Presentation delivered by Duncan Gillespie of Dumfries and Galloway College to the JISC Netskills workshop on Effective Practice with e-Portfolios on 25th October 2012

1. E-Portfolios & Student Blogs
Duncan Gillespie
Lecturer and Blended Learning Advisor
Dumfries and Galloway College
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2. E-Portfolios & Student Blogs
 Introduction – Dumfries and Galloway College part of Crichton Campus.
 E-portfolio is an open sources, web based personal publishing system.
Dumfries and Galloway College has developed this tool to support students
and assist them to develop employability skills and integrate work in other
areas of their course. They maintain the e-portfolio and can include
photographic evidence from practical workshops, and use the e-portfolio to
shop window for self promotion and employment.
 The e-portfolio helps the learner gain skills which will have a long lasting and
positive impact on their learning, improve learner retention, progression and
achievement. It supports lifelong learning and encompasses the concepts of
personal development planning and evaluation.
 Blogs are an online journal(or diary) used in the main as a communication
tool.
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3. E-Portfolios & Student Blogs - Management
 Linked to SITS student administration system
 Academic and support staff manage maintenance of student eportfolios
 Student and staff Moodle portal link
 epmanager
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4. E-portfolios & Student Blogs - Examples
 BTEC National Diploma Level 3.
o Equality and Diversity
 HSPO
o Learning styles
o Volunteering
 Progression
o Photo shoot.
 Access
o Citizenship.
 HE student.
 Diary
o Assessment
o Learning styles
 Motor Vehicle
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5. E-portfolios & Student Blogs - Examples
 Support blogs are used to support whole class activity.
 They provide the learner with access to lesson plans and lesson material
without the need for logins and therefore breakdown barriers.
 The global translator plug-in is used to support learners who’s first language is
not English.
 Used to support in-house, external and school classes.
 Examples
o Dumfries High School Hospitality
o HE and professional qualifications in Computing
o Sport
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6. Thank You – Any Questions?
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