managing to knowA tale of cave painting, eportfolios, the printing press and PLEs

Store, track, reflect, showKyle Mackie news release http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2011/03/u_of_g_hosts_ep.html

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Using technology

Stone, fire and memory

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Paper, textbooks and silence

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"An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned"

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The e-portfolio is the central and common point for the student learning experience... Effective Practice with e-Portfolios JISC (2008)Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Coordinator, Thanet College

It is a reflection of the student as a person undergoing continuous personal development, not just a store of evidence.Effective Practice with e-Portfolios JISC (2008)Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Coordinator, Thanet College

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Draw on me.

What is an eportfolio?

How is it different from an LMS?

This is jill

She's a student

She's just been told that she's going to have an 'eportfolio'What can we tell her?

What does this mean for her learning?What does the 'e' change?

Analytics vs. Read/WriteBreak a thing to measure a thing

Only when it becomes cast in a mold and runs in a routine way does it lose its educative powerJohn Dewey, Democracy and Education

A quick use case for Social Network Analysis

My facebook account

1. My hometown - green2. High school dark blue top3. Undergrad light blue4. Travelling friends - orange5. My mother's family right pink6. My father's family right purple7. UPEI - purple8. Edtech - left pink

Among the things SNA can tell us

What networks do i have?

How do they interact?

Who are the most important connectors?

Who is being left out?

Retention

Intervention

Reflection

Read/Write

Store, track, reflect, show

I think we also need to...

Learning needs to be connectedconnecthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lovesunshinez/4730788938/sizes/z/in/photostream/

curatehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/famousaccountants/5115685022/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Beimportant

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@davecormier

How is an eportfolio different from a PLE?