding to implement and trial an e-portfolio system to support learner transitions. Conducted over six months during 2010, these trials also adopted the Framework’s VET E-portfolios Privacy Draft Guidelines, and provided feedback about their usability and ‘adoptability’, as well as developed resources to support learners’ understanding of privacy risks when using an e-portfolio system.  Click here to read more about these trials.

Each year a conference is held will brings together national and international educators and thought leaders to showcase the ways e-portfolio practice is making a difference to adult education in Australia.

The 2011 conference, titled “ePortfolios Australia Conference 2011 (EAC2011)” will be held at Curtin University, Perth on the 17-18 October 2011

For more information see the conference website

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Last month Gail Watt & myself had the opportunity to attend and present at the inaugural E-portfolios Showcase 09 conference held in Melbourne 16 October 2009. Organised by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework the showcase was attended by more than 140 teachers, trainers, managers and ICT professionals looking  to learn from some of the most highly regarded e-portfolio researchers and leaders.

Gail Watt & I presented to a break out session on the progress of our nationally AFLF eportfolio project titled Hair E-portfolio were we outlined the trial of Mahara for skills recognition in the Hair Dressing Section, Ultimo college.

All of the main presenters and 3 of the break out sessions have been podcast on the Talking VTE podcast.

Five of the main presentations were streamed live using Elluminate and the recordings can be accessed here.

Links

Conference podcasts

Elluminate recordings of keynotes

Conference Website

images from the conference

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Synopsis

Podcast of a presentation by Alison Miller, E-portfolios Business Manager,  AFLF to an audience drawn from across the VET sector  in Sydney 10 th Sept. 2009.

Links

Adobe Connect Recording of Session

Australian Flexible Learning Framework – E-portfolios

NSW E-learning Innovations

BUILDING OUR FUTURE

Fast tracking TAFE NSW          Products and Services

Here live blogging  at the inaugural aupov09 Conference being held in Wollongong, NSW Australia 18-19 June 2009.

Been a series of interesting keynote speakers including Allison Miller on the emergence of POV and thier potential use in the VET sector and wider ecucation sector, Toni Twiss on her research with genc students and their use of video, Michael Coghlan the historical and cultural landscape of user generated content.

There are many attendees putting up content so if you are not able to attend you won’t miss a thing, you can even participate live via twitter by using the hash tag #aupov09 .

Social media syndications.

Twitter

Flickr

Podcasts

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Synopsis

Round table discussion regarding a eprtfolio questionnaire put out by education.au

Present: Alan Bevan education.au, Paula Williams, Paulis Cheung, Stephan Ridgway, Tessa Bachmayer &  Jenny Barlow

Questions

Protecting e-portfolio content

1. What types of content could be stored on an e-portfolio? How would you classify them?

2. Who owns this content? Do the ownership rules need to be changed for different types of content?

3. Do you think privacy and security issues vary depending on the type of content? How?

4. Privacy legislation places an onus on an organisation to ‘take reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.’ What do you think such ‘reasonable steps’ might be for student e-portfolio information?

Access

5. What categories of users might be given access to some or all of an e-portfolio? What might be the circumstances governing this access? Who should decide who is given access?

6. Do you have any thoughts about how the various users of an e-portfolio might initially have their identities confirmed and then authenticated each time they visit?

7. What impact might third party access have on security and privacy issues?

Content verification

8. Who should have the ability to publish and update content in an individual’s e-portfolio?

9. How might the authenticity of content published in an e-portfolio be verified?

External institutional content

10. What types of information are held externally that may be of value for an individual’s eportfolio?

11. Can you suggest ways in which this content could be accessed for e-portfolio purposes?

12. If the learner wished to include some of this content in his/her e-portfolio (e.g. achievement data), how might this be verified? Could there be different types of verification for different types of content, e.g. RPL, employability skills, assessment, employment, testimonials?

Definition of learner

13. If learners are to be given certain rights and privileges with regard to the use of an e-portfolio, there may need to be some consistency in the definition of learner. How would you define a ‘learner’ for the purposes of e-portfolio management?

Network Resources

sridgway resources tagged with eportfolios

All resources tagged with eportfilios

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When: 1.30 – 2.30 pm August 25, 2008

Where: Knowledge Bank Online Events – Elluminate Live

Who: Keynote: Allison Miller, National Manager for E-portfolios, Australian Flexible Learning Framework.

Allison will introduce a panel of e-portfolio project leaders from a variety of Educational environments across Australia to talk about their experiences in developing e-portfolio processes with their learners.

Registrations: please register here

NOTE: This is an online event utilising the Elluminate platform which currently is not supported on the DET network, however staff can access the session from home. If we get enough interest Workforce Development (formally Learning & Innovation) will hold a group viewing @ Ultimo.

Contact Workforce Development on 9217 3731 to register your expression of interest.