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Participate in an online Electronic Portfolio Class
This online class will help you develop an electronic portfolios while becoming familiar with a wide range of Web 2.0 tools to support
lifelong and life wide learning.
Web 2.0 Tools for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning Using Web 2.0 to support learning across the lifespan
Emphasis on creating an e-portfolio using Web 2.0 tools
• An electronic portfolio is both a digital archive (collection) of a person’s work and one or more presentations that select from and reflect on that work for a specific purpose and audience.
• Electronic portfolios can be created for multiple purposes: learning/process, showcase/market ing /employment, and assessment/accountability.
• Electronic portfolios can be created with learners of all ages. There are now services emerging to store digital documents online for a lifetime.
• Web 2.0 is a term that describes recent changes in the Internet for more read/write user participation. These changes include blogs, wikis, podcasts, GoogleApps and Docs, online video, RSS feeds, social bookmarks and social networks.
• Dr. Helen Barrett is an internationally recognized expert on electronic portfolio development for learners of a l l a g e s . H e r w e b s i t e (electronicportfolios.org) is often recognized as one of the most authoritative and comprehensive on the Internet.
• Dr. Barrett was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award by E I F E L a t t h e F i f t h A n n u a l E u r o P o r t f o l i o C o n f e r e n c e i n Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 2007, to recognize her contribution to ePortfolio research and development.
• Dr. Bar re t t ’s exper ience w i th electronic portfolios ranges from family involvement in early childhood, to research in K-12 schools, to Teacher Education programs in universities. Her research included replicating her portfolio with more than 30 online services and systems.
Dr. Helen Barrett
electronicportfolios.org
Phone: 253-229-5235
Skype: eportfolios
20th Century
Portfolios
Course DescriptionCreate your own online portfolio using free Web 2.0 tools while becoming familiar with how a variety of these tools can be used to support learning across the lifespan, including:• informal learning (family archives, digital scrapbooks, social networking)• formal learning (e-portfolios in K-12 and higher education)• professional development (professional e-portfolios in the work place)• memory extenders after retirement (Memex, digital stories and legacy)
Course Outline:• Web 2.0 Overview: What is Web 2.0? What are the characteristics of
Web 2.0 tools that facilitate interactive learning?
• Blogs & RSS: How can we use web log (blog) tools as eJournals to
document learning over time? How do we use RSS feeds to keep track of
changes in web pages?
• E-Portfolios: How can we use Web 2.0 tools to create presentation
portfolios in formal education for different purposes and audiences?
• Online Digital Storage: How can we set up an online repository for our
digital life?
• Social Networks: How do FaceBook, MySpace, Ning or LinkedIn support
informal and social learning? How do Social Bookmarks support learning?
• Photo Archives: How can we use digital photo archives as part of lifelong
photo archives and digital scrapbooks of life experiences?
• Professional Development: How can we use Web 2.0 tools to document
our professional achievements over a career?
• Online Multimedia Content: How can we use online multimedia tools to
tell our stories digitally? (podcasting and digital storytelling)
• Memory Extenders: How can we use our online digital storage to
maintain a lifetime of memories that we can use to write our
autobiographies or leave a legacy?
• Final Reflection and Portfolio Submission: What have we learned
about Web 2.0 tools that can be used to support lifelong and life wide
learning? What!s next?
Interaction with Instructor through: blog entries, RSS feeds, Google Groups, eMail, Skype and Skypecasting
Technology requirements: access to high speed Internet, personal computer running Windows XP or Vista, or Macintosh OS X, running latest version of Firefox web browser and Skype.
Fees: $99 per person for 10 module course (over 5 or 10 weeks) Group discounts available. College Credit extra fee.
How to Create an Electronic Portfolio using Web 2.0 Tools:(blogs, wikis, AJAX start pages)
http://electronicportfolios.org/web20portfolios.html
Using Google Tools to Create Electronic Portfolios:http://electronicportfolios.org/google/
Dr. Helen Barrett
electronicportfolios.org
Phone: 253-229-5235
Skype: eportfolios