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E-portfolio Community of Practice Funded under the JISC Lifelong
Learning & Workforce Development Programme
Led by University of Wolverhampton
Project Manager: Alison Felce
Project Officer: Sarah Chesney, Freelance Consultant
Duration: Sep 10 – March 11
Led by the University of Wolverhampton and the ePPSME project
The aims of the ePPSME project were to develop an e-portfolio based pedagogy for work-based learners in small to medium sized enterprises.
The ePCoP funding was designed to share learning gained from all projects (like ePPSME) in the programme and encourage a wider audience to participate in e-portfolio based pedagogy discussions.
Background
Decided to use as open a platform as possible
1. for minimum administration
2. to encourage as wide an audience as possible
3. so that at a future date visitors could use (and maybe contribute to) the resources once funding had ended.
So we used Cloudworks
Strategies to create the ePCoP
Invited specific JISC projects/expert practitioners to share their learning via Cloudworks (six in total)
Wide publicity through existing communities with similar interests
Invited specific experts with experience to lead asynchronous activities for a time limited period
Strategies to create the ePCoP
Developed at the Open University with funding from JISC.
Resources & discussions can be viewed by anyone
Anyone can have an account.
Comments are checked (not ‘moderated’)
Spam Catcher Molom
Not a repository but can embed files from elsewhere
Some facts about Cloudworks
Cloudworks url http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2201
But beyond this because Cloudworks doesn’t allow you to upload files we used the project Wordpress site url http://epcop.wordpress.com to host all our own generated content
Flickr for images url http://www.flickr.com
Slideshare for Powerpoints url http://www.slideshare.net/ because these files can be embedded in Cloudworks.
Tools to sustain the ePCoP
Cacoo to draw a visual concept of learning design
url http://cacoo.com/
Finally PB works – not used as intended.
Tools to sustain the ePCoP
Specifically our section of Cloudworks: Jan11-March 11 six activities led by practitioners associated with
e-portfolios & communities of practice Total of 1500 views (from different IP addresses) Most visitors came directly to the Cloudscape (browser
bookmarks, email links etc ) Second Netvibes and third a Google search. 48 followers from across the globe 31 opted to be ‘attendees’
Some more facts about Cloudworks
What is engagement?
Use of other tools e.g. Elluminate produced some additional engagers (who otherwise didn’t add to the Cloudworks discussions)
Engagement
We knew we were getting a large number of views but not many were joining in the discussions.
We had some inappropriate postings (nothing too bad but not in the spirit of the community)
This is a largely under-researched area and I wonder if the openness of the community meant that participants were cautious of revealing a lack of knowledge so publically. (no evidence for this!)
Timing of the community – is there ever a right time?
Challenges
Simply put if the ePCoP is to continue we need an agreed set of aims. Australian VET ePCoP has these aims:
Provide assistance in embedding eportfolios
Disseminate information about the process of building eportfolios
Mentor new users in the use of eportfolios
What next?
What next?
The resources will continue to be hosted at Cloudworks
JISC infonet will host some of the resources
http://jiscinfonet.ac.uk/JISCINFONET
Plans for maintaining the ePCoP