External Dissemination 1

• JISC CETIS Portfolio Special Interest Group
• 21/06/07 - University of Manchester

This session not only enabled us to meet with similar JISC-funded projects, but helped us with the interoperability issues - basically, due to a lack of standards between e-portfolio and educational systems, the project is justified in enabling learners to download selected files and blog entries to transportable media.  In this way, students can create and move files between systems more easily (at present) - creating, e.g., backups of work or showcase DVD's for example.

SIG Presentation (ppt)

•   JISC RSC-YH e-Learning Conference 2007:
• Personalised Learning: implementing the digital vision
• 22/06/07 - Sheffield Hallam University

Here we presented what we had done so far, showing delegates actual examples of student blogs and how comments had elicited further reflection.

Conference presentation (ppt)

Conference worksheet (doc)

Below is a link to a video detailing the use of Elgg at Hull College - watching this, you can find out what students and employers thought!
Towards Personalisation


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• Higher Education Academy Information and Computer Sciences 8th Annual Conference
• 28-30/08/07 - University of Southampton

This refers back to the original starting point of this project, funded by the HEA.  The paper shows our findings after one year of using Elgg with Foundation Degree Software Design and Development students on work placement.

Conference presentation (ppt)

Conference paper (doc)

The original paper, before evaluation, was published in the 'Italics' - the Information and Computer Sciences subject centre e-Journal, May 2007, volume 6, issue 2.

Paper (pdf)

The complete e-Journal can be viewed here:

http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol6iss2.htm

The final report for the HEA ICS mini-project (doc).