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EUROPORTFOLIO: a European Network of Eportfolio Experts and Practitioners

Project Europortfolio: a European Network of Eportfolio Experts and Practitioners (EPNET)Ref. no. 531312-LLP-1-2012-1-HR-KA3-KA3NW, Agreement no. 2012-4138/001-001This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

WHY EUROPORTFOLIO?

• Patchy ePortfolio related work: Fragmentation of initiatives: Most occur at individual,

local and organisational levels, few at regional, national and international levels.

Fragmentation of technologies: despite work on interoperability (e.g. IMS and LEAP 2A standards) ePortfolios are not interoperable across ePortfolio platforms and information systems in education, human resource development and employment.

Fragmentation of actors: distance, language and cultural barriers affect the ability to share information and build knowledge.

Fragmentation of information: there is no single point from which it is possible to find all relevant information on ePortfolios initiatives, technologies, practice and actors.

EUROPORTFOLIO Open Seminar, Barcelona 2014

Our main goal is ...

... to establish a European Cooperation Network of experts and practitioners from four sectors in the field of ePortfolios:

Further and Higher Education Vocational Education and Training Employment — human resources management, career

counselors, etc. Lifelong Learning — all the actors of non-formal and

informal learning


We will achieve that by...

• Defining a framework for the integration of ePortfolios in all 4 targeted sectors

• Transfering crucial knowledge from early adopters of ePortfolio initiatives to new ePortfolio initiatives

• Contributing to the definition and implementation of ePortfolio policies, based upon evidence-informed practice, and a shared European perspective

• Raising awareness among educators, end-users and employers/enterprises to promote technological innovation in education as well as practices of reflective learning

• Encouraging the emergence of new ePortfolio initiatives to contribute to innovative learning practices, transparency and quality assurance of educational systems, formal and informal;

• Developing the Europortfolio Learning Community Portal as a self-sustainable European ePortfolio information platform and social community of actors with live stream of current practices

• Enhancing the dialogue with international research networks, policy makers and educational leaders with the creation of an international network of experts and practitioners


HOW DO WE WORK?

1. A wide network of committed stakeholders across nations and sectors, including ePortfolio experts, researchers, practitioners, educational institutions and leaders, employers, policy experts and policy makers as well as interested communities such as school networks

2. A fully self-sustainable Europortfolio Learning Community Portal: ePortfolio Practices and Models series of National and Thematic Executive Reports Open Educational Resources a series of ePortfolio Implementation Guides (good practice, policies,

implementation strategies) an ePortfolio maturity matrix model (self-assessment,

benchmarking, further development) an evidence-based ePortfolio framework that contributes to the

recognition and accreditation of competencies within EU-27 countries


http://www.europortfolio.org/

BENEFITS?

• 1st group: EPortfolio experts Will particularly benefit from the ePortfolio inventory, and

contacts with other experts (creating research partnerships), exchanging knowledge and experience, publish their own findings

• 2nd group: EPortfolio practitioners Will particularly benefit from the ePortfolio inventory, the

maturity matrix, online questionnaires for self-assessment, lessons learned, open educational resources and white papers

• 3rd group: Policy makers and authorities Will particularly benefit from the ePortfolio framework, green

and white papers, etc.• 4th group: Global ePortfolio Community

Links to researchers, policy experts and practitioners outside of Europe, e.g. Australia, Canada and USA, will be exploited

Inter/Nation Coalition of Eportfolios across USA and Australia will reference Europortfolio and disseminate information about European ePortfolio network thus expanding the European ePortfolio vision and enabling new, worldwide partnerships


WHO ARE WE?

• EUROPORTFOLIO Project consortium (EUROPORTFOLIO CORE)1. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics,

Croatia (coordinator)2. ADPIOS, France3. Centre for Recording Achievement, UK4. AGH University of Science and Technology Centre of e-

Learning, Poland5. Danube University Krems, Austria6. University of Southern Denmark, Denmark 7. Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Spain8. TLT Group, USA

• Associated partners (21+)• Global EUROPORTFOLIO (ePortfolio) community

275 registered members, 49 countries


Getting involved in building this new ‘community of practice’…

Europortfolio: a European network working to create a sustainable online community of e-portfolio practitioners.

Open to all using, or wishing to use, technology effectively and appropriately:• to increase the potential for valuing learning and achievements through greater visibility and transparency

• to capture, recognise, interpret and integrate learning and achievements (both formal and non-formal) and

• thereby to allow learners to contextualise, develop and manage their personal trajectories.

Sharing – learning – developing


A ‘work in progress’, some options for getting involved now…

• By expressing support – join by registering and become a member by signing the Europortfolio Charter at Europortfolio.org

• By contributing your ideas and experiences, plus information about publications and events you are running, to the Europortfolio Portal and/or Newsletter

• By joining - or leading – one of our Open Webinars (three so far).

• By accessing/contributing to our Youtube channel/other social network tools…

• By joining, or leading, a ‘chapter’ (local Europortfolio group).


And for the future:

• Developing the facility for practical collaboration (soon to be implemented via the portal).

So far… 276 Members from 49 Countries!Please join us at www.europortfolio.org

EPNET kick-off meeting, 31 January - 1 February 2013

http://www.europortfolio.org/