Staff interested in e-Portfolios may find the following event helpful:

A FREE workshop provided by JISC

How can ePortfolios support 21st Century Learning
09:30 - 16:15 Thursday 24 June 2010 
Netskills Training Suite, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

e-Portfolios are not a new concept. In various guises, digital presentations of skills and competences, online records of achievement, and action plans with opportunities for reflection have been in use in education for nearly a decade. So what is new about e-portfolios?

This free-to-attend workshop will explore what we mean by e-portfolios and how e-portfolios can support 21st century learning. Drawing on the work of JISC-funded projects and other significant e-portfolio developments, it will provide a snapshot of learning enhanced by e-portfolios in higher, further and continuing education.

Who should attend?
This workshop is for those who use, or support others use of, e-portfolios: practitioners and managers in higher and further education; staff developers; those involved in initial teacher training; and in the management and implementation of PDP, CPD and lifelong learning.

For more information see: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/products/workshops/event/ncl-jun10-eport-r1/index.html

Staff wishing to bid for funding to cover travel and expenses can apply to the E-learning Travel fund for assistance: http://www.aber.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/english/funds.htm