1 E-Portfolios & Student Blogs Duncan Gillespie Robert Brown

E-Portfolios & Student Blogs  Introduction  E-portfolio is an open sources, web based personal publishing system. Dumfries and Galloway College has developed this tool to support students and assist them to develop employability skills and integrate work in other areas of their course. They maintain the e-portfolio and can include photographic evidence from practical workshops, and use the e-portfolio to shop window for self promotion and employment.  The e-portfolio helps the learner gain skills which will have a long lasting and positive impact on their learning, improve learner retention, progression and achievement. It supports lifelong learning and encompasses the concepts of personal development planning and evaluation.  Blogs are an online journal(or diary) used in the main as a communication tool. 2

E-Portfolios & Student Blogs - Management  Linked to SITS student administration system  Academic and support staff manage maintenance of student eportfolios  Moodle link  epmanager epmanager 3

E-portfolios & Student Blogs - Examples  Blank eportfolio as created. Blank  HND Computing Student. HND  Int 2/Higher Engineering Student. Int 2/Higher  Int1 Engineering Student. Int1  Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Student. Pre-Apprenticeship  Construction Student progressed to apprenticeship.apprenticeship  Motor Vehicle Student. Motor Vehicle 4

E-portfolios & Student Blogs - Examples  Support blogs are used to support whole class activity.  They provide the learner with access to lesson plans and lesson material without the need for logins and therefore breakdown barriers.  The global translator plug-in is used to support learners who’s first language is not English.  Used to support inhouse, external and school classes.  Examples o Dumfries High School Hospitality Dumfries High School Hospitality o HE and professional qualifications in Computing HE and professional qualifications in Computing o Sport Sport o PDP PDP 5

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