e Portfolios

I recently began my research into the area of eportfolios to find some info as to what an eportfolio actually was. I've found a number of different definitions and discovered various ways of using eportfolios.

After presenting my research to my team we decided we would create our own eportfolio. Our eportfolio will be created as a sample compilation of evidence of electronic activities to show what we have learned about Learnscope. As the example eportfolio is currently under construction I will report back with a link ASAP.

For more info on eportfolios check out the following website:

www.danwilton.com/eportfolio

Next Steps

We had a meeting last Friday 18 May, to discuss the progress of our project. Each member was given a resposibility to have completed before the meeting. Now that we have the initial data collected we can plan the next steps .......

Collette will be running an EdNA workshop for the benifit of the group to teach us how to post comments, change the back and to make the site overall appealing to our students.

Yva is collecting more information about Ared and present this to us at the next meeting.

Rea will be looking into creating an e-portfilo and then generating one for Yva's Certificate IV in Business work.

I will be looking into creating a pod cast, and if it is successful will try and relate it to our RTO.

So we will be very busy over the next few weeks with researching and playing around with all our findings. Keep an eye out becuase our blog will become very busy.

If anyone knows of any good links or has any vauable information about Ared, Edna, e-portfilo, or pod casting, feel free to let us know the more information we get the better!!!

3 M's

Morning Everyone!

Yeterday i went over and Spoke to Melanie Brenton, about bring Marcus Ragus who is a M-learning "GURU" up to Darwin. Its all very exciting!!!! He is making his way here at the beginning of July, which isn't that far away.

We are organising a one on one workhsop with Marcus, while he is here to discuss RFID tags, mobile phones and PDA's and how to program and utilise them in a learning environment.

It was good to set the wheels in motion!!! At the conclusion of my visit I didnt leave Mel's office empty handed, she loaded me up with some new and exciting m-learning websites that she has come across. My favourite so far is:
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=56

Check it out, i am sure it will confuse the hell out of many of you but it is very amusing! :)

Our M-learning knowledge is increasing everyday thanks to Mel and Marcus!!!

Edna group approved

Hey team,
Just letting you know that i have applied for an edna group and have one now to play with as of 10 May 2007 (as per one of our aims). I wanted the group so i can communicate information with my trainees, such as posting documents and comments, using forums etc. Similar to the one Collette started for her TAA group. Though I am particularly interested in using the 'chat function' as these days this is a major communication method for the x generation!

I now need to edit it to make it look appealing to my 'younger' target group and think of a suitable name. Any ideas?

I'll show you all when i've finished editing. I would really like to trial this asap so once its 'pretty' enough for me i'll need to get my trainees involved :)

Good luck to me

Thanks all

Yva :)

Pre-Learnscope survey 2007

Hi guys,

this is the pre-survey that we all need to fill out before we go any further with our learnscope project.

Do not panic if you cant answer the questions, that is the point of the survey, to find out what you dont know.

At the end of the project we will do the survey again and by that time we should be able to answer every question.

Thanks

Yva

Click here to access the survey

Blogging along

Finally the Chamber has set up their Blog!!

Katharina was kind enough to come over today and show us the ins and out of blogs and refresh our memory on features of the wiki's and frappers.

We can now keep you all update on our progress and inform you of any exciting information we might come across in our M & E -learning journey.

The journey will be long one but we are determined to take it one day at a time and just keep blogging along.