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Characteristics & Properties

• A gathering of incidents, always concerning the author. It confronts the owner with the question 'so what?’

Pebble call it:

"a purposeful aggregation of digital items - ideas,

evidence, reflections, feedback, data etc - which

‘present’ a selected audience with information

about the subject of that eportfolio"

Characteristics & Properties

• It harvests assets • It promotes critical friendship

and co-mentoring 

Characteristics & Properties

• It says 'hello world, this is me' 

Pacing Negotiated pacedTeacher paced

A journey Supported Independent

Authenticity Own experience Others’ experiences

Tracking Recording Self managing

Edutainment Accidental learning Novel learning

Reinforce with peers Challenge peersUnderstanding

How does technology help develop learning?Less able More ableintoLearning from…

repetitive activity

engage through games

complete new activity

devise own games

explore alternative perspectiveswrite from own experience

keeps own e-record of understandingtutor keeps e-record of learning

learner chooses activity and timeteacher sets activity and time

learner chooses own directiontutor provides constant guidance

Engagement In-class learning Any time learning

shared responsibilitytutor responsibility

What we know about Reflective Portfolios

• Firstly we aren't good at reflecting• We aren't good about filling space with

our learning & Development• Not everyone 'gets it'

Who has control?Hosting, accessing, choosing content,

Pebble Pad

MaytasFacebook

Moodle PLP

EBS bolt-on

MySpaceLearning Assistant

IfL Reflect

ILP ReflectiveRecord of achievement Mapping Social Private

PaperFree Evernote

ITunes

YouTube ELGG

MaharaBlackboard

Personal Mapping

Wordpress

Sakai

Fronter

What we know about Reflective Portfolios

• Reflective Portfolios ask you to confront your own experiences and their consequences

Warehouse

Stock

Accessibility

Content

Capture

Creativity

Lifespan

Student Learning JourneyCollege data

Learner controlled

Learner owned

Learner owned

Experience

Reflective

Ad Nauseum

College owned

College owned

Achievement

Mapping

Ad Litem

College controlled

E-portfolioIndividual Learning Plan

The great enterprise of learning (Class/VLE?Library)

What we know about Reflective Portfolios

They offer•Authentic learning•Accidental Learning•Sustainable Learning

• It defines the edges of other technologies such as the VLE, and the Learning Plan 

• It defines the edges of other technologies such as the VLE, and the Learning Plan 

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geoff.rebbeck@thanet.ac.uk

You Tube sharing portfolio athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et7BTd9My-8