Source: Shirky, C. (2008) “Here Comes Everybody”, p.105 Image Source: ArtByChristi, ‘Flourish’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrysti/2250223529/

Source: OFSTED, (2009) “VLE an evaluation of their development in a sample of educational settings”, [online] http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Publications-and-research/Browse-all-by/Documents-by-type/Thematic-reports/Virtual-learning-environments-an-evaluation-of-their-development-in-a-sample-of-educational-settings, p.4

Source: OFSTED, (2009) “VLE an evaluation of their development in a sample of educational settings”, [online] http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Publications-and-research/Browse-all-by/Documents-by-type/Thematic-reports/Virtual-learning-environments-an-evaluation-of-their-development-in-a-sample-of-educational-settings, p.4

Source: OFSTED, (2009) “VLE an evaluation of their development in a sample of educational settings”, [online] http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Publications-and-research/Browse-all-by/Documents-by-type/Thematic-reports/Virtual-learning-environments-an-evaluation-of-their-development-in-a-sample-of-educational-settings, p.4

Stuff that makes it meaningful for students. Stuff that makes it meaningful in teaching and learning. Have you thought about using some tools for sharing? ePortfolio? Dropbox? LOR?

ePortfolio is a personal portfolio tool for storing, organising, reflecting on and sharing items that represent your learning. You can include: Documents (PowerPoint, Word etc.) Images Audio Video Items can be at any stage of completion, so e-Portfolio can be a tool for: Collaborating on, or getting feedback on, the creation of items Showcasing finished items How is e-Portfolio typically used in H.E.? To support reflective activity To build an evidence base for achievement of competencies or learning outcomes To enable peer-peer and student-tutor dialogue around e-P items To organise and present material… For assessment purposes For an external audience, e.g. potential employers

What are the main bits of an e-Portfolio? Artefacts, Collections, Reflections and Presentations

ePortfolio stores digital artefacts that representyour learning. An artefact might be: A file A new page of content (HTML page) created in ePortfolio An internet reference (URL) Imported results from a learning room: assessment results, dropbox feedback, grades…

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

A reflection can be: An independent portfolio item Associated with an existing artefact, collection or presentation. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later.

Collections are groups of artefacts, reflections and presentations. They are like folders, except an item can belong to multiple collections at the same time. For example, you can add a short story you wrote to a collection called 'Fiction' as well as a collection called 'Creative Writing 1a'.

Tags are keywords or descriptive labels that you can add to items to help organise and categorise them. You can search both your own portfolio and others' shared items by tags.

Presentations let you compile a number of portfolio items into a web project that showcases your achievements. They can be shared with anyone inside or outside NTU. Someone might want to create a presentation to: Showcase their portfolio items to a potential employer Gather a number of items together into a single presentation and submit the whole thing to NOW’s dropbox for marking

Enabling comments on an artefact, collection, reflection or presentation allows users who are viewing the item to leave feedback. Use this feature to collaborate with peers or tutors around works-in-progress or finished items.

Case study example – Carol Jones and Gabi Burgess School of Education – Journalism course (example to be shown) PhD student support – BLSS and poss ArchBE

Discussion activity What about: Hosting: when a student leaves NTU, what happens to their eP? Capacity: how much storage space does each student have? Interoperability: can eP items be transferred from one eP system to another? Anything else?...

Why use an LOR? Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2110798875/

FAQs Q: When will it be released? A: The beginning of this academic year  _____________________________________   Q: Can I publish to directly to LOR? A: To the School LOR, yes. You can also hide objects if you just want to share between your own courses. Publishing to NTU LOR is via your LOR Coordinator (role to be discussed in schools) Q: What support will I get? A: Initially, documentation in the NOW Community, but we will be holding workshops & promoting more widely in the New Year _____________________________________ Q: Where can I get more information? A: Vicki McGarvey, SHARE Project Manager      NTU SHARE web site (http://ntushare.org) Q: What is the SHARE Project? A: Supporting, Harnessing and Advancing Repository Enhancement This is a JISC-funded project to develop and embed the use of the repository. If you want to get involved, contact Vicki

Enhancing life-long learning, teaching and research through information resources and services

Updates and new ‘stuff’ Sarah Horrigan, eLearning Developer

What is this not going to be about? Jargon A sales pitch for NOW Technical waffle Acronyms Step-by-step instructions Edu-speak Boring stuff Geek-speak

So, what is this going to be about?

Ideas! Source: Éole, http://www.flickr.com/photos/eole/380316678/

Some things to think about… Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/2260970300/sizes/l/

“… communications tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically boring” Source: Clay Shirky, 2008 Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrysti/2250223529/

“… The best VLEs reviewed allowed learners to reinforce their routine work, or catch up on missed lessons. In those best cases the material offered was fun and helpful and was being used well by learners…” Image source: Maccio Capatonda, http://www.flickr.com/photos/gattomimmo/2217134329/

“… In the least effective examples, documents had been dumped on the system and forgotten.” Source: OFSTED, 2009 Source: Sandman, ‘Storm Cell at Sunset’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdoubledot/1281864495

“The common factor in effective VLEs was the enthusiasm of the subject teacher; that is enthusiasm for the subject and teaching and learning as much as any competence in computing” Source: OFSTED, 2009 Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxbraun/104431360/

What might help make NOW more engaging? Source: batintherain, “Europe, puzzle”, http://www.flickr.com/photos/batintherain/227028853/

What do these have in common? Source: Broma, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pezz/519423109/ ePortfolio Dropbox Learning Object Repository Wimba Voice Tools

What is an ePortfolio and what is it used for?

Artefacts Collections Reflections Presentations

What are artefacts?

Artefact 1 Artefact 2 Where do Reflections fit in? Collection 1

Artefact 1 Artefact 2 Where do Reflections fit in? Reflection on Artefact 2 Collection 1

Artefact 1 Artefact 2 Where do Reflections fit in? Reflection on Artefact 2 Reflection on Collection Collection 1

Artefact 1 Artefact 2 Where do Reflections fit in? Reflection on Artefact 2 Reflection Reflection on Collection Collection 1

Artefact 1 Artefact 2 Where do Reflections fit in? Reflection on Artefact 2 Reflection Reflection on Collection Collection 1 Reflection

And what about Collections? Collection 1 Collection 2

This is where tagging comes in…

How can you share it with others?

ePortfolios were made for sharing! Source: Jeff Bauche, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeff-bauche/2230236391/

How are e-Portfolios being used at NTU?

e-Portfolios in practice – what do we need to think about?

Another useful tool… Learning Object Repository

Otherwise known as… LOR

Why use an LOR? Source: D’Arcy Norman, ‘jelly belly’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2110798875/

Learning Object Metadata Searchable, shareable resource How does an LOR work?

How does an LOR work?

How does an LOR work?

How does an LOR work? needle Search:

Database of learning objects (LOR)      tag  How does an LOR work?

School LOR  NTU LOR      tag  How does our LOR work?

How do you use the LOR?  Learning Room Choose to: Import Fixed link Dynamic link retrieve School LOR  NTU LOR

And finally…Wimba Voice Tools Source: Leo, ‘Alter Ego’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/leon_77/2312147267/

Adding and collecting voice recordings in NOW demo

Where can they be used? In Content ePortfolio reflection Feedback in the dropbox Assessments News item In a widget In fact, anywhere you use the HTML editor