Conference: ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010 (EAC2010)

ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010 (EAC2010) - widening participation by engaging the learner

Following on from the successes of the VET E-portfolios Showcase in 2009 and the ALTC Australian ePortfolio Symposia in 2008/2009, ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010 (EAC2010) will bring together national and international educators and thought leaders to showcase current e-portfolio practice and demonstrate the ways e-portfolios are serving as catalysts to support and engage adult learning from the:

* vocational education and training (VET) sector
* higher education (HE) sector, and
* adult and community education (ACE) sector

EAC2010 will be held on the 3-4 November 2010 at the Angliss Conference Centre in Melbourne, with a Vendors ePortfolios Showcase to be held on the evening of Wednesday 3 November.

Vendors and sponsors interested in participating in this event can register their interest by contacting Allison.Miller@flexiblelearning.net.au or phone: 08 8348 4075.

For more information:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/e-portfolios-australia
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/files/eport_aust_dl_alt_A5_110210.pdf

Conference: AAEEBL Call for Proposals

Hello everyone: Please join us in Boston at the Seaport Hotel from July 19-22. The Call for Proposals is open. The site to submit a proposal to is https://eventbrainz.com/event/aaeebl2010 We expect 600 attendees. Campus Technology, right next door in the Seaport World Trade Center adds another 800 attendees. We share an exhibit hall, so in addition to a full conference on ePortfolios, you can visit hundreds of booths in the shared exhibit hall. ePortfolio-related booths will be tagged in an easily recognizable way.

The proposals submitted to us will be reviewed by our program committee; only some proposals will be accepted. This is a refereed academic conference.

Featured speakers: Randy Bass, Helen Barrett, Helen Chen, Darren Cambridge, Bret Eynon, Trent Batson, Gary Brown, Phil Long, Kathleen Yancey, Terrel Rhodes, Serge Ravet, Peggy Maki, Steve Ehrmann, Allison Miller, Rob Ward, Marij Veugelers. France, the U.K., Australia and the Netherlands are represented.

Proposals will begin to be reviewed April 1; final deadline is May 1. Submit early to give yourself the best chance to be on the program.

Call for Proposals: Ed-Media 2010, June 28-July 2, 2010

ED-MEDIA 2010: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
June 28-July 2, 2010 * Toronto, Canada
The Westin Harbour Castle on Lake Ontario

Submissions Due: Dec. 18, 2009
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm

TOPICS:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications:

1. Infrastructure: (in the large)
- Architectures for Educational Technology Systems
- Design of Distance Learning Systems
- Distributed Learning Environments
- Methodologies for system design
- Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems
- WWW-based course-support systems

2. Tools & Content-oriented Applications:
- Agents
- Authoring tools
- Evaluation of impact
- Interactive Learning Environments
- Groupware tools
- Multimedia/Hypermedia Applications
- Research perspectives
- Virtual Reality
- WWW-based course sites
- WWW-based learning resources
- WWW-based tools

3. New Roles of the Instructor & Learner:
- Constructivist perspectives
- Cooperative/collaborative learning
- Implementation experiences
- Improving Classroom Teaching
- Instructor networking
- Instructor training and support
- Pedagogical Issues
- Teaching/Learning Strategies

4. Human-computer Interaction (HCI/CHI):
- Computer-Mediated Communication
- Design principles
- Usability/user studies
- User interface design

5. Cases & Projects:
- Country-Specific Developments
- Exemplary projects
- Institution-specific cases
- Virtual universities

6. Special Strand: ** Universal Web Accessibility **

DEADLINES:
http://aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due: December 18, 2009
Authors Notified: February 9, 2010
Proceedings File Due: May 3, 2010
Early Registration: May 3, 2010
Hotel Reservations: May 27, 2010
Conference: June 28-July 2, 2010

Conference: ABET Symposium, April 15-17, 2010

Proposals are now being accepted for the April 15-17, 2010 ABET Symposium (formerly “Best Assessment Processes”). NEW format includes resource room to review examples of ABET self-studies and multiple program tracks. Proposals are now being accepted in the following tracks:

• Program Assessment Processes
• Writing your Self-Study
• Preparing for the Evaluation Visit

Proposals are encouraged for three hour workshops in any of the track areas to be offered on Thursday afternoon April 15. Submit your proposal at http://www.abet.org/symposium.shtml. All proposals will be peer reviewed.

Location is in Las Vegas at the non-casino, Alexis Park Las Vegas Resort Hotel with rates at $69 per night for suites.

Conference: New England Educational Assessment Network, 11/6/09

Integrating Classroom, Program and Institutional Assessment
Friday, November 6, 2009, at the College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
8:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Linda Suskie

The Forum sessions represent an array of institutions from across New England and will focus on key issues in higher education assessment, including topics on:

--General Education and General Outcomes Assessment
--Discipline and Program-Based Assessment
--E-portfolios and other tools
--“Best Practices” in Assessment Implementation

Registration forms are attached and available on the NEEAN website: www.neean.org

Conference: 2009 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, October 25-27, 2009

2009 Assessment Institute
October 25-27, 2009
The Westin Indianapolis
http://www.planning.iupui.edu/institute

In-depth Learning Opportunities with Scholars/Practitioners for all Faculty and Academic and Student Affairs Administrators

Pre-Institute Workshops: Extended learning opportunities with experienced practitioners

Keynote Panel and Concurrent Workshops with leaders of successful assessment initiatives including:

• Jamie P. Merisotis, Lumina Foundation for Education
• Thomas A. Angelo, La Trobe University, Australia
• Trudy W. Banta, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Peter T. Ewell, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
• George D. Kuh, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University
• Jeffrey A. Seybert, Johnson County (KS) Community College

SPECIAL TRACKS
Track Plenary Sessions & Workshops Emphasizing Assessment in:

• Civic Engagement, keynote by Victor M.H. Borden, Indiana University
• ePortfolios, keynote by Helen C. Barrett, University of Oregon
• Faculty Development, keynote by Myles G. Boylan, National Science Foundation
• First-Year Experience, keynote by Jane V. Wellman, Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability
• Student Development and Diversity, keynote by Gwendolyn Dungy, NASPA - Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education

CONTINUING OUR TRADITIONS - We will present sessions with national assessment leaders, the Best Practices Fair, and additional learning opportunities emphasizing:

• Accreditation
• All Major Fields
• Assessment Methods
• Community Colleges
• General Education

Educause 2009: E-Portfolio Lightning Round

Educause has posted their conference program and here's one session that might be of interest.
http://www.educause.edu/E2009/EDUCAUSE2009/EPortfolioLightningRound/176034

E-Portfolio Lightning Round
Session Type: Teaching and Learning
Wednesday, Nov 4th, 2009

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

This lightning round will spark ideas around e-portfolios, offering five different views spanning strategy and implementation, curricular redesign and assessment, and off-the-shelf systems and reenvisioned tools. For many, e-portfolios have been clouds on the horizon. Come learn rapidly about e-portfolios from those who have been at the edge of the brewing storm.

Building Blog-Based E-Portfolios: Multiple Units and Dynamic Platforms
Geoffrey C. Middlebrook, University of Southern California
At USC, an inter-unit collaborative effort among faculty, administrators, and technologists develops blog-based e-portfolios that showcase students' learning processes and products.

Design, Implementation, and Maintenance of the Clinical Practice E-Portfolio
Ivy Tan, University of Saskatchewan
We will highlight the system features and challenges of an e-portfolio system (customized Mahara) that we implemented to replace a paper-based portfolio.

Eastern CT SU's Liberal Education E-Portfolios During Trying Times
David L. Stoloff, Eastern Connecticut State University
How do first-year colloquia and e-portfolios facilitate student development in a time of trying budgets, work-weary faculty members, and Web 2.0 tools like Facebook?

Implementing Electronic Portfolios by Beginning with Student Assessment
Patrick Lowenthal, University of Colorado Denver
The value of e-portfolios depends on how, when, and why students use them. We will describe how we redesigned our assessment/evaluation plan to focus on student learning.

Searching for an E-Portfolio Solution Collaboratively
Lorna Wong, University of Wisconsin System Administration
We used the D2L e-portfolio system in a pilot project to find a cost-effective, pedagogically sound, easy-to-use solution that fits the diverse needs of our system's institutions.

Cal for Proposals: SITE 2010, March 29-April 2, 2010

SITE 2010: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference
March 29 - April 2, 2010 * San Diego, CA
http://site.aace.org/conf/

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
** Submissions Due: Oct. 21, 2009 **

SITE 2010 is the 21st annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of
knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development.

You are invited to participate in this international forum which offers numerous opportunities to explore the research, development, and applications in this important field. All proposals are peer reviewed.

SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually attracts more than 1,200 leaders in the field from over 50 countries.

Call for Proposals: E-Learn 2009, October 26-30, 2009

E-Learn 2009: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education
October 26-30, 2009
Vancouver, BC Canada

Organized by: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)(http://www.aace.org)

Final Call for Participation Deadline: Sept. 8
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm

Advance Program / Registration: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/advprog.htm
Keynote/Invited Speakers: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/speakers/
Workshops: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/tutorials/

Call for Presentations: TechEd 2010 Conference, April 11-13, 2010, Pasadena, CA

Technology in Education for the Real World
http://www.techedevents.org/2010/
Pasadena Convention Center, Southern California

We are seeking inspiring presenters to share their knowledge and experience in teaching and learning in this digital age through proven effective uses of instructional and institutional technology. Presentations key to fulfilling the needs of the TechEd audience highlight pioneering methods of delivering education in a learner-centered environment through effective uses of technology, learning communities, diverse learning styles, collaborative partnerships and innovative administrative practices.

We invite you and your colleagues to submit a proposal to present at this landmark educational technology conference to be held April 11-13, 2010 in Pasadena, California. This Call for Presentations is extended to educators, administrators, information technology personnel, and corporate partners.

Submission Deadline is October 30, 2010

SESSION TOPICS
Google
Moodle
Facebook / Twitter
Online Course Development
Overcoming the Digital Divide
Strategies for Online Tutoring
New Developments for Careers in Tech Ed
Digital Imaging / Photography
Successfully Using Adaptive Technology
Intellectual Property & Plagiarism
Interactive Classroom - Clickers, Whiteboards, & Other Tools

Save the Date: Seminar on Researching and Evaluating Personal Development Planning and e-Portfolio

The Centre for Recording Achievement, An Associate Partner of the Higher Education Academy (UK)

in association with:
The Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
The National Action Research Network (NARN)
The Scottish PDP Forum

The third international residential seminar

‘Researching and Evaluating Personal Development Planning and e-Portfolio.’
Nottingham[1], UK, 26-8th April 2010

The Context:
In the UK the implementation of Personal Development Planning (PDP)[2], reinforced in the revised QAA Guidelines (2009), represents a unique teaching and learning project and a ‘world first’; the introduction of a particular means of supporting student learning by cross-sectoral agreement. Many UK Higher Education Institutions have chosen to support PDP through an e-Portfolio system.

This approach is highly congruent with other initiatives across the world; rapid development in the use of e-Portfolios in global Higher Education has given rise to exploration of how such tools work to support learning and progression.

Consultation work has served to confirm the importance of developing an enhanced evidence base, through robust evaluation and research, to inform the effective implementation of PDP and e-Portfolio practice. For both we need greater attention to more systematic evaluation material that enables decisions to be made about the contribution of such approaches to:

• student learning (and particularly to moves to support more personalised learning);
• student autonomy, self-efficacy, self identity, intentionality and life-skills;
• employability;
• attainment;
• inclusion
• support for off-campus/work-based learners, and
• self presentation for transition.

Following on from the successful second international seminar held in Oxford in 2006, this event will bring together leading practitioners and researchers to further develop a community of practice that will:

• share critically evaluated practice amongst e-Portfolio and PDP practitioners
• Showcase work undertaken by the National Action Research Network for PDP and e-Portfolio and the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
• Build research capacity by supporting emergent research and researchers
• Encourage a critique of current research, monitoring and evaluation practices
• Facilitate further discussion of appropriate research and evaluation methods
• Contribute a robust evidence-base to underpin the effective implementation and use of e-Portfolios and PDP

The event is purposefully intended to be of interest to:

• educational researchers
• e-Portfolio and PDP project leaders and practitioners
• e-Portfolio and PDP practitioner-researchers
• educational developers
• teaching fellows
• HE learning and teaching managers

It will be intentionally inclusive, in that submissions and participation are invited from established and emergent researchers. Studies employing various methodologies are welcome, from case studies of individual students and cohorts of staff to larger, cross-institutional studies linked to retention and graduation data.

A call for contributions can shortly be issues. Proposals can take the following forms:

1. Trigger Papers – these half hour sessions will briefly synthesis current research, raise a key research and evaluation question, propose a novel research methodology or present research in progress for discussion.
2. Research reports – these half hour sessions will report [20 mins report plus questions] on completed PDP and e-Portfolio research and evaluation projects addressing one or a number of the themes listed above. Where possible we will seek to combine such reports into longer symposia.
3. Keynote contributions – synthesising and overarching plenary elements.

FURTHER DETAILS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY; PLEASE MAKE A NOTE IN YOUR DIARY NOW

[1] A modern conference facility easily accessible by train, car and air.. See http://forms.ncsl.org.uk/mediastore/image2/conferencecentre/home/index.html
[2] Defined as ‘a means by which students can monitor, build and reflect upon their personal, academic and career development’ (Quality Assurance Agency 2009).

Conference: AAC&U's Personal and Social Responsibility Meeting

Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Deepening Student and Campus Commitments
October 1-3, 2009
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Program (pdf)
Register now online

Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Deepening Student and Campus Commitments will bring together faculty, student affairs educators, academic administrators, students, and others to explore how to move education for personal and social responsibility to the center of institutional culture and academic practice. The program (pdf) will feature promising practices that develop students' civic engagement and social responsibility in both a local and global context; personal and academic integrity; ability to examine and understand differing (and often competing) perspectives; and ethical and moral reasoning.

The conference will feature new research based on survey responses from 24,000 students and 9,000 campus professionals at twenty-three colleges and universities on the availability of learning opportunities for social and personal responsibility. The research revealed that, although there was overwhelming consensus that education for personal and social responsibilities should be a goal of a college education, far fewer respondents strongly agreed that their institutions had opportunities for such learning.

As stated by Anne Colby and William Sullivan (both of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) in an article they co-wrote for the winter 2009 issue of AAC&U's Liberal Education:
"The relative lack of institutional investment in students' personal and social responsibility reflects the widespread assumption that academic content knowledge and the intellectual skill of analytic or critical thinking...are the overriding aims of higher education and that the development of personal and social responsibility is only distantly connected with those aims...[W]e take issue with both of these assumptions, arguing that colleges should aim to teach students how to use knowledge and criticism not only as ends in themselves but also as means toward responsible engagement with the life of their times."

From the program, here's a description of a poster presentation that may be of interest to EPAC members:

Curricular and Co-Curricular Designs and Pedagogies
Using Meaningful Reflection to Enhance Learning for Social Responsibility
Susan M. Mountin, Director of the Manresa Project, Kim Jensen Bohat, Director of Service Learning, and Terence Miller, Director, Office of International Education—all of Marquette University

John Dewey said, “We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience.” Large numbers of students each year participate in volunteer community service programs, curricular service learning, and immersion experiences, both domestically and internationally, but the service in itself is often not a sufficient tool for advancing education for personal and social responsibility. How do campus leaders go about creating time for reflection in and out of the classroom? Why is reflection important in the moral and ethical development of students? How do faculty and staff teach the skills of reflection in a culture filled with noise? How does reflection shape attitudes, dispositions, and behaviors? These questions shape this poster presentation, which will explore meaningful reflection as a key method for deepening students’ social responsibility. The poster will feature: (a) evolving definitions of reflection and how it can enhance learning; (b) models for good pedagogical practice steeped in reflection used at Marquette University (e.g., classroom reflections including writing, WIKIs, e-portfolios, and silence; out-of classroom reflections for service learners on topics such as diversity, understanding social injustice, connecting service and course concepts, and exploring vocation as a result of the experience); and (c) pre- and post-service reflection activities for students in global immersion and academic service learning experiences. The poster will also feature creative exercises which can be used to surface students’ ethical and moral values in relation to their service experiences.

Conference: The International Conference on the Potential of ePortfolios in Higher Education

July 2, 2009
University of Economics and Business
Vienna, Austria
http://www.eportfolio09.at/

The International Conference on the Potential of ePortfolios in Higher Education focuses on strategies for E-Portfolio implementations at Universities and its implications for Lifelong Learning. On occasion of the results of two national research projects on E-Portfolio implementations at Universities funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, the conference puts the following issues into the center of discussion: Implementation models and case studies, international experiences, data security and protection, the acknowledgement of prior learning, didactic implications and interoperability of software systems. The conference is directed towards decision and policy makers at university and governmental levels, academic teachers, trainers and tutors as well as the scientific community.

Conference program: ePortfolio 2009, London, 22-24, June 2009

ePortfolio 2009 — KC 2009 — LNC 2009
Innovation, Creativity and Accountability
Learning Forum London, 22-24 June 2009

This looks like a fantastic program with a diversity of topics and speakers.
http://www.epforum.eu/lfl2009/conference/programme

Call for proposals: E-Learn 2009

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education
October 26-30, 2009 * Vancouver, BC Canada

FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
** Submission Deadline: September 8, 2009 **

1. Submission Information, Deadline Sept. 8:

• Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
• Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
• Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm
4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm
7. Vancouver. Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/cities/vancouver.htm
8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

AAC&U Conference: Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities

Association of American Colleges & Universities
Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities

Network for Academic Renewal Conference
October 22-24, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
Conference website and registration information: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/integrative_learning/index.cfm

Integrative Learning: Addressing the Complexities will focus on four major themes:

1. Purposes. What are the hallmarks of integrative learning? What are the aims and purposes of integrative learning programs? How can integrating and applying their learning help students move past fragmentation and develop a sense of motivation and purpose in the world?
2. Designs. What kinds of curricular, co-curricular, community-based, and pedagogical designs help to foster integrative learning?
3. Reality Check. What kinds of institutional supports and incentives facilitate more integrative learning opportunities?
4. Assessment. How are campuses documenting and deepening students’ integrative learning through assessment?

Saturday Plenary, October 24, 2009

Supporting Integrative and Lifelong Learning through Authentic Assessment, Teaching, and E-portfolio Development

AAC&U’s VALUE project (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) seeks to contribute to the national dialogue on assessment of student learning. It builds on a philosophy of learning assessment that privileges multiple expert judgments of the quality of student work. Three members of leadership campuses from the VALUE project will discuss interpretations of integrative learning and examine broad issues that are likely to emerge when faculty and their institutions begin to take up the teaching, learning, and assessment of integrative learning.

Marcia Mentkowsi, Professor of Psychology and Director, Educational Research and Evaluation, Alverno College; Melissa Peet, Research Associate, University of Michigan; and Julia Williams, Professor of English and Executive Director, Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Submit Proposals for 2010 AAC&U Annual Meeting

Submit Proposals for 2010 AAC&U Annual Meeting

AAC&U invites you and your colleagues to submit a proposal for our 2010 Annual Meeting: “The Wit, the Will . . . and the Wallet: Supporting Educational Innovation, Shaping Our Global Future.” Efforts to sustain creative innovation and address the future of liberal learning in a context of dramatic change are evident within all sectors of the higher education community. We invite you to share your best efforts to translate educational vision into concrete practices. Proposals can be submitted online through July 20, 2009. Please see the online call for proposals for complete information at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/AM10/cfp.cfm.

(from AAC&U's News and Events, http://www.aacu.org/aacu_news/AACUNews09/June09/news_events.cfm?utm_source=news&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=NewsJune09#AM)

Save the Date: AAEEBL ePortfolio conference

Our first annual conference will take place in Boston, July 27-29, 2010. Co-hosted by The Association of American Colleges and Universities; co-located with Campus Technology. We expect over 600 attendees. For now, just save the date.

(From Trent Batson, The Association of Authentic, Experimental and Evidence-Based Learning, http://www.aaeebl.org/)

National Educational Computing Conference 2009

National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) 2009
June 28-July 1, 2009
Washington, DC
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/

Seven ePortfolio related sessions can be found by searching the program here: http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search.php

1) ePortfolios 2.0: Web 2.0 tools to Improve/Showcase Student Technology Literacy
[Formal Session: Lecture]
Helen Barrett, electronicportfolios.org
Wednesday, 7/1/2009, 12:00pm–1:00pm WWCC 103 B

Learn how to implement free interactive Web 2.0 tools to facilitate classroom-based assessment of student technology literacy, including the advantages and disadvantages of blogs, wikis, and Google Apps.

2) The Dynamic Nature of ePortfolio Requirements and Processes
[Formal Session: Panel]
Linda Mensing-Triplett, Lesley University with Arlene Borthwick, Ann Cunningham, Davina Pruitt-Mentle and Laura Turner
Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 3:30pm–4:30pm WWCC 158

This panel discussion on the use of ePortfolios in schools examines implementation processes and challenges and the use of eportfolios for program evaluation purposes. Recommended by ISTE's SIGTE

3) Developing and Managing an Effective Internship Experience in a Distance Education Program
[Informal Session: Poster]
Kristen Winter, Johns Hopkins University with Francesca Carpenter and Lauren Owen
Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 10:00am–12:00pm WWCC East Registration Lobby, Table: 3

Discover technology tools and techniques to structure an internship at a distance. Overcome challenges of working with site-based mentors, assessing learning, integrating eportfolios, and promoting self-evaluation and reflection

4) ePortfolios for Students & Staff Using Free Web 2.0 Tools
[Informal Session: Poster]
Scott Floyd, White Oak Independent School District
Monday, 6/29/2009, 11:00am–1:00pm WWCC East Registration Lobby, Table: 6

Meet representatives from one Texas district who will share exactly how they met a changing landscape for students and staff while garnering welcome attention. Recommended by ISTE's SIGTEL

5) ePortfolios: Painless Implementation in the K-12 Space
[Informal Session: Poster]
Clarke Stevenson, EdCube Pty Ltd. with Michael Giulieri
Monday, 6/29/2009, 11:00am–1:00pm WWCC East Registration Lobby, Table: 2

More than 10 years of research, development, and trial and error culminated in a roadmap for success. (contains Commercial Content)

6) The Utility of E-Portfolios in Teacher Education
[Research Paper: Discussion]
Michele Parker, UNC Wilmington with Abdou Ndoye and Albert Ritzhaupt
Monday, 6/29/2009, 11:00am–12:00pm WWCC 159, Table: 4

This study will validate the Electronic Portfolio Student Perspective Instrument using a different population. Implications for preservice teachers will be discussed.

7) SAF140 Web 2.0 Tools for Classroom-Based Assessment and Interactive Student ePortfolios
[Workshop: Hands-on]
Helen Barrett, electronicportfolios.org
Saturday, 6/27/2009, 8:30am–3:30pm WWCC 150 B

Web 2.0 tools facilitate interaction and feedback. Evaluate free online tools to create interactive ePortfolios that support formative assessment, focusing on academic standards and the NETS*S.